Biobased Success Stories

North Dakota Fire Department Extinguishes Combine Fire with SoyFoamTM TF-1122
North Dakota Fire Department Extinguishes Combine Fire with SoyFoamTM TF-1122...
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SoyFoam™ TF 1122 Used Successfully in Wisconsin on Multi-Car Fire
SoyFoam™ TF 1122 Used Successfully in Wisconsin on Multi-Car Fire...
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SoyFoam™ Impresses Tennessee Fire Department
Jasper Highlands Fire Department in Tennessee partnered with Cross Plains Solutions to test SoyFoam™ TF-1122, a revolutionary soybean-derive...

City of Alexandria Getting Good Results from Soy-Based Rubber Tires While Meeting Sustainability Goals
City of Alexandria gets results switching to Soy-Based Tires...
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Soy-Based Tires
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Organizations

Soy Inside Goodyear’s Sustainability Report
Homegrown USSOY continues to be a part of Goodyear’s journey in achieving a 100 percent sustainable-material tire by 2030!...
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Six Steps to Teaming Up with Employees for Sustainability
How a Sustainability Committee Advanced a National Park’s Environmental Leadership Program...
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Biobased Fluids
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Organizations

SoyFoam™ TF 1122 Now Available Through Distributors Covering 15 States
SoyFoam™ TF 1122 Now Available in 15 States Through Distributors...
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SoyFoam™ TF 1122
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Firefighters

The Trucker Highlights the Soy Transportation Coalition’s Partnerships to Promote Soy-Based Fifth-Wheel Grease
The Soy Transportation Coalition’s (STC) is partnership with trucking companies to promote soy-based fifth-wheel grease pads....
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Gear Head Lube
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Biobased for Fleets

Sustainable Wood Display Honors SEALs at LT Michael P. Murphy Museum
The Lt. Michael Murphy Navy SEAL Museum in New York makes use of soy-based plywood in their "Cost of Freedom: wall, honoring fallen SEALs....
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Hardwood Plywood with soy-based adhesive
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Construction

BIOBASED INSULATION Helps lead Construction revolution in Chicago
BIOBASED INSULATION Helps lead Construction revolution in Chicago...
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Soy Biobased Products
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John Benish, Cook-Illinois Corporation

New Firefighting SoyFoam™ TF 1122 is First and Only GreenScreen Certified Gold™
Cross Plains Solutions’ SoyFoam™ TF 1122 is the first and only firefighting foam GreenScreen Certified® at the Gold level. ...
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SoyFoam™ TF 1122
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Firefighters

“Fastest Way to Decarbonize”: Chicago-Area Bus Company Embraces Soy
Cook-Illinois Corporations Embraces Soy as the "Fastest Way to Decarbonize"...
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Goodyear, Soy Biobased Products
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John Benish, Cook-Illinois Corporation

Soy-Based Bar and Chain Oil Available Nationwide at Home Depot
Ax Men star, foresters and farmers alike praise performance, sustainability...
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DeWalt Bar and Chain Oil
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Buckin' Billy Ray

HempWood Brings U.S. Soy’s Sustainability to Unlikely New Airbnb
Atlas Ad Astra was rewarded with a grant based, in part, on its originality and sustainability measures that also includes U.S. Soy....
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Hempwood Flooring
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Atlas Ad Astra Resorts

UVA FM Fleet Team Honored during the Resilient Virginia Conference
News from the University of Virginia’s FM Staff news...
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University of Virginia

City of Madison Embraces Biobased Products in Drive to Net Zero
The City of Madison, Wisconsin has gone all-in on a citywide commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
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City of Madison, WI

Mission Critical for Safety & Sustainability: Soy-based fifth-wheel grease pads
Innovative fifth-wheel grease pads made with the U.S. Soy can help ensure safe operation of vehicles, at the same time they boost sustainabi...
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Gear Head Lube Fifth Wheel Grease Pads
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Paw Creek Trucking

