The story of soy / Christine M. Du Bois.

"The humble soybean is the world's most widely grown and most traded oilseed. And though found in everything from veggie burgers to cosmetics, breakfast cereals to plastics, soy is also a poorly understood crop often viewed in extreme terms--either as a superfood or a deadly poison. In thi...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Du Bois, Christine M., 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London [England] : Reaktion Books, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Hidden Gold; 1. Asian Roots; 2. Europe Explores and Experiments; 3. The Young Country and the Ancient Bean; 4. Soy Patriotic; 5. Fattening with Feed; 6. Soy Swoops South; 7. Moulding Our World; 8. Poison or Panacea?; 9. Beans as Business: Big Business; 10. Fat in the Fire: Soy Diesel; Afterword; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.