____________________
of
the
Maya
living
in
Mexico
still
sometimes
refer
to
themselves
as
'the
corn
people'
.
The
phrase
is
not
intended
as
____________________
.
Rather
,
it's
mean
to
____________________
their
abiding
dependence
on
this
miraculous
grass
,
the
____________________
of
their
diet
for
almost
9000
years
.
[
For
an
American
like
me
,
growing
up
linked
to
a
very
different
food
chain
,
yet
one
that
is
also
____________________
in
corn
,
not
to
think
of
himself
as
a
corn
person
suggests
____________________
a
failure
of
imagination
or
a
triumph
of
capitalism
.
Or
perhaps
a
little
of
both
.
For
the
great
____________________
of
variety
and
choice
that
is
an
American
supermarket
____________________
on
a
remarkably
narrow
biological
foundation
:
corn
.
It's
not
merely
the
feed
that
the
steers
and
the
chickens
and
the
pigs
and
the
turkeys
ate
;
it's
not
just
the
source
of
the
____________________
and
the
oil
and
the
____________________
,
the
glycerides
and
coloring
in
the
processed
foods
;
it's
not
just
sweetening
the
soft
drinks
or
____________________
a
shine
to
the
magazine
cover
over
by
the
checkout
.
]
The
supermarket
itself
-
the
____________________
and
joint
compound
,
the
linoleum
and
fiberglass
and
____________________
out
of
which
the
building
itself
has
been
built
-
is
____________________
no
____________________
measure
a
____________________
of
corn
.
