Educational Resources

 A published paper “Pulses for Sustainability: Breaking Agriculture and Food Sectors Out of Lock-In”
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  This pack contains six, hour-long lesson plans designed to appeal to children aged 8-11 years old. The aim is to inspire young people –to think about the role of pulses (grain legumes) in feeding the world and to motivate them into playing a more active role in matters affecting their environment.
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 A link to the TES (Times Education Supplement) a Free download pdf document contains six, hour-long lesson plans designed to either build concurrently or work as stand-alone classroom activities. The plans are aimed at KS2 children aged between 8 - 11 years old.
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 Published by the SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education ©2012 ) in conjunction with the USDA this site provides access to the book Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition.
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 The RHS campaign for school gardening: Growing vegetables in school gardens. Information sheets, lesson plans, projects, topics, resources, activity ideas, events career information.
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 A paper outlining the role of legumes in human nutrition. Open access and peer reviewed. Authors Yvonne Maphosa etal Published: August 2nd 2017
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 This site focuses on human health and nutrition and the benefits of having beans in the diet. News Letters, research, recipes, health issues and health management.
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 Beans: Health benefits, preparation and use in menus. These economical foods have the potential to improve the diet quality and long-term health of those who consume beans regularly. The purpose of this publication is to provide evidence-based nutrition and health information about beans, preparation tips, sample recipes and references for further study.
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 Nutrition and healthy eating : Want to add nutritious beans and legumes to your diet but aren't sure how? This guide can help.
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 Dietitians Association of Australia: Legumes, what are they and how can I use them?
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 Warm up activities. Bean themed Exercises for children: Perhaps appropriate to link with other legume, health and nutrition lessons?
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 Links to fact sheets, lesson plans, tasting, growing, easy activities, videos.
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 German site with translations in English: Union for the promotion of Oil and Protein plants. A downloadable lesson “Portrait of legumes“
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 German site with translations in English: Union for the promotion of Oil and Protein plants. A downloadable lesson, “Legumes as protein producers“ Legumes or legumes form nodules at their roots with special bacteria. This nitrogen binds in fascinating symbiosis and forms valuable proteins from it.
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 Kids Country delivers exceptional, hands-on learning experiences for children based around food, farming and the countryside.Aimed at young children.

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