Bringing together a vision for achieving the shift towards bean-rich diets.
This report outlines case studies, key themes and next steps as discussed at the ‘Beans as a Vehicle for Transforming Food System Outcomes’ summit held on 27 to 28 September 2023 at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. This summit was co-convened by John Ingram, the AFN Network+ Champion for Systems Interactions in Supply Chains, BeanMeals, and Beans Is How.
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Pulses are leguminous crops harvested for dry protein-rich seed, with peas (pisum sativum) and beans (vicia faba) being the major crops in the UK.
This topic refers to the whole food supply chain, from farm fork, and all the products and services that contribute to food production.
Field beans (vicia faba) are a widely grown break crop across the UK on around 170,000 ha.
