Chicken nuggets!

I find it pretty humorous that the Commons served chicken nuggets today, after we learned so much about them. I didn't eat the little round morsels (not that I would have prior to the Pollan reading, but that's a different story), but I did think of them differently. I thought not of the processed non-meat like I normally would, but instead: How many chickens were at that particular farm? Where did the corn come from? What hybrid was it? How much did those corn farmers profit...is their equipment old, like our good friend Naylor's? Or are they in massive debt from new implements?

I know several people who farm corn in my hometown, and I'm even related to a few. I wonder if I asked them about where their corn goes they'll tell me. Maybe they don't really know, or really want to know. In the end, it will be all consumed by someone or something...which made me think of the possibility of surviving a corn famine. With our reliance on corn, I don't think it would be possible.