It’s BEAN a pleasure…

As part of the Feast-themed events in December, we held a successful online and in-person event with Tales From Coventry Tables. Exhi-BEAN-tion was a perfect introduction to a local, sustainable and tasty way of eating.

Surprising fact: none of the navy beans in a tin of British baked beans are currently grown by UK farmers. To give a commercially viable yield, navy beans usually need summer heat and a lot of sunlight to grow well – not something for which the UK is renowned!

The Online Exhi-Bean-Tion set out to share ideas about our favourite pulse, the delicious and wonderfully versatile common bean and  featured new ingredients from Professor Eric Holub’s work at the University of Warwick Crop Centre: a large blonde bean named Godiva and a traditional white navy bean named Capulet.

Versatility is the best news about common dry beans. And, as the Feast event demonstrated with Godiva and Capulet, there is more to healthier eating than tinned beans on toast.   

Discover more details about the event on the blog post in our Stories page here:

The online event was held on Sunday 5 December 2021: