In 2009 there was a lot of buzz around trans-fat free foods when places like New York City passed regulations that pushed the use of healthier oils. It may be hard to imagine, but that decision affected farmers like John Buck, who farms in Ohio in the small town of New Bloomington. Although trans-fat foods may be the rage in big cities, it is on farms that the healthier products start.

John grows soybeans. In fact, he grows all low-linolenic soybeans on about 700 acres. Low-linolenic (known by some as low-lin) soybeans were bred to be lower in linolenic acid … Full Article »