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If Steve Sando hadn’t made it big growing heirloom beans, he sure had a lot to fall back on. There were the stints as a jazz DJ, a web designer, a clothing salesman. But he has made it big, and our ...

Once a regional staple, beans are now booming globally as consumers embrace their health benefits and eco-friendly appeal.

U.S. dry bean planted acres are projected to drop this growing season. But dry beans, which have been a rising star in U.S. agriculture, still have a bright future, an industry official said.

A pressure cooker also cooks the beans in about half the time, depending on the type of bean you're cooking. But even if it ...

In comparing those who regularly consumed canned and dried beans (defined as chickpeas, kidney beans, black beans and pinto beans) versus those who didn't, the former group garnered "significantly ...

Now that it's picnic season, I'm back to making my famous three-bean salad. But every time I'm at the grocery store, I feel torn between the canned kidney beans and the dried ones in bags ...

In what is almost an annual visit to Nebraska, Timothy Porch, research geneticist at U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service in Puerto Rico, scouted the dry edible bean plots ...

Here is my story from 1994. And just for fun, I included a sidebar I wrote on beans and flatulence. Because, well, “Beans and Flatulence”! “Beans: To Soak or Not to Soak, It’s No Longer a ...

When you're soaking the beans, make sure you do this in a spacious bowl – the water should cover the beans by at least 5cm – as larger beans such as judiones, can plump up to double their size.