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發表於 2014-9-29 08:33 AM
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There is a little story about sweet corn I would like to share:
Many years ago now, I had to fly from Chicago to Iowa city. There was only this tiny twin engine plane available to take passengers. About 12 - 16 at the most. The good thing about flying in this plan is you get to sit on both the aisle and window seat; why? because there were only two rows of seats, one on each side of the plane, no choice, but best of both world. I don't remember if there were any toilet facility though. A very friendly pilot and copilot too.
The plane flies pretty low compare to the normal jet plane. At about 40 minutes before reaching the Iowa City, I could see literally hundreds and hundreds of acres of sweet corn field. The plane was flying so low, I could see the people, the little farm barns, and the actual corn cobs. I had never seen so many corn in my life.
That's a lot of corns to eat. I believe a good portion of them are being canned, used for corn sirup and for producing biodiesel. It was mid July, the fields were absolutely lush green; and it was monoculture in a grand scale.
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