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