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Food Soybean Varieties



>from  Chuck Otte, JunctionCity Kansas USA cotte@oznet.ksu.edu

I have had a couple of calls in the past week from clients asking 
about "Human Food Soybean Varieties". Both clients were talking about 
something they read that said not to use standard "commercial farm" 
soybean varieties because they are posionous. I called the KSU 
Soybean breeder who indicated that this was not true  and that the 
distinction between "commercial farm" soybean varieties and "food" 
varieties was very blurry and very gray. He also indicated what I 
already knew about the tripsin inhibitor in raw soybeans and the need 
to cook any of the soybeans to get around that.

Given this background what are your feelings AND can you recommend 
some human food grade varieties and sources of seed for people who 
want to grow their own?

Thanks in advance!

Chuck

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Chuck Otte                        Internet:  cotte@oznet.ksu.edu
Geary County Extension Office, PO BOX 28            913-238-4161
Junction City, KS  66441-0028                   FAX 913-238-7166
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