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2BHEALTHY in Greener Britain
Harnessing our sunlight for planetary health can start with a pulse
For starters, closed-loop bean&veg soup that's cheap and easy to prepare
'B' for bean
Closed-loop soup featuring the 'souper' bean Capulet (a fast-cooking white haricot bean) and other traditional British-grown ingredients.
'R' for rapeseed oil
Cold-pressed oil excellent for sautéing vegetables
'A' for alliums
Green onion (left), bulb onion (centre), leek (right)
'V' for Vegetable root
White beet root (left), carrot (centre), parsnip (right)
'O' for optional flavor
Add the taste of leafy brassica. (shown here, an experimental babyleaf mustard).
'O' for optional flavor
Add the taste of tomato and/or chilli pepper (potentially UK-grown in carbon-neutral greenhouses)
'O' for optional flavor
Add flavor of British cheese produced from grass-fed cows or ewes. Rollright (left) and Berkswell (front centre) from West Midlands; and Paxton cave-aged cheddar from Somerset (back right)
Science applied- genetics
Genetic versatility of new haricot bean types from offspring of two parents
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