Its name comes from a Náhuatl word (teocintli) meaning "grass of the gods." Modern corn comes from hybrid corn humans bred around 5,000 years ago in Mexico. Scientifically, the corn we eat today ...

These more unique corn varieties aren't as common because there isn't as much of a market for them but also because they are typically more difficult to grow. Modern corn is resistant to disease ...

Crossed and recrossed with South American corn, teosinte produced the elongated ear and regular rows characteristic of modern corn. I.S.C.G.T.R.C. got started in 1943 when Earl May, a wealthy Iowa ...

Some were round — not the oval you see today. Selective breeding has made the spines disappear from modern eggplants. Wild corn was dry as a raw potato. Modern corn was first domesticated 8,000 ...

Corn (or maize) was first cultivated by humans about 10,000 years ago in Mexico from a wild grass called teosinte (which doesn’t look much like modern corn at all). And it seems that people ...

Mexico bans planting of GM corn, sparking potential U.S. tensions Sheinbaum's reform brands native corn as national identity GCMA warns of U.S. retaliatory measures over GM corn restrictions ...

In response, Mexico lifted its import restrictions on GM corn for human, livestock and industrial use. Mexico, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern corn, had long barred the commercial ...

These tortillas likely resembled the chorreada, a thicker corn pancake wrapped around available ingredients. In modern Costa Rican cuisine, the humble chorreada has been transformed. Traditionally ...

As a result of the USMCA panel ruling, Mexico repealed its import restrictions on GM corn for human, livestock and industrial uses. Mexico, the birthplace of modern corn, had already prohibited ...