[smegger001]

I think it is considered a strategic defense resource. Imagine we end up with a WWIII consisting of dozens of proxy wars where the nuclear powers carefully avaoid direct action on eachothers soils to avoid the war going nuclear. International food, oil, materials and goods shipments would be severely curtailed. Corn can be used to produce, sugars, oil, and alcohol and biomass for fuel, food, and chemical feedstock for plastic manufacturing. While there are better sources for any of those not many can do all of them and be easily grown in mass in our own backyard