I'm working across Europe to promote a diversity of pulses in crop rotations and in the kitchens.
Based on my experience as an academic researcher in France and Sweden, and as a crop advisor in Germany, I started the initiative Lumineuses to:
- Look for the locally best varieties of beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils, testing new crops at field scale with farmers and help them to sort, clean and sell the harvest.
- Communicate to the general public the love of growing pulses and cooking them (project with school children, cooking workshops).
I currently live in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Read more information about me in this interview: https://www.globalbean.eu/articles/meet-the-global-bean-partners-nicolas-carton/
Global Bean projects we are involved in:
- experience in academic research: knowledge and EU-wide contacts on legume-cereal intercropping & crop diversification.
- practical experience as an advisor for soybean production (tofu).
- network of pulses-motivated researchers, farmers and organizations in Germany, Sweden, France and Spain.
- practical advice when setting up trials of new crops, including post-harvesting steps.
Reach a broader community to communicate with farmers and food consumers, network with other initiatives to inspire each other.
Legumes are grown and eaten in nearly every country and culture around the world. Most regions and cultures have developed unique traditional methods for cooking and preparing dishes with pulses. The following provides a select insight into some of these enduring traditional practices, which continue to be employed today and have also been adopted in other parts of the world.
The wild parents of the common bean (P. vulgaris) grow in an area that stretches from northern Mexico to Argentina, in two broad regions: Mesoamerica in the north and the Andes in the south. Wild beans in the two regions are genetically distinct.
Pulses like beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas are a simply delicious, naturally nutritious food. Because of this, most national and international dietary guidelines recommend eating more pulses. The suggested amount varies between at least one portion of 25 g dry/80 g cooked pulses per day - like in Portugal - up to 3 cups (720 mL) in the US per week.
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
Fermentation is one of the oldest and most straightforward methods of food preparation. Enzymes produced by microorganisms like bacteria, yeasts, and mold, have long been used by humans to produce food that is both delicious and nutritious. Commonly eaten foods produced through fermentation include bread, dairy products, sauerkraut, and kimchi. In this online event, we
Summary: The event took place on the 16th of March 2023, from 17:00 to 18:30 CET: The Fabaceae family is immense. Beans have been one of the most widely used crops for millennia, but not only the common bean but also the well-known lentils, peas chickpeas and faba beans have been used in the human
Watch the recording of the baking class here: Find here the recipes – Swiss Dreikönigskuchen (Bean-Based Version) – Galette Des Rois With Sweet Azuki Bean Puree Filling Summary We started 2023 with GOOD LUCK! Older even than the Princess on the Pea is the Bean King across Europe. This ancient custom ends the dark cold
Yellow, spotted, eaten leaves, discoloured seeds and pods. Weevils and other insects, mosaic viruses, mould and drought. These, among many others are problems you might encounter in your legume garden.
Exchanging seeds and telling stories about them is probably among the oldest springtime rituals ever since humans started farming. Films, instructions, presentations and discussions were shared on March 2nd 2022 during the Global Bean Seed Festival.
During its two fruitful first years, The Global Bean Project has been funded by the German environment ministry (BMUV) and we were able to carry out a variety of activities with a central coordination amongst a growing global network of experts and enthusiasts. The network now counts above 100 partners from 37 countries. From now
The beauty in the seeds and further advantages of producing your own legume seeds This article has also been published in German on the TerrABC platform, terrabc.org. Legume seeds are living miracles The other day, I was looking at some beans before cooking them and I had an “aha-moment”: a plant had used the genetic
Takeaways from Terra Madre 2022 Closed roundtable, public conference and a closer look at the recent IPES-Food report The high protein content of pulses is one of the main reasons why we (the Global Bean community and many others) believe that they have a key role to play in fixing our broken food system –
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
Amanuel works at the Gardulla People Development Association in southern Ethiopia, and he is a partner of the Global Bean project. GPDA is implementing “agroforestry for sustainable development of people and nature” and supports small-scale farmers in soil and water conservation, farm yield productivity and rehabilitation of degraded lands.
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