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As predicted by the [[Bible]] there is an abundance of food in the world, although distribution problems sometimes prevent the food from getting to everyone who needs it.  Food inflation in the [[United States]] is very low, hovering around only 1% for the last three decades,<ref>https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/food-inflation</ref> which has kept overall inflation low.

As predicted by the [[Bible]] there is an abundance of food in the world, although distribution problems sometimes prevent the food from getting to everyone who needs it.  Food inflation in the [[United States]] is very low, hovering around only 1% for the last three decades,<ref>https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/food-inflation</ref> which has kept overall inflation low.

== Corn ==

=== Corn ===

Passages in the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] recount disciples eating ears of corn on the [[Sabbath]].  "Corn" and the [[Greek]] word for it is broader than [[maize]] and could have included grain, but ears of corn can be more attractive than ears of grain.  Throughout the 20th century historians taught that maize originated only in [[North America]] and was only brought to [[Europe]] by explorers such as [[Christopher Columbus]].  “George Beadle wrote in a 1980 Scientific American article, 'the development of corn by the Indians remains man’s more remarkable plant-breeding achievement.'”<ref>https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/11/the-mysterious-origin-of-corn.html</ref>

Passages in the [[Gospel of Mark]] and [[Gospel of Luke]] recount disciples eating ears of corn on the [[Sabbath]].  "Corn" and the [[Greek]] word for it is broader than [[maize]] and could have included grain, but ears of corn can be more attractive than ears of grain.  Throughout the 20th century historians taught that maize originated only in [[North America]] and was only brought to [[Europe]] by explorers such as [[Christopher Columbus]].  “George Beadle wrote in a 1980 Scientific American article, 'the development of corn by the Indians remains man’s more remarkable plant-breeding achievement.'”<ref>https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/11/the-mysterious-origin-of-corn.html</ref>