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New Food is Happening at Heritage
West St. Paul City CouncilFriday, November 21, 2025
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[0:15] This year at Heritage, we're getting
[0:17] some new and healthy food options at
[0:18] school. The cool thing about this
[0:20] program is that all this stuff is
[0:22] Minnesota grown.
[0:23] >> Oh, yeah. One of the foods we'll get to
[0:26] try is soybeans, also known as Adamame.
[0:28] You may have had edetomame at a
[0:31] restaurant before. They are normally in
[0:33] stirfries, curries, salads, and dips.
[0:36] >> Edamame is a good source of protein. It
[0:38] tastes like a pea or green bean, but it
[0:40] is firmer.
[0:42] >> A lot of the time, edamame comes in a
[0:44] pod, but you can open it up and just eat
[0:46] the beans. Later on this year, we're
[0:49] going to get to try Minnesota homegrown
[0:50] peas and corn. Did you know that
[0:52] Minnesota is one of the top five states
[0:54] in the US for crop production? In fact,
[0:56] last year Minnesota produced 1.35
[0:58] billion bushels of corn. Minnesota is
[1:00] also the second highest producer of peas
[1:03] in the US, making us a leader of healthy
[1:05] food production. We also get to try
[1:07] sambooa this year. A simus is a deep
[1:09] fried triangle with mostly vegetables
[1:11] and meat. They come from many places in
[1:14] Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. These
[1:16] tasty treats are savory and sometimes a
[1:19] little sweet or spicy. We're so excited
[1:21] to try them. When you see these new
[1:23] healthy food options in the cafeteria,
[1:25] make sure to try them.