Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), a high-protein pulse crop, have been grown in the Northeast since the 1800’s. As the local food movement continues to diversify and expand, consumers are asking stores to carry more and more locally-produced foods, and dry beans are no exception. Currently, the demand for heirloom dry beans has far exceeded the supply. In an effort to support and expend the local bean market throughout the northeast, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program, as part of a USDA NE-SARE Partnership Grant (PG16-049), established a second year of trials in 2016 to evaluate heirloom dry bean varieties to see which ones thrive in our northern climate.
Vermont, University of Vermont
Darby, Heather, "Heirloom Dry Bean Variety Trial" (2016). Northwest Crops & Soils Program. 121.