“The Global Bean Network is a unique enrichment through the exchange on sustainable topics relating to legumes, the different perspectives and the personal encounters. Specialising in the processing of legumes, I particularly love the opportunity to connect directly with other partners internationally and to exchange knowledge and experience. This is more important than ever due to the climate change and the changing cultivation conditions. It is incredibly exciting to see how globally connecting beans can be.”
Cecilia Antoni, CEO Bean Beat, Bohnikat & LeguNet Germany
“The Global Bean Project has been a great platform for me to connect with countless fellow legume enthusiasts and broaden my network, leading to fruitful new collaborations. Through this growing network, I had the chance to hear very diverse legume-related stories from all around the Globe, which further increased my motivation as a young “pulse ambassador”. The project also helped me to reach a broader audience.”
Dr. Nicolas Carton, Teacher and Researcher in Agronomy, France
“The Global Bean Project has given me so much. I now feel very comfortable in the role of a Bean Embassador and it’s so wonderful what great people I’ve met through the network. I am thinking first and foremost of my dear work partner Nicolas. We are working so well together, to inspire people in our pulses cooking classes.”
Claudia Friedrich, Founder heldenkueche
“As an organic grower based in North East England, we have found being part of The Global Bean Project offers information and knowledge, connections that have been a practical assistance to us. It has been refreshing that we have been listened to, with regards to the future direction of work in processing of pulses. I personally have made some excellent contacts and learnt a lot about the valuable contribution pulses can contribute to our diet and health of the planet.”
Michael Marston, Bean Grower, England
“Global Beans network brings together people and organizations that work by profession and/or passion on the large variety of topics related to legumes. Due to their high protein contents the legumes have been a staple food all over the world and have undergone a long-lasting folk selection which has resulted in a vast diversity of local varieties and landraces adapted to local ecological conditions, many of them resilient to adverse climate. However, this biodiversity and related traditional knowledge have been lost due to the industrialization of agriculture, abandonment of rural areas and ageing of the rural populations. Hence, the Global Beans network collects, revives and puts in practice for the future the legume heritage that has reached us over the generations.”
Dessislava Dimitrova, President Slow Food in Bulgaria
“The Global Bean Project is thematic networking playing a pivotal role in unlocking the full potential of legumes as a sustainable and nutritious food source for present and future generations, building strong network and partnerships, fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange and consumer awareness in the promotion of legumes production and consumption.”
Pr. Dr. Svetlana Balešević Tubić, Seed Association of Serbia
“As founders and co-owners of Living Seeds International AG, we very much welcome the activities of Global Beans. Legumes are of strategic and cross-border importance for agriculture, through their proteins for humans and animals, through soil improvement, through the binding of CO2 and NOx. As a seed company, we are very interested in networking with stakeholders, but it is also important for us that knowledge is passed on to stakeholders and consumers.
As chairman of the non-profit breeding association Lebende Samen e.V., it is useful to meet other breeders, propagators and users in order to participate in the exchange of knowledge. Global Beans has managed to build up an international network of people interested in legumes within a short space of time. We congratulate them on this and will use this together to further develop plant breeding, especially legume breeding.”
Stefan Doeblin, CEO Lebende Samen – Sementes vivas
“I find it very valuable just to hear what other projects are doing – rarely do we in the UK collaborate across countries so that is nice.“
Jenny MacGillivray, Community Activator, Food & Climate Action project, Scotland
“Being part of The Global Bean Project has brought us a lot of bean stories from all over the world. With these we can inspire people and show them how important the small but great bean can be for our planet and our health.”
Andrea Spieß, Project Lead Schweizer Weltacker Initiativen
“I am very excited to work with such a spectacular project. I love growing and eating beans. Here in Ethiopia beans are staple foods. We cook beans with different recipes and they add a great taste to any food.“
Amanuel Samuel Menna, Project Manager Gardulla People Development Association
“Thanks for organising the project, wich offers so much interesting informations on Legumes and specially beans!!!”
Benedikt Sprenker, Farmer and Founder Hof Sprenker
“I think it is an excellent project that allows all of us who love pulses to connect.”
Claudia Melo, Terraapia
“We are very small-scale but very keen to join a global legume network! Beans are our future!”
Lucy Smithies, The Plant Farm