{"product_id":"white-tepary-beans-from-north-america-organic","title":"White Tepary Beans from North America, Organic","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd bgcolor=\"#d6fbed\" style=\"color: #000000; border: 0px; width: 526px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA properly incredible, super-rare bean with an amazing history, available in the UK for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified organic beans, cultivated at Ramona Farms, Arizona, USA. The \u003ca title=\"The Heirloom Bean Co\" href=\"\/collections\/the-heirloom-bean-co\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHeirloom Bean Co\u003c\/a\u003e sources these \u003ca title=\"The Heirloom Bean Co - Phaseolus beans from Mexico \u0026amp; North America\" href=\"\/collections\/the-heirloom-bean-co\"\u003ePhaseolus beans\u003c\/a\u003e from Vermont Bean Crafters in New England, America. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTepary beans are truly remarkable: tiny, drought‑defying seeds domesticated 5,000 years ago by the indigenous communities of the Sonoran Desert, and kept alive through generations of careful stewardship by the Pima and Tohona O’odham nations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir story is both ancient and urgently contemporary — a crop shaped by millennia of adaptation, nearly lost to modern agriculture, and now revived through cultural pride, scientific interest, and the work of dedicated farmers such as our growers: Ramona and Terry Button of Ramona Farms in Arizona.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTeparies were once grown widely across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, valued for their ability to flourish where other crops failed. They can survive temperatures over 48C, need astonishingly little water and are naturally pest resistant, producing a full, nutrition-dense harvest in just 60 days. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe traits that made teparies essential for desert peoples now position them as a climate‑resilient crop for the future. Research highlighted by Alliance Bioversity–CIAT describes how these heroic legumes, though historically central to Indigenous diets, slipped into obscurity as industrial agriculture favoured uniform, high‑input varieties. Their work documents efforts to locate remaining landraces, understand why they were neglected, and support communities in restoring them to fields and kitchens. It’s fitting that this noble survivor finds itself in a varietal class of its own: the solitary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhaseolus acutifolius\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese certified-organic black tepary beans are a rare and recent arrival in the field at Ramona Farms: they’re a little firmer in texture than the white variety and exude a distinctive meaty tang after a decent stint on the hob. Another very special bean that you can’t buy anywhere else in Europe! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e","brand":"The Heirloom Bean Co","offers":[{"title":"453g","offer_id":59148653953398,"sku":"M-GVEWTB\/453G","price":10.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/9925\/files\/White-Tepary-Beans.webp?v=1793134626","url":"https:\/\/hodmedods.co.uk\/products\/white-tepary-beans-from-north-america-organic","provider":"Hodmedod's Wholefoods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}