Bean Contracts In 2009 Slow To Come

“No one wants to take a long position.” – HARVEY FENSKE, VITERRA Everything is in place for the 2009 edible bean crop except one thing: production contracts. They’re unusually late this year. Typically, bean buyers begin issuing contracts around mid-January. But as of last week, contracts for the 2009 edible bean crop were only rumours.

Two Moms Launch Healthy Pea Snack

“We know that pulses are a very, very healthy food.” – MARGARET HUGHES, CO-OWNER AND SALES MANAGER WI TH BEST COOKING PULSES When the French voyageurs made their arduous journeys across this country’s lakes and rivers, they relied on dried, yellow peas to keep them paddling 14 hours a day. The thick, hearty pea soup


Pass The Pulses, Not The Gas

Beans, beans the magical fruit… That schoolyard chant has a ring of truth to it. The scientists call it “the perceived negative consequences of fitting pulses into the diet.” True, lots of beans or any other pulse eaten in one go will very likely have unpleasant after-effects, researchers say. But eaten in moderation, pulses don’t