date:Oct 08, 2012
What America needs during a historic drought that is devastatingcorn production sure isn't a mandate to divert a lot of what cornis being harvested into 13 billion gallons of ethanol.
So the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and a coalition ofnearly 20 food groups have called on the US EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) to waive a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)that forces that diversion.
The US food industry is suffering greatly under the combinedeffects of the RFS and the current drought