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A view from the Bean Store: Ashia

March 19, 2021

Ashia Trevor-Massey started working at the Bean Store at the end of last year, here she reflects on why she chose to work for Hodmedod and what she likes about our shared vision for change.

A Food Revolution Starts With Seed

January 18, 2021

Access to seed, to the varieties we know should be being grown - because they taste great, have fantastic nutritional properties or are well suited to specific climates or geographies - is often incredibly difficult. ⁣One way or another that has to change.

Looking Forward

January 01, 2021

2020 was a difficult year in many ways and for many people. At the Bean Store we struggled with long hours, uncertainty and anxiety. But we were also incredibly lucky. We continued to trade and had our health where others were less fortunate, and we had time to reflect, re-group and make new plans. We’re really looking forward to 2021.

Trees at the Bean Store

December 05, 2020

This National Tree Week a wood was planted at the back of the Bean Store. We believe there should be more space for trees on farms - in the form of woods and also more formal agroforestry systems. But also (especially) scrubby ‘untidy’ areas.

Bundles & Boxes

November 27, 2020

There is no better gift than pulses, grains and seeds (right?!), so we’ve put together some bundles and boxes of products from across our range.

Morsels: Harvest Special, Magic Beans, Pedal Power, Wrinkled Peas, Food Standards

October 31, 2020

Nourishing nuggets form recent weeks.

There is No Silver Bullet

October 11, 2020

This evening, along with Henry our chickpea grower, we’ll be featured on BBC Countryfile. It’s a harvest episode and the section we’re in sees Adam reflecting on a poor oil seed rape (OSR) harvest then traveling out to find alternatives.⁣ Who knows quite how it’ll come out in the edit, but our aim was to explain that there is no alternative. No single crop that can be dropped into a rotation to solve the problems that come with a reductive, commodity focused system of supply.

Milling Offal - let’s eat more of it!

August 31, 2020

We only sell stoneground whole grain flours, these are made by milling the whole cereal seed and not sifting the flour. We do this because we know that wholegrain flours taste better and are better for us. But we've started selling bran and semolina, the by-products of white flour production - Josiah explains why.

On bread and resilience

May 11, 2020

We’ve started selling bread from the Penny Bun Bakehouse. Just one ‘Hodmedod’ loaf for now, you can find it here, but if it works maybe more in time. Here's why:

In the pink: Our newly named Flamingo Peas

May 10, 2020

It goes without saying that we #Loveulses, but we have a particular soft spot for peas. Not only versatile, delicious and well adapted to our climate, but beautiful in the field and after harvest. We're certain these fabulous new pink Flamingo Peas will win many more fans for peas.

Why we're supporting Extinction Rebellion this October

September 13, 2019

From the 7th of October and for 2 weeks Extinction Rebellion is calling an International Rebellion. The aim is to use peaceful direct action to persuade governments to act on the Climate and Ecological Emergency many have already declared. We’re supporting the London Rebellion by supplying food for their kitchens. Josiah explains why...

Using Less, Recycling More

May 27, 2019

We aim to cut out unnecessary use of resources in our business and ensure that the ‘stuff’ we do use leaves as light a footprint as possible; from production to packaging to our electricity supply. But some things are hard to avoid.

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Author: Josiah Meldrum