Transforming Your Corn Harvest

Nov 09, 2023

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the University Farm Food Program team to learn about how they process their gem corn through the art of nixtamalization.

This ancient technique makes the corn harvest more nutritious, flavorful and even enhances the color. A workshop titled “Transforming Your Corn Harvest” will be held Friday, Nov. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the teaching kitchen on campus in the Robbins Building.

The workshop will include an overview of the process of nixtamalization and include a demonstration for how to make pozole, a traditional Mexican stew. Each participant will be sent home with their own bag of gem corn to put their new skills to use.

Source : case.edu

Video: Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard

On Friday, April 24, 2026, from 12 noon–1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), presented this webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:

“Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard”

The Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, or advanced biofuels. Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the RFS is implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This webinar provides an overview of the legal authority and structure for the RFS program and explain how it works, including the program’s system of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and categories of renewable fuels. Additionally, this webinar addresses EPA annual volume requirement rulemaking and associated recent legal issues.