20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's in rural France

Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by bdauvergne on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:04AM (#20676040)

Strangely it did not happen in France[1], we do not use as much corn sub-products in our agriculture and food, I think it's mainly used for feeding our poultry; still a bad idea as corn is not really adapted to our climate (not enough tropical rain I suppose as corn is a tropical plant coming from Mexico), most of the farmers crying when there are water restrictions are corn farmers in France.

Biggest french region cultivating corn is Les Landes which was a big swamp before the 18/19th century, maybe because it's more adapted to corn as it rains often (oceanic climate) but is hotter than Brittany.

[1]: https://www.agro.basf.fr/fr/cultures/mais/basf_agro_et_la_fi...

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Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by JoeAltmaier on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:15AM (#20676163)

Unless you drink Pepsi? Its 1/3 corn syrup.

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Re:20th anniversary of José Bové’s 'attack' on a McDonald's ... by distances on Monday August 12, 2019 @01:01PM (#20677370)

I don't think it is in Europe? The recipes vary a bit according to tastes, so I'd assume sugar is from beet in European soft drinks. Wouldn't make much sense to import syrup for such a bulk product.

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