http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/27/super-charged-bean-may-help-solve-the-food-crisis/ Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle Sun, 27 May 2012 02:16:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/27/super-charged-bean-may-help-solve-the-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-92418 writinginoxford Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:04:24 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5291#comment-92418 The publicity states "breeding". Some beans have more bioavailable iron than others, e.g. white beans have more bioavailable iron than red beans. It seems that they are possibly trying to use that knowledge to breed a bean with even more bioavailable iron, though their methods are not stated directly. I may have to dig up the actual research paper when I get some time... The publicity states "breeding". Some beans have more bioavailable iron than others, e.g. white beans have more bioavailable iron than red beans. It seems that they are possibly trying to use that knowledge to breed a bean with even more bioavailable iron, though their methods are not stated directly. I may have to dig up the actual research paper when I get some time…

]]> http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/27/super-charged-bean-may-help-solve-the-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-92407 rachelshulman Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:55:04 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5291#comment-92407 Will this new bean likely be a genetically modified one? Or simply one with some fancy breeding? What kind of farming methods do you imagine will be required to produce it? Will this new bean likely be a genetically modified one? Or simply one with some fancy breeding? What kind of farming methods do you imagine will be required to produce it?

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