About this episode
This episode explores the benefits of eating more beans for health and the environment.
If we all ate less meat and more beans, it would be a terrific win for the environment. And that’s not the only thing to love about them! They are very good for you. And satisfying. And versatile. They are also culinary mainstays for a huge number of people from a wide variety of cultures. Beans have all the protein that the protein obsessives want right now. And they are very affordable during a time of true economic hardship. Also, they’re delicious. In this episode, we went looking for the bean freaks, to learn from them how we can get everyone as excited about beans as they are. Can they help us persuade the world to fall in love with beans?
Topics covered
- beans
- environment
- nutrition
- cooking
- affordability
- cultural cuisine
Keywords
- beans
- environment
- nutrition
- affordable food
- cooking
- cultural cuisine
- protein
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