Drive through the Midwest and it's only a matter of time before you hit corn and soy fields that stretch as far as the eye can see. It's no surprise, really--the U.S. government lavishes the two industries with cash, spending $15.4 billion in subsidies for corn, cotton, rice, wheat, and soybeans in 2009 alone. But corn and soy aren't all bad. In addition to uses in animal feed and high-fructose corn syrup, the two crops can be used to replace oil-based plastics, toxic acrylics, and as biodiesel feedstock, among other things.
Indiana-based Purdue University is taking advantage of its spot in prime corn and soybean territory to promote student innovation--and to get the next generation of inventors and businesspeople thinking about sustainability. The university's annual Student Soybean and Corn Innovations competition, funded by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, asks teams of students to create, package, and...
Indiana-based Purdue University is taking advantage of its spot in prime corn and soybean territory to promote student innovation--and to get the next generation of inventors and businesspeople thinking about sustainability. The university's annual Student Soybean and Corn Innovations competition, funded by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, asks teams of students to create, package, and...
- 3/24/2011
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
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