The health benefits, environmental advantages, and affordability of beans have positioned them to play a role in various proposed solutions to global crises, including climate change, biological diversity, malnutrition, and the cost of living. The article “Legume Dreams,” authored by George Cusworth and colleagues, reviews the emergence of beans in different visions of a sustainable future.

TABLE is excited to announce the initiation of a video collaboration with BBC Ideas, emphasizing how beans can contribute to addressing interconnected issues. The video, selected as one of four from 80 submissions in response to a BBC Ideas call to Oxford University’s Social Sciences Department, explores how beans can offer solutions to our interconnected challenges.