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Bard College

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2016

Agriculture

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The Golden Pandemic, Leo Dylan Stevens-Lubin Jan 2016

The Golden Pandemic, Leo Dylan Stevens-Lubin

Senior Projects Spring 2016

The work in my senior show is a representation on how I feel about conventional focusing specifically on corn. The reason that I have chosen corn is because it is one of the most detrimental crops that we are growing in the US. It is grown specifically for livestock feed and ethanol with a minimal fraction for direct human consumption. Corn itself offers minimal nutritional benefits in comparison to most other vegetable crops and the overproduction of corn crops decreases the benefits all the more.

Artwork:

  • Woodblock Print Series: The extent of how much land is actually used for corn …