Feed the World is your one source for curriculum, news, giveaways, workshop information, and other classroom resources brought to you by your friends at Ohio Corn & Wheat.
Check out the latest from Feed the World
Feed the World’s Lead Educator Honored by Science Education Leaders
The Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO) recognized Heather Bryan, Lead Educator for …
Explore our free curriculum
Growing Ohio
Why is corn a valuable crop? How does corn grow, pollinate, and produce kernels? What farming techniques are important to increase corn yield?
Feeding the world
How can we feed 9 billion people? What are the limits to food production?
Did you know?
Ohio corn is used for more than food.
Ohio corn is used for feed, fuel, and other renewable products.
Edge-of-field testing is vital for environmental stewardship.
More than $1 million is being invested by Ohio’s agricultural organizations to conduct on-farm, edge-of-field testing to determine exactly how nutrients are getting into Ohio’s waterways.
Bt corn reduces the need for pesticides.
Bt corn, used to control insects that damage corn, reduced the need for herbicides. Herbicide-tolerant corn allows less tilling of the soil, resulting in a 58% reduction in soil loss from 1980–2015.
There are seven operational ethanol plants in Ohio.
33% of Ohio’s corn crop is used to make ethanol. Over 95% of all U.S. fuel contains 10% ethanol.