By Catherine Pendreigh, Food Systems Partner, Zero Waste Scotland As a once overlooked kitchen cupboard staple, it is fantastic to see the attention and love that beans are getting in Glasgow. The UN’s Beans is How advocacy work and...
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Paul, who works for Urban Roots gardening at the Moogety Garden in Elderpark, spoke to Thalia from our Bean Team about his experience growing beans in Glasgow. What type of beans have you previously grown in the Moogety Garden? Well, we’ve...
Read moreCreating a Buzz Around Beans
Lisa Didier, Engagement Officer for the research project BeanMeals, reveals how the team worked with schoolchildren across Leicestershire to help them feel excited about trying unfamiliar foods.
Read moreGlasgow Food Policy Partnership February Newsletter
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Read moreRestaurant Bean-efits
By Rebecca Ricketts, Campaign and Project Lead, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Circular Glasgow. In recent years, there has been a significant shift in consumer preferences towards increased plant-based diets, with beans, pea, legumes, and...
Read moreGlasgow, where have you bean?
Snubbed and then forgotten, considered a symbol of a past linked to poverty, beans are instead the food of the future.
Read moreSlow Beans
I have come to appreciate the huge diversity of beans, and the important role they play in almost every culture in the world. They are highly nutritious and can reduce or replace meat in many diets. They fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and help...
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Read moreLet Glasgow Nourish artworks by Hannah Brackston
Glasgow Food Policy Partnership received funding from the Food Sovereignty Network and The Dear Green Bothy to commission an artist to create an artwork drawing on the themes of the Glasgow City Food Plan, delivering the project in May-June...
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