South Dakota Farmer Drives U.S. Soy in the Field and on the Road
United Soybean Board Director Todd Hanten doesn’t just grow soybeans in South Dakota, he also rides on soybean oil every day....
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Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse
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US Soybean Grower Todd Hanten
USB Farmers Leaders Continue to Walk the Walk of Sustainability
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SYNLawn
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Brent Gatton, USB

HGTV Stars Revitalize Indy with Soy-backed SYNLawn
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SYNLawn
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HGTV

SYNLawn’s Soy-biobased Grass Is Solution for the Historic Hill-Physick House
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Physick House

Soy-Biobased BioStripe Makes a Big Impact for Small Town Center
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BioStripe
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Mississippi State University

Back to School with Biodiesel: Chicago-area Bus Company Celebrates 25 million gallons
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John Benish, Cook-Illinois Corporation

USB Director Cory Atkins Sows the Seeds of Sustainability with Soy-Biobased Products
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Delaware Farm Cory Atkins

Waste Haul & Transit Bus Tires Now Available with U.S. Soy
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Goodyear Releases First City Transit Tire Made with Sustainable U.S. Soy
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has announced its first city transit tires made with a sustainable soybean oil compound. ...
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Metro Miler G152
Metro Miler G652
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Soy-Biobased Paint Protects Alaskan Water Supplies & Salmon
BioStripe® a soy-biobased traffic paint, is helping an Alaskan community beautify its sidewalks and streets....
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BioStripe®
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City of Fairbanks, Alaska

Goodyear Tires with Soybean Oil: Delivering Great Performance in D.C.
An environmentally conscious business owner praises Goodyear's soy-biobased tires to her customers....
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Goodyear soy-biobased tires
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Mac's Tires

A Yard A Farmer Can Love
Nebraska Soybean Board Director can now have green grass year-round thanks to SYNLawn's soy-backed grass....
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SYNBlue 949
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Nebraska farmer Greg Anderson

Barkwood Dog Park Gets Two Paws Up for Using U.S. Soy
The City of Beachwood, Ohio’s agreement to build a new dog park unleashed a question: Would they use artificial grass?...
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SYNLawn
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Barkwood Dog Park

Rollin’ Soy-backed Grass Down the Road Median
Learn three contributing reasons why British Columbia municipalities are choosing SYNLawn’s soy-backed grass for road medians....
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SYNLawn
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British Columbia Municipalities

Architects and Farmers Show-Me a Natural Choice for Buildings
See how the Missouri Center for Soy Innovation shrinks its environmental footprint with soy-biobased throughout its building and grounds...
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Missouri Center for Soy Innovation

Moline Finds Natural Choices—Performance, Worker Health, Budgets, Sustainability
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City of Moline

Goodyear Rolls Out 4th Line of Tires with U.S. Soy
America’s vehicles now have a fourth line of tires to offer performance and sustainability with U.S. soy. ...
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Assurance ComfortDrive
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Goodyear

The New Power Suit: A Lab Coat
Learn more about how Ford's trailblazing team of women engineers continue to innovate with U.S. soy for sustainability and performance....
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Ford

Federal Health Agency Recognizes Advantages of Award-Winning Transformer Fluid
NIEHS is committed to environmental stewardship and recognizes the role soy-biobased products can play in achieving sustainability goals....
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FR3
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS

Soy featured in USTMA’s first U.S. industry sustainability report
Soy is featured in the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association’s (USTMA) first U.S. industry sustainability report....

National and State Evaluations Pave Way for Real-World Results on Biobased Roads
Cargill’s rapidly renewable, biobased road innovation is paving new markets for U.S. soybean farmers by creating demand for U.S. soybean oil...
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Anova Rejuvenator
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National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT); Minnesota Department of Transportation’s MnROAD program

Travis AFB’s Winning Solution Combines Cost Savings & Sustainability
When a government agency successfully marries cost savings with environmental protection, people pay attention. ...
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Travis Air Force Base

New Biobased Tires Built for Police Pursuit
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Eagle Enforcer All Weather

