A worker tends the beans growing at Rio del Rey Heirloom Beans in northern San Diego County. (photo: Mike Reeske) Funding from the USDA Organic Research and Education Initiative and Western SARE ...

Heirloom tomatoes had their moment, so now it’s the beans’ turn. The food: What makes a food heirloom? It’s the history behind the plant; heirloom varieties come from seeds that have been passed down ...

Heirloom dry bean cultivars were evaluated for yield and yield stability at four small-scale organic vegetable productions in Minnesota. The mean yield of heirloom cultivars was about 44 percent lower ...

Working with farmers from Central California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Mexico, Napa-based Rancho Gordo is resurrecting long-forgotten beans and bringing them back to the American table. “If ...

Three freezers in Bill Best’s barn are filled with plastic zip-lock bags containing heirloom bean seeds. “We’ve probably got 700 to 800 varieties in here,” said Best, who has collected heirloom seeds ...

I’m several hundred heirloom bean varieties deep in the latest seed list I’m browsing, description by description, with no plan to come up for air anytime soon. There are nearly 1,600 types of beans ...

Explore heirloom beans in Maine and meet rehabilitated orphan bear cubs in New Hampshire. This week, host and Yankee senior editor Amy Traverso meets Maine farmers who are preserving delicious ...

FARIBAULT, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--S&W Beans has raised the standard for canned beans with the launch of S&W Heirloom Series, a new line featuring four rare heirloom bean varieties, now available only ...

See how heirloom beans are grown, harvested and packaged for market. California's Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing the dried beans that Native Americans and other ancient cultures have grown ...