By: Lydia Wendte

Using Food for Fuel: A Debate

• Main concern: corn

• Use of corn for ethanol has contributed to rising food prices

Biofuels . . .

• have been debated for decades.• provide another market for farmers.• cause food prices to rise.• take away from livestock and human food

sources.

• 19th Century Experiments• 1970s drive• Political attention• Interest has fluctuated

“The perception that we are taking food from the mouths of the hungry . . . is a myth.”

- Illinois Corn (2011)

Stakeholder Viewpoint

http://www.ilcorn.org/ethanol/6-food-and-fuel/

Stakeholder Viewpoint

Information from Illinois Corn (2011)

Retrieved from: http://www.ilcorn.org/ethanol/6-food-and-fuel/

Alternative Viewpoint

Food, Fuel or Both?