Soybeans

A carrot-style field crop — plant the bean itself. Even immature plants give the bean back; mature ones yield more (Fortune helps). The start of the miso, shoyu, natto and edamame lines. First beans come from wild soybeans on sunflower plains.

Obtaining

• Harvested from Soybeans

Generation

• Wild patch: sunflower plains

Ecological basis

Wild soybean, the ancestor of the crop, occurs in sunny East Asian grassland, field margins and banks. Sunflower plains stand for that bright open habitat.

Usage

The soybean gateway

Miso, shoyu, natto, edamame — much of the storehouse starts here. Split the harvest three ways: eat, brew, replant.

As an ingredient

Related guides

• Fields and Paddies
• Fermentation and Drying
• Tofu and Salt Making
• Finding Plants and Wildlife

Advancements