Reply #73: When making ethanol, they throw out as waste a good portion of the corn kernel [View All]

[Robbien]

The whole kernel is not needed to make fuel but the whole kernel is contaminated by the fuel making process, so the waste is discarded as garbage. An article over the weekend discussed the idea the ethanol makers had of perhaps they should start separating the kernel BEFORE starting the ethanol process and then selling the untouched unwanted edible parts of the kernel to food processors.

Well duh!

I guess these guys were so giddy from making tons of money from huge ethanol federal subsidies that they weren't even paying attention to the food they were throwing away.