Join our journey through history as we explore how an inedible plant became one of the most widely grown crops in the entire world. From its humble beginnings in central Mexico, corn has played a huge role throughout world history as a food source and even in religion. We'll explore how selective breeding led to thousands of corn varieties, the classification of corn types, and some of the unique ways we use corn today!  

Sources Used: 

https://www.britannica.com/plant/corn-plant

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rethinking-corny-history-maize-180971038/

https://www.lhf.org/learning-fields/crops/corn/#:~:text=Corn%20comes%20from%20a%20wild,the%20corn%20we%20know%20today.

https://www.britannica.com/plant/teosinte

https://www.nativeseeds.org/pages/teosinte

https://www.seriouseats.com/popcorn-history-movie-theaters#:~:text=Corn%20was%20probably%20cultivated%20as,cobs%20studded%20with%20puffed%20kernels.

Music Used: 

Suavemente - Alysha Sheldon

Unsolved - Mythical Score Society

In the Amazonas - Kikoru

Excavation at the Amazon - Trace Way

Nights in Mexico - Alysha Sheldon

Bluegrass Boogie - The Undertowns

Caravan Trails - Sight of Wonders

Acoustic Ornaments - Codey Randall

Tumbleweed Town - River Run Dry