Corn is America’s number one farm crop.  It’s a staple in the diet of most of the world’s population.  Here are some corny facts and links to corn sites.

• campsilos.org
• iroquoismuseum.org
• 101lifestyle.com
• Native Americans taught the early settlers to plant corn.
• Christopher Columbus found native peoples growing corn in 1492.
• Popcorn pops because heat builds steam pressure inside the kernel.
• It takes 25 gallons of water to grow one ear of corn.
• The average ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows.