and edamame?ples. >> reporter: as unlikely as that might seem arkansas and edamame turned out to be the perfect fit. tt -- it has the ideal soil and climate. >> it's sweeter. >> and it's tenth largest producer of soybeans in the country. just northwest the kind we eat. they'll be turned into oil or animal feed. it's just a different strain of the soybeans that the farmers already grow. >> when was the fires time you had heard about it? >> never heard of it. >> reporter: but he signed up to work with them anyway. he dedicated 200 acres of his own farm land to growing edamame last year. >> is there a buzz about this within the farmer community. >> mostly the buzz ends with how much are you making? and all i can say about that, is we're happy with what it's doing. >> reporter: he wants to grow more next season and they say the demand is there. low in calories and high in protein and fiber, it's praised as a super food. in 2012 americans consumed more than 25,000 to 30,000 tons of frozen beans. >> we'

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>>> plus we'll take you to a town of arkansas that's become one of the top growers of the soybean edamamelliam stops by the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, january 8. i'm michelle griego. >> we always make it. i'm frank mallicoat. get you out the door. >> we are seeing some precipitation outside! haven't been able to see much of that. it's just some drizzle but making the roads a little slick if you are headed out the door. we could see a little rain coming our way. we'll talk about that coming up. >> that's right. something is brewing outside. in fact, there are some slick conditions reported slippery when wet a little bit across the san mateo bridge so you can see it in our camera just past the toll plaza. so we'll have a full look at your morning commute. there's a lot of overnight roadwork, as well. have your travel times and mass transit. >> sounds good. thank you

edamame. >> feeling good. >> i don't know how george feels about you.. i bet you burned 300 calories this morning. george did. >> "plan d" is out in paper back now. goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!. her weight loss tips for every day of the week. >>> coming up behind the scenes of the abc family hit, baby daddy. come on back, everybody. >>> a new season of the abc family hit, "baby daddy" is on the way. think of "3 men and a baby" for the 20-something set. cam mathison wept behind the scenes. >> there's a baby on my door mat. >> reporter: abc family's hit show, "baby daddy" is the number one comedy series in abc family's history. a bar tender from new york turns his life upside down when e comes to find baby girl on the doorstep from an ex-girlfriend. now back for a third season, it's a perfect blend of limitless laughs and love. >> it's okay. daddy's here. >> reporter: what sit like working with a baby on set. you have gone through three sets of twins. >> it keeps you on your toes. >> reporter: sometimes art imitates life. >> so many things we are done