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HortBiz Home Mission Publications Markets / Direct Marketing Organics In Kentucky General Industry Edamame Soybean Marketing Project       Purpose       Background       Planting       Harvest       Promotion and Education       Publications Agricultural Economics Horticulture College of Agriculture New Crop Opportunities Center For additional information about this project, please contact Matt Ernst or Tim Woods. University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics 400 Charles E. Barnhart Bldg. Lexington, KY 40546-0276 Phone: 859-257-5762 Fax: 859-323-1913 Last Update: January 8, 2004

Beans were harvested by hand, picked early in the morning from sunrise until about 9 a.m. The sugar content of the bean is highest and the flavor is best when the bean is picked at this time. No edamame harvested in this project could be sold due to stipulations in the SARE grant. The beans from the test plot were all used for promotional purposes and distributed as free samples to consumers. Here, a consumer takes free beans at the Evansville Farmer's Market, Evansville, IN, July 2001. A migrant worker holds an Old World edamame plant (on left) and the ISTNL 2025 (on right). Harvested beans are washed before icing. A migrant worker prepares a bag with ice for beans. Washed and iced beans ready for refrigeration.

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