[pfdietz]

The big backup is diverting certain animal feeds to instead feed people.

[Baeocystin]

Yup. There's a reason corn subsidies are what they are, for example, and it's not (just) politics.

[rnk]

It's my understanding the kind of corn they grow to make ethonol isn't the kind of corn people eat. https://nebraskacorn.gov/corn-101/corn-uses/ethanol/

[Baeocystin]

That is a common misconception. But! Field Corn is 100% edible by people. All varieties of corn are. We eat it as corn meal, corn syrup, corn flakes, etc.

It isn't quite a sweet as, well, sweet corn when boiled/roasted on the cob. But it's no problem at all as a food.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/corn/dent...