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Life Sciences Warwick Crop Centre

Webinar 'Creating a marketplace for new varieties of UK registered beans'

Wednesday, 4th December, 4pm to 5pm (UK time) - in Microsoft Teams.

Three new varieties of UK Registered Beans (URBeans) have been bred for British farming – selected as a crop for planting in May and harvesting in September using standard equipment. They are now set as versatile ingredients to connect British farming with impact on public health as tasty options alongside homegrown vegetables to increase soluble fibre in the British diet. Professor Eric Holub and Dr Rosanne Maguire have been advancing ‘fork-to-farm’ thinking for a social enterprise called NurturalFood that can ensure UK consumers with affordable access to URBeans and equitable income for cooperating farmers.
In this Webinar, Dr Maguire will introduce the research behind URBeans from the Warwick Crop Centre, and highlight recent insights from a transdisciplinary project called BeanMeals. She will be joined by two colleagues including Andrew Ward, who is leading URBean production trials at his Lincolnshire farm and is recognised as a farming innovation lead via bi-weekly episodes on his YouTube channel Wardys Waffle. And also, Ben Thomas from the Warwick Food Group, whose team is scratch-cooking food in the Eatwise Test Kitchen for the University campus, with plans to feature British ingredients including URBeans on the menu.

To attend please register below and a Teams link will be forwarded prior to the event.

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