The Eco Farm uses a significant amount of cooking oil in its operation and would like to develop a 5 acre parcel for sunflower oil crops which would provide the feedstock to an oil pressing operation. Students are to determine the most viable oilseed crop for the farm, to develop a processing method for the seeds, to produce enough cooking oil for the farm for a year, and to utilize wastes from the pressing process in a viable way on the farm.
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- University Penn State University
- Program Sustainable Communities Collaborative
- Sustainable Development Goals 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- Population Type Home Owners
- Focus Areas Equity
- Discipline Agricultural Engineering, Biological Engineering
- University Department Agriculture
- Lead Local Gov / Community Partner Org Name ECO Farm