Eat locally.
On 6 Nov
1996, Chuck Otte wrote:
> from Chuck Otte, JunctionCity Kansas USA cotte@oznet.ksu.edu
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> 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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