From the Iowa State Fair, it’s the author of The Story of Corn that covers the naming, history, worldwide spread, and surprising usages of corn. Having the most diverse genetic pool of any plant in the world, corn is thousands of years old and is called ”the building block of Western Civilization” as well as ”the story of the Americas.” More than food that was once considered pigs feed, today it’s found in soaps, paints, pesticides and even embalming fluids! From 1992 on WHO radio in Des Moines.