Corn is an important food in Central America. People eat it off the cob, make it into flour for tortillas and more. A favorite snack is called is elote loco, which means crazy corn. It’s yummy and messy! Each country and region makes it a little bit differently. 

Ten-year-old Angie’s dad grows corn in Honduras. Before, her family didn’t have a special place to keep the corn safe (called a silo), so bugs could get into it. Angie’s Compassion center taught parents better ways to farm and helped them build silos to store the corn safely so they can eat and sell it. 

“I like visiting the farm where my father works, and I help him to shell corn cobs,” says Angie. “When we get back from the farm with shelled corn, my father puts it inside the silo we have at home.”