Launch Viewers at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Stand on Soy-biobased Sustainability
Innovation and agriculture grew together at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex with their installation of SYNLawn’s soy-backed grass....
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SYNLawn EnviroLoc™
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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Space Complex

Soy-based Paint Covers Ohio State University Campus
The Ohio State University is shrinking its environmental footprint with soy-based paint....
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BioStripe
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The Ohio State University

USDA Certified Biobased Product Revives Roofs
Soy-biobased innovations are reaching new heights with new soy-biobased product, Roof Maxx....
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Roof Maxx
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Keith Kemp, United Soybean Board Director

Soy-Backed Grass Solving Problems Coast to Coast
Soy-backed grass reduces water consumption and enhances sustainability across the nation....
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SYNLawn Artificial Turf
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The City of New York

Performance & Sustainability Win in Goodyear Tires Made with U.S. Soy
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s cooperation with the United Soybean Board (USB) yielded a first for the tire industry....
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Assurance WeatherReady
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Goodyear

Soy-Based Paint Stripper Reduces Health Risks
When a U.S. Navy submarine comes to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to be renovated, it gets a total environmentally-friendly overhaul....
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Hydraulic Fluids Meet Military Standards
The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive RD&E Center successfully completed a field demonstration of biobased hydraulic fluids....
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The U.S. Army

Road Ready, Soy-based Products are ‘Standard Practice’
As with weatherization and energy efficiency efforts, numerous soy-biobased products are effective and proven in road construction projects....
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RePLAY
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Village of Spencerville, Ohio

Chicago Area Turns to Soy for Bike Path Resurfacing
Lake County, Illinois is using a soy-based sealant and preservation agent to prolong the life of one its most heavily used bike paths....
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RePLAY
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Lake County, Illinois

Air Force Rolls Out Soy-Backed Carpet
The U.S. Air Force began using carpet made with soy-based backing in 2009....
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The U.S. Air Force

Soy-based Adhesive At Fort Lee Eliminates Dangerous Formaldehyde
For the 20 people who work in Ft. Lee’s Building 11108, it’s comforting that the cabinets throughout the building emit no formaldehyde. ...
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PureBond
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Fort Lee

Department of Defense Says ‘Going Green is Not Going Soft’
U.S. Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency has successful introduces soy-biobased products into the federal buying system....
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Department of Defense

Shenandoah National Park Summits Environmental Goals with Soy
Shenandoah National Park employees have worked to develop and adopt sustainable practices, including the use of soy-biobased products....
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Soy Scrub Hand Cleaner
Soy Gel Paint Remover
Soy EP Plus # 2 Grease
Graffiti Remover
Bio Hydraulic Fluid
Bio-Penetrating Lubricant, and Bio-Parts Cleaner/Degreaser
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Shenandoah National Park

13 Years of Biobased Road ROI
Sustainable and cost-effective alternative to asphalt restorer displaces petroleum. ...
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Biorestor
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Ohio's Department of Transportation

Pentagon’s Heavy Foot Traffic Still Leads to Lighter Environmental Footprint
Pentagon staffs have taken many steps to shrink the 6.5-million-square-foot building’s environmental footprint....
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EcoPath
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Pentagon

Environmental Consciousness and Creativity Inspire Two Biobased Buildings
Environmental Consciousness Coupled with Creativity Put Soy Inside Seattle’s Bullitt Center and Carnegie Mellon’s School of Design....
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PureBond
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The Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) School of Design

Biobased Bug Repellant Creates Buzz with Michigan Family
Biobased bug repellant replaces the potentially harmful synthetic formulation negatively impacting human health and the environment...
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Bite Blocker

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Protects Park and Employees with Biobased
Custodial Supervisor for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore fights to reduce the use of harmful chemicals and lessen environmental impacts...
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Award-Winning Education Center Takes Formaldehyde-Free Materials to the Farm
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects East...
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PureBond® Hardwood Plywood
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University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design

Soy-Based Graffiti Remover: Tough on Paint – Gentle on Environment
Soy-based graffiti remover transformed the granite rocks near the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, VA that were layered with...