The Soybean Through World History by Matilda Baraibar Norberg... - 9781032509358

The Soybean Through World HistoryLessons for Sustainable Agrofood Systems\nAuthor(s): Matilda Baraibar Norberg, Lisa Deutsch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032509358, 978-1032509358\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the changing roles and functions of the soybean throughout world history and discusses how this reflects the complex processes of agrofood globalization.\n\nThe book uses a historical lens to analyze the processes and features that brought us to the current global configuration of the soybean commodity chain. From its origins as a peasant food in ancient China, today the protein-rich soybean is by far the most cultivated biotech crop on Earth; used to make a huge variety of food and industrial products, including animal feed, tofu, cooking oil, soy sauce, biodiesel and soap. While there is a burgeoning amount of literature on how the contemporary global soy web affects large tracts of our planets socia.