MidAmerica Farmer Grower March 2, 2012 issue 9

Vegetable Soybean Company To Make Mulberry ‘Edamame Capital’ Of U.S.

Jan. 31 press conference to announce construction of the nation’s first plant dedicated to the receiving, processing, packaging and shipping of edamame, or vegetable soybeans, to be grown by Arkansas farmers starting this year. Kelly Cartwright, who will be chief op-

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erating officer of American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame, Inc., (AVS), said “we don’t see a ceiling on the mar- ket” for edamame that will be shipped from Mulberry. Frozen edamame prod- ucts are currently imported from Asia for the fast-growing U.S. market. AVS is a subsidiary of JYC Interna-

tional based in Houston. JYC president J.Y. “Gene” Chung said, “We are ex- cited to be part of the larger Arkansas community and the city of Mulberry as we work together to make this new veg- etable soybean industry successful and

MULBERRY, ARK.

his Crawford County town was christened the future “edamame capital of the United States” at a

sustainable.” Gov. Mike Beebe said during the

press conference at the county fair- grounds that the new venture is a re- flection of private and public sector collaboration for economic develop- ment. Mulberry Mayor Gary Baxter said

local leaders have been impressed with the AVS and JYC leadership. “Dr. Chung said he didn’t want any tax breaks because he supports

Gov. Mike Beebe; Kay Baxter and Mayor Gary Baxter; J.Y. “Gene” Chung, president of JYC Foods;

and Mark Cochran, U of A System vice president for agriculture.

processing plant in Mulberry were, from left, Kelly Cartwright, future chief operating officer of American Vegetable Soybean and Edamame, Inc.;

Speakers at a press conference to announce construction of the nation’s first edamame

education and doesn’t want to take tax money away from our schools,” Baxter said. “This company will be a great asset to our city and our state.” The 32,000-square-foot plant, being

built at a cost of $5.8 million, will have about 40 full-time employees by this summer and as many as 60 within three years, Cartwright said. AVS is contracting with farmers to grow 900 acres of edamame in 2012.

“We anticipate doubling the acreage in 2013, and adding a second (processing) line in 2014,” Cartwright said. The first year’s crop will

include organic

edamame to be grown in White County. The rest of the acreage is in the Arkansas River Valley from Faulkner to Crawford counties. Demand for edamame in the United States is growing at a rate of 12 to 15

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