China is the No. 2 corn producer behind the US. It produced around 6.2 billion bushels, or 158 million metric tons of corn in 2010, compared to world leading US production of 12 billion bushels, or 331 million metric tons in 2010, according to the US Grains Council, an industry lobby.

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But America has two things going for it: An astounding abundance of all the raw resources, coal, gas, grains and grass, and an equally astounding abundance of research talent in universities and entrepreneurial firms.

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Sometimes I also like to put walnuts in my grains, which is an option for you too!

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Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

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This eclectic and limited product mix raises an obvious question: Is Lai firing at grocery battleships with grains of rice?

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Those who suffer from celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder, cannot absorb the gluten found in these grains, resulting in damage to the intestines.

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Less than three weeks ago I revisited my own gluten intolerance and cut out all grains and milk (milk contains a gluten-like protein cassein which has an equally bad effect on me).

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He had long assumed them to be an incremental and selective evolutionary change that began with agriculture and the consumption of grains.

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You also can look for an FDA-approved health claim on breakfast cereals if at least half the cereal is made with whole grains.

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Whole grains such as oatmeal and barley are also top choices because of their ability to help lower cholesterol as part of an overall heart-healthy diet.

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Stardust is an ambitious but low-cost mission to capture the first samples from a comet, as well as grains of interstellar dust, and return them to Earth.

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But when the greens are braised with preserved lemon, the grains are tossed with toasted pistachios and a drizzle of punchy-sweet pomegranate syrup enters the picture, you get an indulgent meal that transports you to the banks of the Bosporus.

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