{"product_id":"san-franciscano-beans-from-mexico","title":"San Franciscano Beans from Mexico","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"color: #000000; border: 0px; width: 526px;\" bgcolor=\"#d6fbed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeep‑toned beans with marbled purple‑brown skins, offering a creamy interior, gentle nuttiness and a rounded, quietly complex flavour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"\/collections\/the-heirloom-bean-co\" title=\"The Heirloom Bean Co\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHeirloom Bean Co\u003c\/a\u003e sources these \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/the-heirloom-bean-co\" title=\"The Heirloom Bean Co - Phaseolus beans from Mexico \u0026amp; North America\"\u003ePhaseolus beans\u003c\/a\u003e from Mexican bean and authentic food specialist La Comandanta, working to revitalise traditional Mexican agriculture by preventing the loss of native seeds, as well as ancestral cooking and cultivation processes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Franciscano beans are Mexican heirloom beans with lovely swirled markings that soften to a warm, even tone when cooked. Their taste profile takes in hints of cocoa, grain and soft nuttiness, and their creamy interior holds its shape well. They work in tomato braises, olive‑oil stews, warm salads and simple pots finished with citrus or herbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heirloombeans.co.uk\/blog\/vq5l9n42l14x4mg2nziy830ecbgzqk\" title=\"The San Franciscano Chronicles\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRead about The Heirloom Bean Company's visit to the farm in Hidalgo where these beans are grown...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWorking with La Comandanta\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Heirloom Bean Co has forged a new partnership with Mexico City’s La Comandanta, a business working to identify, rescue and promote authentic Mexican foods grown and made by rural producers using traditional farming and culinary methods. Through this partnership The Heirloom Bean Company is now fairly trading heirloom beans grown by smallholder farmers and processed and packed in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Comandanta’s motto \u003cem\u003eCocina una Revolución\u003c\/em\u003e (\"Cook a Revolution\") describes their ethos that eating authentic food is an act of cultural and agricultural resistance to mainstream agrifood corporations. They’re committed to fair and transparent trade, and supporting social and economic development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA key concern is the seed diversity and agricultural heritage of Mexico, with Bolivia one of two centres of genetic diversity of the \u003cem\u003ePhaseolus \u003c\/em\u003ebean species. La Comandanta aims to revive traditional Mexican farming and save heirloom varieties from extinction. Many farmers have stopped growing these varieties for lack of access to fair markets and fear of crop failure. To encourage and support them La Comandanta pays a fair price for crops and offers advance loans at the time of sowing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Heirloom Bean Co has visited many of the farmers growing beans to understand the challenges they face and pays an additional 15% premium over the farmgate price into a fund to cover the loans in case of any crop failure. As beans fall outside the usual commodities covered by fair trade labelling schemes the Heirloom Bean Co has introduced its own Fairly Traded emblem to communicate their partnership of trading fairly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e","brand":"The Heirloom Bean Co","offers":[{"title":"500g","offer_id":58006644719990,"sku":"Z-GLCSAF\/500G","price":7.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/9925\/files\/san-franciscano-beans-from-mexico-3x2.jpg?v=1780679768","url":"https:\/\/hodmedods.co.uk\/products\/san-franciscano-beans-from-mexico","provider":"Hodmedod's Wholefoods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}