Oil Seed Processing

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Community Size
98,000
Years
2017/2018
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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

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