Wow.

I'll look at Natural Grocers next time I go. It's possible that they have organic dried beans.

I hadn't thought about them. Whole Foods used to label their bulk stuff, I think they had some organic. Sprouts might have them bagged, I've always bought bulk there. I know they all probably have canned organic stuff. I was just reading about making "refried" beans in the insta pot. I probably have 4 cans of refried beans in the pantry right now. (I should have had some with dinner last night.)

Wow. What a major bummer. Guess I'll add beans to the garden, too. Grrrrr.

I'd just buy organic. Raising dried beans requires a lot of space to get even one or two pounds of harvested dry beans since you're discarding the pods (I hate throwing away more of the pods than we actually keep and eat), and if you're hoping to raise a year's supply of dried beans, that is going to eat up a lot of your garden space.

I read an article earlier this year that said when they tested a group of people to see how many of them had glyphosate in their blood-stream, 100% did. Does this sort of info ever make the news? Nope. Would most people read the story and care if it did make the news? I doubt it. This makes me crazy. Our entire world is being poisoned by chemicals, and the one we're discussing is used in amounts that are staggering. Anyone who eats conventionally raised produce probably already has glyphosate in their blood, and that's a scary thought.

Nuts.com has organic chickpeas for $3.99 a pound. I have been happy with everything I have bought from them. They have the very best sunflower seeds.

I could go nuts there ;)

Walked around Sprouts and Aldi's today. MOST of aldi's Simply Natural brand also say organic. Interestingly, it was missing from some popcorn snacks at the check out. So they have the canned beans in the Simply Natural brand. Dried beans and other brands do not say organic. Sprouts has organic canned beans. The things in the bulk bins SAY organic, if they are, and beans did not. However, they had organic beans in clamshell packages on the shelves just past the bulk bins. They were pricey, but they're available.

I think that Cherokee Trail of Tears would make a fine dry bean. It has the added advantage that it is a good snap, when young. In 2015 I harvested several quarts from 8 plants of Tarahumara Purple Ojos pole beans. That was good heavy production. They're beautiful too!

Years ago I grew Jacobs Cattle Bush, from Vermont Bean Seed Company. That was a fast and heavy producer of beautiful beans. Bush is probably the easier way to go, in that you simply pull the entire plant when the seed is dry.

They do take space, as Dawn mentioned. Still, I'm hoping to produce our own dry beans soon. Most of what I've produced has been for seed.

George

Growing your own beans sounds like a fun challenge. Check out ranchogordo.com for some great dried heirloom beans and wonderful stories. Good luck!

FYI, Whole Foods has Organic beans and lentils in bulk, prices I checked were about 2.50/pound. I didn't go down the regular bean aisle, but I'm sure they have organic items there. Trader Joe's had canned organic beans (including refried) for what I considered reasonable prices).

Cherokee Trail beans are good and very pretty and they grew very well for me in S Florida. I encourage you to grow them. By the way, I've had hummus made with white beans - and while I don't think it's as good as chickpea hummus, it's pretty popular - I think CPK made their hummus with white beans. I've never grown white beans so have no advise on that.

I forgot to tell you, Amy. Natural Grocers has several types of dried beans that are organic.

I figured they would, H/J. Thanks.