The History of a bean

Here’s the legend : once upon a time, there was an emperor in China who wished that his people would be forever spared famine. God heard his plea and gave him a soy bean.

The real story starts in the Orient; at least 3,000 years BC, soy was already consumed daily, and this from childhood.

Growing soy develops in the West at the beginning of the 20th century: the United States are nowadays the first worldwide producers of soy. In France, it is mainly grown in the southern half. Everybody is interested in soy today, mainly for its particularly attractive qualities for the soil and mankind.