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2. September 2022

September event: Produce your own Seeds!

Where can I find seeds of heirloom varieties? How can I preserve my own seeds? How do associations and producers work to preserve legume diversity? Join us on Thursday 15th September and…

31. August 2022

by Global Bean

Heat wave impacts legume yields in India

Author: Edible Routes India Regions particularly suffering from heat This year’s heat wave was the most severe as it started early and extended for a longer period of time. The weather experts attribute the high temperature across the country due to the absence of light rainfall …

31. August 2022

by Global Bean

Global Bean partners: Nikos Dompazis

My name is Nikos Dompazis and I grow traditional varieties of legumes and vegetables since 1996, in a garden of 700 m2 in Northern Greece. I am a founding member of the local seed savers network in my area, Sporites Rodopis.

13. Mai 2022

by Global Bean

Meet the Global Bean partners: Donal Murphy-Bokern

The protein choices we make determine so much of how the food system impacts on our health and the planet. At the moment, I am the scientific coordinator of the EU-funded Legumes Translated consortium. I am also a member of the EcoXtract consortium that is developing a new plant-based solvent for the food industry.

3. Mai 2022

by Global Bean

April Monthly meeting: Intercropping

Intercropping, other than crop rotation, means planting and harvesting more than one plant at a time: onions go with strawberries, lentils need a pillar to climb on, such as barley, the famous three sisters of the maize, bean and pumpkin Milpa are another example and even permaculture is just highly diversified intercropping.

20. April 2022

by Global Bean

Meet the Global Bean partners: Lopamudra Sahu

My Name is Lopamudra Sahu, I look at our clients farms in Odisha and West Bengal. At Edible Routes we foresee a world where our food is grown locally, near us & by people known to us.

20. April 2022

War in Ukraine and the Food Crisis: A Search for Demand-Side Action

Dr. Susan Young, UK Introduction Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is further disrupting a global food system that was already undermined by Covid and the unfolding climate crisis. I needed only a few minutes of internet search to find many articles that explain the impact of the …

17. November 2021

by 2000m²

2000 Kvadratmeter in Sweden

Our Swedish correspondent Magda Knobel found a 2000 m² garden in Stockholm. On the island of Djurgården, between an amusement park, various museums (including the Abba Museum) and many trees, there is a garden which has a very special mission. At the end of the 18th …

8. Juli 2021

by Jasper Jordan

New Delhi: 1200m² in India

With great pleasure we welcome another partner in the circle of global fields around the world: Edible Routes Foundation (ERF) in Delhi, India. Edible Routes Foundation (ERF) works at the intersection of ecological restoration and community development through regenerating landscapes, developing knowledge of local native species, …

16. Mai 2021

by Weltacker Schweiz

Auf dem Tisch! Aus dem Tisch!

Exakt zum Eröffnungswochenende der Weltacker-Saison 2021 hat der Wettergott zwei Sommertage ins Land geschickt. Viele Besucher*innen haben die Gelegenheit genutzt und beim Setzlingsmärit aus der grossen Tomatenvielfalt Jungpflanzen für ihren Hausgarten oder für eine Patenschaft beim Weltacker gewählt: Klassisch rote, grün-rot gestreifte, schwarze, gelbe oder gar …

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