It has provided an abundance of cheap calories for a food system that operates by Doritos economics. A bushel of corn produces some 440 two-ounce bags of 99-cent chips. Farmer grosses $3.70 for the bushel of corn, Doritos more than $440.

Here comes a stupid comment! Do soybeans and corn have no value as food?

No not really David, like many articles, there are good points being made, but also the author/reporter shows a fundamental shallow understanding of some aspects of agriculture.

I thought long and hard before clipping this, but did not wish to miss the good points .... so one must learn to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff .... just like in politics, religion and many other fields