Shedding light in the corn for fuel or food debate

Using corn for fuel instead of foods or feeds has been debated since ethanol became a compulsory source for car fuels in the US. Now with several years of experience in ethanol production it is clear that the US corn-supply is not in danger. A future question might even be what to do with surplus corn. By Dave Vander Griend*         In the long and successful history of first-generation ethanol (i.e. ethanol from starch) -and despite the significant energy, economic and en