Ban Corn!

Meat; It's very delicious when cooked right, but it can be even better when it has all of its proper ingredients. When reading the article, "When a Crop Becomes King" by Michael Pollan, I discovered that corn was used for almost every food product. Because the crop is widely grown, it is distributed at a very low cost; therefore, farmers buy a lot of it to feed their animals. Is anything wrong with this? Yes, in fact, red flags should be popping up everywhere. For one, corn for most animals, isn't supposed to be a primary source of food intake. Instead of making corn cheap, why can't farmers make less of it? Cows, whom normally eat grass, are expected to eat the over-produced crop and still produce the meat citizens want. Instead of wasting land farming an unnecessary crop, cows could be eating that land filled with grass. As I continued reading I found out that because of the lack of nutrients these animals get, they have to be fed antibiotics so that they won't become sick. Yuck! Knowing that the animals I consume on a weekly basis don't have the proper diets makes me not want to eat them any longer. Why are consumers paying so much, or so little, for these products when the amount of money being put into these animals probably don't even fit the criteria. Corn, king of the crops, should be banished. Why? Because not only is it effecting animals, it's effecting what we eat as well. It also is the most needy crop, needing more fertilizer as well as pesticides than any other. This is just how I feel after reading the article. How do you feel about it?