The Lost Soybeans of Okinawa
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FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Under US occupation, more sugarcane was planted as a cash crop, replacing the diverse foods farmers had grown for islanders. For decades, vast shoals of anchovy were caught just off the Peruvian coast and used as the major protein source in the poultry and cattle industries. But in the 1970s the soy boom really intensified.
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