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The History of Soy

The soybean has a long history and a very Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam,
long journey through out the world. This Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal and
journey, lasting almost 27 centuries, northern India. Soy was commonly used as
changed the world that we know today. Soy an ingredient in the early ages of it's
products feed a large part of nearly history and was used to make tofu, miso,
every country's inhabitants, as well as and tempeh. Meanwhile the other European
various non-edible uses. The soybean was countries still were still not using the
first cultivated by the Chinese. It then unfamiliar bean.
spread further throughout China and to Long after Asia had started using the
other countries around it. Some time soybean, in the 17th century, Europeans
after the domestication of the soy plant, started using the bean that they had seen
Europeans too learned about the uses of in travels to Asia. Yet, even then all
the soybean and they started to grow it. they did was import soy sauce from China.
Much later, with a hand from Benjamin Finally by the 18th century soybeans were
Franklin, the soybean made it's journey being grown in European countries. Much
to America. The soybean has had a lengthy later, the first soy plant touched
journey, and one that has effected the American territory. In 1770 Benjamin
whole world. Franklin sent his friend, a botanist,
Soybeans were first used as early as the seeds of a soybean. Unfortunately
11th century BC by the Chinese. Soybeans Franklin's attempt was unsuccessful to
were honored by the ancient Chinese and spark the interest of America. The true
the emperor Sheng-Nung named it as one of time when soybeans were finally
the five sacred plants. Included with introduced into America was when a ship
soybeans rice, wheat, barley, and millet. full of soy plants used as ballast landed
Soybeans were used in this early at a dock. A few farmers interested in
civilization both as food and also as a the plant decided to try and grow them,
medicine. Perhaps the soybean actually at last the soybean was being grown in
helped cure sicknesses because of the America. Since 1929 the soybean crop has
vitamins that it contains. Centuries increased form 9 million bushels to over
after the soybeans were being used by the 2.8 billion bushels.
Chinese, they were domesticated and it is In America soybeans began to flourish
now said that they could be one of the flourish, on the farms and on the
first crops ever to be grown by humans. markets. In 1904 George Washington Carver
It wasn't long after this when the rest a famous chemist discovered that soybeans
of the world learned about the benefits contain large amounts of protein and oil.
of the soybean. Later on in 1919 William Morse helped
Hundreds of years after the Chinese first found the American Soybean Association.
discovered the uses of the soy bean and Henry Ford known for making automobiles
the domestication of the soy plant, other made a car with all of the plastic made
parts of the world started using the soy from soybeans! However it wasn't truly
bean too. By the first century countries until the 1940's when Soybean farming
such as Korea started using the soybean. rocketed.
Soybeans also became more widely used Soy has a long history and despite it's
throughout china and had spread to long journey,it still can not rest, for
Central and southern china. It want until even today, people are still finding new
the 7th century when many other countries uses for soybeans.
started using the soy bean such as Japan,




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