Beans
Health Benefit to You
Beans are best known for protein and are a great energy food. Their carbohydrates supply "working calories" - they digest slowly, satisfy hunger longer and the calorie count is low. Beans also provide iron for building red blood. Caolorie for calorie, beans supply high levels of various nutrients. Beans are a good source of B vitamins including folic acid. Beans also provide the minerals iron, potassium, selenium, magnesium and even some calcium.
There are activie ingredients in beans that seem to help prevent cancer. Beans have also been determinted to lower the risk of colon cancer, reduce blood cholesterol and lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. Dry beans are one of the richest natural resources of the B-complex vitamins that help turn food into energy and keep digestive and nervous systems healthy. Source: Beans for Health.org
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Where Do Beans Grow? In California | US | The World
In California
Stanislaus, Fresno, San Joaquin, Sutter and Colusa
In the United States
In the World
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Step 1: Planting
The beans are planted from late spring to late summer. As they grow, they are cultivated to remove weeds, conserve soil moisture, and they are irrigated with the precise amount of water and the exact time needed.
Step 2: Harvest
When the pods are plump with beans the harvest begins. First, the vines are cut and laid in windows to dry. When the pods are dry, a giant combine harvester rolls down the rows picking up the dry bean plants and shelling the bean seeds from the pods.
Step 3: Processing
At the warehouse, the beans are cleaned, sorted and graded for shipment to buyers
Step 4: Title
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