For their map of the United States, artists Henry Hargreaves (@henry_hargreaves_photo) and Caitlin Levin (@caitlinstyle) chose as their medium an assemblage of corn varieties and corn-derived products. And with good reason: Today no other country produces more of the crop, which made its way north from Mexico some 7,000 years ago and then—thanks to its high adaptability and versatility—proliferated.
Indeed, says Iowa State University agronomist Mark Licht, corn now grows throughout the U.S. in every state from New Hampshire to Hawaii.
From “United States of Corn” by Catherine Zuckerman for National Geographic, 2017; Photo by Henry Hargreaves and Caitlin Levin
