Living Lab “BEAN-LYON”

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Main goal :

  • Developing the consumption of “meat beans”
  • Making them a lever for agro-ecology: a solution for food resilience
  • Develop short, efficient food supply chains

 Main activities :

  • Support and help farmers to go towards « meat bean » crop
  • Convince and meet regularly Chefs to create recipes with this NUC
  • Convince and meet regularly miller to make bean flour
  • Build a « meat bean » ecosystem
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"Meat bean" production with very first farmers
"Meat bean" production with very first farmers
Chefs discover « meat bean »
First trials making « meat bean » flour
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Neglected and underutilized crop species (NUCs) studied

"Meat" bean
This bean falls into the category of climbing/rowing beans, meaning that the stems can reach up to 3 metres in height (or even more, depending on the variety), so they need to be staked. The creamy-white seeds are spotted with purple.

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