Living Lab “BEAN-LYON”
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
"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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Current map of actors
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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