We are a volunteer group within the community garden project at the Ecological Education Center in Munich and collect varieties of beans that are no longer in commercial use. We are enthusiastic about the diversity and the aesthetics of beans, of course also about the culinary enjoyment and their ecological value. We want to bring the variety of beans into gardens and onto people's plates. That is why we are expanding our nationwide network of gardeners, who help us preserve the beans by planting them in their private gardens and sending back the harvested seeds. We now have over 200 varieties and approx 100 people who join us as sustainers. Our goal is to spread the use of old bean varieties and raise awareness of the importance of seed autonomy.
Global Bean projects we are involved in:
Seeds and experience with cultivation of 200 varieties and description of varieties. Instructions for cultivation and description sheet.
exchange with other groups to share the sustainers work.
We invite you to discover traditions and customs related to pulses in Italy, USA, Korea, and Nigeria. What most customs across these four continents have in common is that beans symbolise good luck and prosperity.
A growing network of digitally connected microfarms, Tiny Farms grows organic regional vegetables for cities.
Tanja Neuschild, working for the Food council Marburg, wants to raise the attention of the local community to the huge diversity of legumes that can grow in the village. This bean show garden is located in Wehrda, a district of the German city of Maburg.
Nikos Dompazis cultivates traditional varieties of vegetables and legumes in Northern Greece (Komotini) in a garden of approx. 700 m2, since 1996.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
Public canteens are often, especially in schools, considered a mere cost item in the budget of a municipality or a company. Instead, collective catering can have an important educational value, a significant health impact and be a driver for the development of local sustainable agriculture.
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
As we watch the war in Ukraine in disbelief, the next global catastrophe is looming. Exploding energy and commodity prices meet reduced production of wheat, corn and oil crops; and on top of that agricultural functionaries are demanding a rollback of environmental measures.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
On the 2,000 m² field in Attiswil, the world's most important 50 or so arable crops are grown in the proportions in which they grow on the world's 1.4 billion hectares of arable land. “Beans” are the annual topic in 2022 with little show gardens, installations and events.
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