I am a bean seed collector. For me, collecting bean and legume seeds is primarily about preserving the diversity and availability of these vegetable crops. The second goal is to give the opportunity to grow beans to those who want to grow them, but cannot afford to buy rare bean seeds. That is why I not only sell, but also give seeds to those who need them. As of 2024, I have about 500 varieties of beans and legumes in my collection, and their number is constantly growing. And finally, the third task is to popularize legumes among the world population.
There are about 20 people in my team, the same collectors as me in Russia.
Global Bean projects we are involved in:
500 varieties of beans and other legumes, for exchange and purchase. I also send gifts of bean and legume seeds, giving everyone the opportunity to grow beans and have food security.
I also share my experience of growing beans and other legumes on my YouTube channel and personally, which can help beginning gardeners.
Opportunity to exchange and purchase bean and legume seeds from around the world, as well as partner support in delivering seeds to people who need and need them.
I dream that as many people as possible learn about the huge variety of beans and legumes, that this is a useful crop not only as food for humans, but also useful for soil fertility
This year, our Global Bean seed festival was extra special. On 22nd April, Global Bean partners across Europe and beyond came together to celebrate the diversity of beans and exchange legume seeds. Seed festivals took place in Greece, Albania, Germany, Ethiopia, Kenya, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Spain. Bean mandala picture credit: Biodiversidad Alimentaria. Contains traditional
World Pulses Day is a global event celebrated on the 10th of February to recognise the importance of pulses as a world food. On this occasion, we asked you about your own personal stories with pulses: What’s your favourite pulse-based dish? Who made it for you? (Grandparents/Friends/Flatmate, etc.) Where and when did you eat it
2022 was a year with a strong focus on legumes for the Global Field Attiswil in Switzerland, and it shows! We can only applaud the team for their creativity in bringing this information to visitors of their Global Field.
I am currently working as a consultant with the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT in six countries on a project on dynamic mixtures and evolutionary population.
My name is Amanuel Samuel. I work in a civil society organization, Gardulla Peoples Development Association (GPDA) based in SNNPR, Ethiopia.
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.
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.
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.
The Global Bean team was lucky to receive the KBean project form South Korea, in Berlin for a 3-day visit.
Ever heard of “Updrögt beans”, mysterious name for a traditional method of preserving beans? Michael Recktenwald – Chef of the SlowFood Chef Alliance and resident of Langeoog, one of the seven Islands in East Phrygia where those beans originate – shared the story of the beans with the Global Bean team, and now, with you.
Last Saturday at the Global Field in Berlin, surrounded by the luscious plants of the greenhouse, Cecilia Antoni (@bean.beat) of the Global Bean team held a speech about the advantages of pulses in our diet during the evening event, “Iss mir Bohne!”. This event, whose title is a world play on “Eat more beans” and
What a ride bean-friends, what a growth! As October creeps in, and the summer heat abruptly leaves way to freezing cold – in Germany at least – what better occasion to look back on where the beans started, and where they are now. In May, as the soil was freezing cold as well in the
There is no denying that 2022 has been a particularly dry year.
However, for most field crops like pulses, it can be positive to have “dry weather” at the end of the crop cycle for example. Did legume yields suffer from the drought? What parameters are the ones impacting legumes? What are the means to adapt legume cultivation to the drought in Europe?
“Can legumes save the world?”
A question we invited visitors to think of at the Global Bean booth for the open-house day of the German Federal Ministry for Environment and Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).
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