#companionplanting #cosmos with #corn The cosmos will attract the corn ear worm to it instead of the corn! Also there are pinto beans interplanted the corn. corn evolved by hands, wood and stone Whereas the other grains evolved along draft animals and steel. This makes corn better suited for #smallscale #agriculture Also corn yields more #biomass for building #compost as well as edible grain per unit of area than most the other grain crops. Culinarily speaking it is more diverse from baby corn to sweet corn to the corn meals and popcorn. Popcorn has an ability to not uptake pollen from other corns. Which is especially important for keeping GE contamination out of your diet and popcorn can be milled and used for polenta and other dishes besides popcorn. Corn lacks tryptophan and its niacin is bound up and can not be released from the acids of the human gut. It needs a strong alkaline environment to be freed. The body can create its own niacin in the liver but this requires tryptophan. If you're not preparing your corn with cal, lime or ash then make sure your diet has good sources of niacin and tryptophan. #growfood #growbiointensive #ecologyaction #completedietfarming #growsoil
