We've been harvesting corn on our organic farm in North lombok.
Corn or maize was first domesticated by the Mexican people over 10,000 years ago and now is cultivated all over the world

Corn has many uses in industry today:
'Many parts of the corn plant are used in industry. Cornstarch can be broken down into corn syrup, a common sweetener that is generally less expensive than sucrose; high-fructose corn syrup is used extensively in processed foods such as soft drinks and candies. Stalks are made into paper and wallboard; husks are used as filling material; cobs are used directly for fuel, to make charcoal, and in the preparation of industrial solvents. Corn grain is processed by wet milling, in which the grain is soaked in a dilute solution of sulfurous acid; by dry milling, in which the corn is exposed to a water spray or steam; and by fermentation, in which starches are changed to sugars and yeast is employed to convert the sugars into alcohol. Corn husks also have a long history of use in the folk arts for objects such as woven amulets and corn-husk dolls.'

It's truly amazing how the Mexican people turned what is essentially a wild grass (tesonite) into a crop with so many uses, it really is edible gold.
Here is an example of the wild grass ancestor beside the cultivated and domesticated corn plant by...

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'' The suppression of branching from the stalk of Teosinte resulted in a lower number of ears per plant but allows each ear to grow larger, the National Science Foundation said in a news release about the research. “The hard case around the kernel disappeared over time. Today, maize has just a few ears of corn growing on one unbranched stalk.”

Photo by Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation

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