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Writer, speaker and food historian will be providing a free online presentation in February, "How corn changed itself and then changed everything else" discussing the history of how corn was born and grew as one of the most popular crops in the Americas.
Join Cynthia Clampitt for this Zoom-only presentation as she shares how this grain would transform the Americas – from rescuing a few early settlers to creating the Midwest to building the world we know.
Today, corn is more important than ever.
“Without corn, North America – and most particularly modern, technological North America – is inconceivable,” writes Margaret Visser in her classic work Much Depends on Dinner. Cynthia Clampitt is a writer, speaker, food historian, and author of Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland.
As Cynthia Clampitt lives in Illinois, this free presentation is offered via Zoom only, Thursday, February 5, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Register for your Zoom link at www.smokyhillmuseum.org.