Can you buy edamame grown in United States?

Of course you can! The American Sweet Bean Company grows and processes US-grown edamame. You can learn more about the company and their products on their web site: http://www.americansweetbean.com

Other names for edamame [Glycine max L.] are vegetable soybean, sweet bean, and green vegetable soybean. For it's a specialty variety of soybean that's harvested in the green stage. Traditionally, it's grown in Asian countries such as China and Japan.

But there's emerging interest for edamame elsewhere in the world. In fact, edamame often is described as an 'emerging new crop' particularly in European and North American countries. For among its most popular uses are stir-fries, soups, snacks, and salads.

European and North American production and availability undoubtedly will become greater, and local producers therefore more accessible and better known. But for the time being, why not visit the following site: www.edamame.wsu.edu? The site includes a list of breeders, and of distributors. Additionally, there's contact information for Q&A: by email milesc@wsu.edu; fax 360-576-6032; snail-mail Washington state University Extension Center, 1919 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA 98665; telephone 360-576-6030; and website http://agsystems.wsu.edu.