Raising the Pulse: How faba beans can transform our diet and the planet

About this episode

This episode discusses the Raising the Pulse project and its impact on diet and the environment through faba beans.

In this episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike speaks to Donal O'Sullivan from the University of Reading about the Raising the Pulse project, a three year project focused on faba beans designed to transform the food system for health and environment and aiming to increase UK pulse consumption for health and sustainability. You can read more about the Raising the Pulse project at https://research.reading.ac.uk/raising-the-pulse/

People in this episode

Host: Ben Pike

Guest: Donal O'Sullivan

Topics covered

• faba beans
• food system
• health
• sustainability
• UK pulse consumption

Keywords

• faba beans
• Raising the Pulse
• food system
• health
• sustainability
• UK pulse consumption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Reading, Raising the Pulse

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