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Corn Was Patriotic...in WWI

By mikethemadbiologist on August 2, 2008.

While corn, and particularly corn derivatives such as corn syrup and ethanol additives, is seen as the devil, an excellent exhibit of posters at the Boston Public Library portrays a time when corn products were seen as a really good thing:

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(from here)

The exhibit is open 9-9 Monday through Friday, and 9-5, Saturday (and it's free!).

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I happened to pass through there on my way to another part of the library, and I agree that it's a pretty cool exhibit. I especially liked the handful of pro-reading posters.

Ah, yes, I wonder if (and possibly how) this ties into John Harvey Kellogg who invented things which he felt were healthy and caused the urge to masturbate to subside. The anti-sexual theme was not uncommon at the time and, interestingly, the ... well, nutritional expert, Dr. Kellogg, advocated dietary habits that were in line with his Seventh-Day Adventist belief system. I'm sure this also has something to do with the economy and corn production in the US as well and maybe is also driven by the same forces that guided the campaign to buy items made in the USA in the 80s (and possibly early 90s?). The point being to stimulate the US economy and avoid contributions to that of other countries (especially those with whom we had a little spat going on).

I just realised that my comment omitted why I thought there might be any tie at all - which is probably due to me posting something while I'm tired. Kellogg was the inventor of corn flakes and was a huge proponent of vegetarianism.