USB’s new Clean Conversations podcast gives sustainability leaders and students the inside scoop from American leaders in the growing biobased economy that creates jobs and more sustainable products. A new White House Executive Order reinforces why you will want to hear from our guests.
Clean Conversations Episode 11- Okabashi Vice President Explains Use of U.S. Soy
Okabashi Vice President Kim Falkenhayn, who also helps oversee development at the Atlanta-based shoe manufacturer, joins the Clean Conversation podcast to explain how the company began exploring soy alternatives as concerns grew around plasticizers and other chemicals .
26 Sept 2025
Clean Conversations Episode 10- Dynamic Green Products: Now with Even More Soy
Dynamic Green Products continues to increase the amount of products it makes with U.S. Soy. DGP’s Scott Porter and the United Soybean Board’s Gene Stoel explain how #USSoy is used for both performance and sustainability in soy-biobased products.
14 Aug 2024
Clean Conversations Episode 9- All About SoyFoam
USB's Clean Conversations Podcast features two soybean
growers speaking on SoyFoam™ TF-1122, an innovative new firefighting foam that is free of forever chemicals. We’ll also check with Chris Turner at Chippewa Valley Technical College, where SoyFoam is undergoing additional tests as it ramps up its distribution network.
25 Jun 2024
Episode 8- HempWood, the Coolest Thing in Kentucky!
USB Clean Conversations Podcast Features HempWood Founder Greg Wilson. Greg explains that your home and office may contain harmful chemicals and how HempWood is using U.S. Soy to replace those chemicals in its products. Plus, USB Director Robert Petter drops by to explain the value these collaborations have for soybean farmers.
22 Apr 2024
Episode 7: Anna McCaslin of Iowa State University
USB’s latest Clean Conversations episode features Anna McCaslin of Iowa State University, a research graduate working with SoyLei. SoyLei creates biobased products that help its customers reach sustainability goals and protect the environment. The episode also includes an appearance by USB Director April Hemmes. Hemmes shares the important work of the soy checkoff and begins the journey of how biobased products make it from farms like hers into consumers’ hands.
26 Sept 2023
Episode 6: Jenny Frank of the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology
USB’s latest Clean Conversations podcast episode features Jenny Frank, who is now an assistant professor of renewable energy at the State University of New York. Jenny’s doctoral research focused on quantifying the environmental, financial, and technical viability of renewable energy technologies, biomass feedstocks and alternative fuels. Do we get more benefit from using the renewable fuel and biodiesel right now, or do we invest other technologies to become more affordable and available in the future? Listen to get her take on the social cost of carbon as well as her unique perspective on leading the next generation of sustainably minded students into
the growing bioeconomy.
28 Aug 2023
Episode 5: Kim Falkenhayn of Okabashi
Today's episode features Kim Falkenhayn of Okabashi Shoes, an
American manufacturer that has prioritized sustainability since their inception in 1984. Their proprietary blend of biobased materials includes 45% U.S. Soy by weight and is 100% recyclable. Kim’s discussion with Clean Conversation’s hosts highlights the many benefits of including soy in their manufacturing with a nod to their plans to continue innovating. The episode also includes an excerpt featuring USB chair Meagan Kaiser in conversation with Agri-Pulse’s Open Mic where she shares the wide variety of innovations for supply and sustainability with U.S. Soy.
27 Jun 2023
Episode 4: Bob Woloszynek of Goodyear + Mahanth Joishy of The City of Madison Fleet Service
Join Charlie and Katharine for a conversation with Goodyear Chief Engineer Bob Woloszynek, who gives us a deep dive into the history of Goodyear tires and soybean oil technology. They are also joined by City of Wisconsin Fleet Superintendent Mahanth Joishy, an industry leader who explains why fleets reach out in hopes of replicating his sustainability success stories with using U.S. Soy.
7 Apr 2023
Episode 3: Joshua Tyler of Columbia Forest Products
Join our hosts as they chat with Joshua Tyler, adhesive manager for hardwood manufacturer, Columbia Forest Products. Recognized by EPA as the first cost-competitive, environmentally friendly adhesive that replaces formaldehyde resin, Columbia Forest’s PureBond soy-biobased adhesive is now inside 150 million panels of hardwood plywood –that’s enough to make cabinets for 9.3 million kitchens.
21 Dec 2022
Episode 2: Bob McCormick of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory senior research fellow Bob McCormick chats about his research on how U.S. Soy in biofuels can lower emissions and reduce pollutants, as well as shares advice for recent and upcoming college grads looking for a career that makes a powerful and positive sustainability impact.
18 Oct 2022
Episode 1: Bailey Arnold of the American Lung Association
USB’s new Clean Conversations podcast gives sustainability leaders and students the inside scoop from American leaders in the growing biobased economy that creates jobs and more sustainable products. A new White House Executive Order reinforces why you will want to hear from our guests.
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