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The University of Warwick celebrates the successful harvest of "GODIVA" and ‘OLIVIA’ – two novel dry beans inspired by local cultural history.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have been working on ways to help UK farmers better serve public health using seed, soil and British sunshine. GODIVA is a blonde-coloured dry bean similar in size to a red kidney bean and named after the historical Coventry noblewoman, Lady Godiva. OLIVIA is a black bean named after a character from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Fri 08 Sep 2023, 08:10 | Tags: crop centre, crops, Wellesbourne, Beans, Innovation Campus

The first British Baked Beans could be on the breakfast menu thanks to University of Warwick research

A pioneering project is set produce haricot beans, better known as classic-baked bean, in the UK for the first time.

Fri 16 Jun 2023, 10:06 | Tags: research, crop centre, crops, Beans, Horticulture and Agriculture

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