by admin | Apr 9, 2026 | Field Note, Heritage Beans
Richard Hebda Small-seeded red beans are delicious! We have featured a couple of varieties in our crop-climate descriptions including Kashmir from India and the traditional Costa Rica Red variety. We introduce you to a highly productive small red bean developed and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2026 | Field Note, Heritage Beans
Maureen and Paul Whitfield and Richard Hebda Bean trial beds of Maureen and Paul Whitfield, Salmon Arm British Columbia. Photo Maureen Whitfield. The Crop-Climate project gathers information on the success and failure of bean varieties in the different...
by Richard Hebda | Nov 19, 2025 | Field Note, Heritage Beans
Several communal religious settlements depend on raising their own food. Well known among these in North America are the Hutterites who have large communities in the prairies and plains of Canada and the US (https://hutterites.org/history/). Originally, from central...
by Richard Hebda | Nov 2, 2025 | Field Note, Heritage Beans
Tina Davies of Emmerdale Eden farm introduced our Crop-Climate project to several early-maturing dry beans that grow successfully in Prince Edward Island...
by Richard Hebda | Aug 26, 2025 | Doukhobor1, Field Note, Heritage Beans
People of the world’s regions and local areas often have their own specially developed vegetable varieties. Interestingly so do people of some ethnic or religious groups. More than a century ago the Doukhobor people of Russia came to Canada seeking peace and a place...
by admin | Aug 22, 2025 | Doukhobor2, Field Note, Growing Beans, Heritage Beans
by Vera Kanigan and Richard Hebda Doukhobor Cultural Centre and the Dove of Peace in Brilliant, British Columbia. John Kalmakov photo. Potatoes and beans are food crops vital to the adaptation of communities to climate change. These foods together provide abundant...