[AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans

[Grant Brians]

Steve, the best source in your area should be Peaceful Valley Farm Supply in 
Grass Valley. Here is their web address:  www.groworganic.com They have 
historically been the best source for Favas in modest volumes in Northern 
California.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steve smith" <elmodee at psln.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: - Now edible soybeans


> Hey Grant, where can I find fava bean seed in NE Ca . No one has any up 
> here. I would like to plant some as ground cover and to harvest.
> Smitty
>
> At 03:23 PM 8/7/05 -0700, you wrote:
>>An interesting item about the edible soybeans is that unlike regular 
>>soybeans which grow poorly here in Coastal California, they grow well and 
>>I'm told they may grow better here than in the midwest. This is not first 
>>hand info though. Personally I am sticking with the snap beans and Favas 
>>(also known as broad beans to our British friends) for my growing of 
>>beans.
>>          Grant Brians
>>        Hollister, California
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Bealke" <bealke at airmail.net>
>>To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 7:20 AM
>>Subject: [AT] OT: Was More on Air Lines - Now edible soybeans
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Greg,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the interesting post on the white edible bean
>>>sorting.  You are an excellent writer.
>>>
>>>The sushi restaurants taught one old dog new tricks
>>>about soybeans.  Theirs are called edamame, and they are
>>>pretty tasty - unlike the many dried beans I nibbled over the
>>>years on the farm and around elevators.
>>>They seem to have become a popular alternative crop in the US.
>>>(Info at http://agsyst.wsu.edu/edam.htm if you want to try growing
>>>them.)  I like the ones Whole Foods stores has green in frozen bags
>>>in the pods.
>>>
>>>Proponents claim that edamame is the only vegetable that
>>>offers a complete protein profile equal to both meat and eggs. Heck,
>>>next someone will probably tell us that the Japanese also figured this 
>>>out
>>>at few centuries before John Deere was born. So the yuppies have
>>>shown me how to eat alfalfa and soybeans.  Wonder what's next.
>>>
>>>
>>>_|___\  __
>>>|_____/    \  ~ Chuck Bealke ~ bealke at airmail.net ~
>>>( )       \__/
>>>
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