Soy Foods Month Regional Highlights

Apr 10, 2026

As Soy Foods Month continues, we highlight the global impact of U.S. Soy. From hands-on training to high-level summits, USSEC is driving innovation, nutrition, and sustainability. Worldwide efforts are strengthening partnerships and expanding market opportunities. Explore recent highlights across USSEC regions including East Asia, the Americas and Europe, China and the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

North & Southeast Asia

USSEC hosted the U.S. Food Bean Buyers Conference on March 20 in Seoul, Korea. The program covered soy market updates, non-GM acreage, Sustainable U.S. Soy label (SUSS) adoption, IP soybean procurement and soy’s role in healthy aging. A panel of growers and exporters shared insights on the U.S. soy food bean market, followed by one-on-one meetings connecting suppliers and buyers.

The 2026 Asia Soy Excellence & Food Summit was held March 25 to 27 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme: “Unlocking Nutritious and Sustainable Soy Benefits – Differentiate and Elevate U.S. Soy for Nourishing Asia.” Attendees included U.S. farmer leaders, suppliers, researchers, health professionals, culinary experts, government officials and food innovators. Discussions focused on sustainability, product innovation, supply reliability and evolving consumer demand, reinforcing U.S. Soy’s role in the region’s food sector.

The Americas
USSEC Americas advanced the use of soy flour in bakery applications in March through technical workshops in Colombia, engaging professionals from across Latin America. The program encouraged incorporating soy flour, ground from U.S. soybeans, into products like bread and was developed with soybean importers and processors.

Through hands-on training, recipe development, and technical support, the program has led to new soy-based products in the region, demonstrating how soy boosts protein and enhances the nutritional value of staple foods.

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Video: Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.