Soya beans in the UK
I came across fresh soya beans (as opposed to dried) for the first time
last summer, in a Marks and Spencers prepared salad. I rarely buy
convenience foods, so if people have been eating them for decades,
forgive me, I lead a sheltered life! They were delicious, so I did an
internet trawl to see if it might be feasible to grow them here in the
UK.
I found one variety, Ustie, supplied by Thompson and Morgans,
which has been bred specifically to suit UK conditions, so I'm going to
try them this season. I've not yet found any reports of how other
people fared growing them, so if anyone has had any experience of these
I'd be very interested to hear. I suspect they may be a bit tricky,
otherwise they'd probably be more common... although I don't think the
variety's been around for very long.
If it proves possible to grow them well here, that would be very good news as they're such a good source of protein which is often imported over big distances. Another front on which to attack food miles...
If it proves possible to grow them well here, that would be very good news as they're such a good source of protein which is often imported over big distances. Another front on which to attack food miles...
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