#DidYouKnow that Ford Motor Company founder, Henry Ford, was a vegetarian and a major advocate of soybean-based foods and products? Working with soybeans, he and scientist Robert Boyer changed the landscape of American diets and lifestyles (and invented a soy-based plastic car!). MINNESOTA'S ALT-MEAT REVOLUTION: In Dawson, MN, “alt-meat” is not new - soybean processing dates back to the '50s. Now, PURIS, a manufacturer of pea protein, has moved in to revolutionize the agricultural system. What impact will it have on the residents and surrounding communities? A co-production of Pioneer PBS and WORLD. Watch ALT-MEAT and more shorts:    • Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution | Pio...   For more: https://to.worldchannel.org/LUSA_AltMeat #LocalUSA #MyHomeIsHerePBS #food #vegetarian #plantbased #meatless #vegetables #peas #soy #soybean #protein #diet #vegetarian #textile #textiles #puris #minnesota #documentary https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQZmEgBM-3D2UVDhIzgErw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4SQ5Fo3lAAwvLBo_oQUjA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKA96UxTdgFBwGZMGZ-135w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-416ZQNyLIvTsUijkSplIw SUBSCRIBE YouTube: http://bit.ly/WC_YTSubscribe Newsletter: https://worldchannel.org/newsletter-subscription/ FOLLOW WORLD and Local, USA: Website: https://worldchannel.org/show/local-usa/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WORLDChannel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldchannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldchannel TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldchannel WORLD shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming. WORLD’s original series examine the issues and amplify the voices of those often ignored by mainstream media. The multicast 24/7 channel helps audiences understand conflicts, movements and cultures from around the globe. Its original work has won a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, an International Documentary Association Award, a National News and Documentary Emmy Award, two Webby Awards and many others honoring diversity of content and makers. WORLD is carried by 194 member stations in markets representing 77% of US TV households. Funding for WORLD Channel is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and Artworks. WORLD is produced by GBH in partnership with WNET and is distributed by American Public Television (APT).