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.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Megan Marshall
Agricultural Sciences
Associate Teaching Professor
mnm11@psu.edu
814-865-3392
Local Government / Community Contact