Our Connected System
Feed Mills
Farm Operations
Processing
Bioenergy
Turning Waste into Renewable Energy
Our connected food system doesn’t stop when we send pork products to market. We aim to be good environmental stewards, and we are always working to reduce or repurpose our waste.
Converting Animal Fat to Biodiesel
Seaboard Energy supports the use of renewable energy alternatives from and for Seaboard Foods. Seaboard Energy produces biodiesel by using pork fat from our processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma.
Seaboard Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Foods, produced 81 million gallons of biodiesel *
249 employees work in energy operations 172 hourly and 77 salaried energy operations employees
Seaboard Energy produced enough MMBtus of biogas to heat 3,371 average American homes for a year *
*2022 Seaboard Foods Sustainability Highlight Report
**These accomplishments are the result of the cooperative efforts of Seaboard Foods, its wholly-owned subsidiary Seaboard Energy, LLC, and Seaboard Energy’s respective subsidiaries and affiliates.
Harnessing the Benefits of Compressed Natural Gas
Seaboard Energy CNG also supports the energy needs of Seaboard Foods’ compressed natural gas (CNG) powered vehicles with a public filling station located near our Guymon processing facility.
CNG burns much cleaner than gasoline or petroleum diesel because it primarily consists of methane, the cleanest burning of all fossil fuels. Compared to petroleum diesel, CNG emits far fewer pollutants, including 25% less greenhouse gasses, 88% less NOx and 22% less particulate matter.