Governor Beebe speaks in Mulberry

This podcast is an excerpt from a speech that Gov. Mike Beebe gave on Tuesday January 31,2012 at the ground breaking ceremony for a new Edamame processing facility that will be located in Mulberry, Arkansas.

American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame Inc. (AVS) today announced it is opening an edamame processing facility in Mulberry, Arkansas. JYC International, the parent company for AVS, has been researching the possibility of domestic production in an effort to find soybeans comparable to the consistency and quality of edamame imported from China.

Edamame is one of the fastest growing specialty foods in the United States. Edamame is a soybean harvested at the peak of ripening. It is often eaten as a snack, a vegetable dish, in soups, and processed into sweets. Its popularity has soared in the past few years as soy plants have been touted to balance hormones, improve elasticity of the arteries, and reduce the risk of heart disease.

For more information of edamame and soybean farming in Arkansas pleases visit our website at: www.uaex.edu

This podcast was produced by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and was funded in part by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board.

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