King Corn

Join two college buddies as they embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of America's most dominant crop: corn. From their ancestral home in Greene, Iowa to the fields where it's grown and consumed, Cheney and Ellis explore the hilarious absurdities and scary truths about the food system that drives our nation's obsession with corn. Along the way, they expose the industrialization of farming, government subsidies, and the hidden consequences of America's love affair with high-fructose corn syrup - a journey that takes them to the very heart of our fast food nation.