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Legumes In School Canteens

2025-05-052022-12-27 by Slow Food International

Have you ever thought about what they cook in school cafeterias (and how)? The cost of good, healthy food doesn’t have to be unsustainable. The case of Qualità & Servizi, which prepares 9,000 meals a day for schools on the Florence plain, is a good practice example. Today instead we address a different aspect, in certain respects even more striking: namely the fact that this model may be replicated everywhere.

2025-05-052022-12-27 by Seed Savers Network

Kenya is considered a farming nation. Among farming communities in the country, legumes are an important source of nourishment and are, therefore, central to many diets in the country. They are indeed good sources of protein, fibre, they protect against diseases, they fertilise the soil for other crops and they contribute to the economy of the country. Want to know how? Discover the role of vegetables in Kenya in this article!

2025-05-052022-12-27 by Seed Savers Network

In Kenya many types of legumes are grown in various parts of the country. The common bean is the legume most commonly incorporated in different cropping systems (10 % of the proteins consumed in the country!). Discover in this article all about the important legumes that grow in Kenya.

2022-11-25 by Anne Moïta

My name is Amanuel Samuel. I work in a civil society organization, Gardulla Peoples Development Association (GPDA) based in SNNPR, Ethiopia.

2022-11-25 by Anne Moïta

My name is Rūta Beirote and I represent, together with my sister Santa, the farm and family of the Zutini house. Together with our parents and children we run a small farm, where we grow cereals, tomatoes and also legumes – beans and peas.

2022-11-16 by Grégoire Duffal

In this third “Behind the seeds” interview, Clayton Brascoupe, from the north of Santa Fe in New Mexico, shares his experience with the legumes he grows on his farm, in the international Slow Food convention in Torino “Terra Madre”.

2025-05-052022-11-13 by KBean Project

Green Food Lab is a Dutch food consulting and communication agency, aimed at spreading awareness and popularization of plant-based and eco-friendly foods.

Beandeal is a solidarity organization established in July 2022 by 43 institutions nationwide to promote the production, processing and consumption of Dutch beans.

2025-05-052022-11-08 by Zutini

The Fava beans have been known for centuries in traditional Latvian cuisine. They were the first ones brought to Latvia and Baltics, and were the main food (along with brown peas) until potatoes arrived and took the first place. Nowadays, boiled Fava beans are the Latvian traditional summer meal. In this article, I’m gonna show

2025-05-052022-11-06 by terrABC

The importance of legumes in arable farming Legumes are of particular importance in arable farming due to their symbiosis with root nodules (rhizobia). The ability of root nodules to fix atmospheric nitrogen makes legumes an important basic component in crop rotations, especially in organic farming. For this reason, legumes are often used not only as

2022-10-31 by Grégoire Duffal

In this second “Behind the Seeds” interview, Melissa Le Court de Billot shares her knowledge about two underrated South African legumes.

2022-10-31 by Anne Moïta

As the legume season is coming to an end, at least in Europe, what better time to look back on the first year of the Global Bean Showgardens.

2022-10-27 by Anne Moïta

I’m Nicolas Carton, a french agroecologist and self-proclaimed pulse ambassador. I started the initiative ‘Lumineuses’ during the Covid pandemics to promote pulse crops in the fields and in the kitchens.

Legumes In School Canteens

The central role of legumes in Kenyan diet

Discover the tremendous legume diversity in Kenya

Meet the Global Bean Partners: Amanuel Samuel

Meet the Global Bean Partners: Rūta Beirote

Behind the Seeds: Discovering the Family Farm of Clayton Brascoupe (U.S.A.)

Discovering the Dutch Bean deal and the Green food Lab through the eyes of KBean

The Latvian way to eat Fava beans

Legume Fatigue: Prevention Is Better Than a Cure

Behind the Seeds: Jugo Beans and Black Cowpeas with Melissa Le Court de Billot (South Africa)

A season in the legume show gardens

Meet the Global Bean Partners: Nicolas Carton – Lumineuses