Clean Cities, soy checkoff team up for biodiesel campaign
July 15, 2009
The United Soybean Board and soybean checkoff will have the help of seven DOE-affiliated Clean Cities chapters to communicate the benefits of soy biodiesel this summer.
Through a reimbursement program sponsored by USB, these coalitions will carry out several activities to help increase the use and availability of soy biodiesel. Examples of projects range from a promotional and educational campaign in Pittsburgh to help the state adopt its new biodiesel blend requirement to a series of roundtable workshops in Ohio to educate fleet managers and diesel truck dealers about soy biodiesel.
"We hope these projects help to increase the use of biodiesel," said Geno Lowe, a soybean farmer from Hebron, Md., who uses biodiesel on his farm. "Communicating the benefits of soy biodiesel helps soybean farmers move more of our product, and it benefits the environment."
The soybean checkoff has been instrumental in developing the biodiesel industry and continuing research to prove the benefits of the domestically produced fuel. Based on the
most recent U.S. DOE figures, if every truck driver used a B2 blend of biodiesel, the U.S. trucking industry would consume more than 796 million gallons of biodiesel annually, or the equivalent of more than 530 million bushels of soybeans.
Through a reimbursement program sponsored by USB, these coalitions will carry out several activities to help increase the use and availability of soy biodiesel. Examples of projects range from a promotional and educational campaign in Pittsburgh to help the state adopt its new biodiesel blend requirement to a series of roundtable workshops in Ohio to educate fleet managers and diesel truck dealers about soy biodiesel.
"We hope these projects help to increase the use of biodiesel," said Geno Lowe, a soybean farmer from Hebron, Md., who uses biodiesel on his farm. "Communicating the benefits of soy biodiesel helps soybean farmers move more of our product, and it benefits the environment."
The soybean checkoff has been instrumental in developing the biodiesel industry and continuing research to prove the benefits of the domestically produced fuel. Based on the
most recent U.S. DOE figures, if every truck driver used a B2 blend of biodiesel, the U.S. trucking industry would consume more than 796 million gallons of biodiesel annually, or the equivalent of more than 530 million bushels of soybeans.
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