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In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning,

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel – it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn. – Michael Pollan

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