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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soup - Dry Bean Sources
  • Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:55:44 -0800

There are dry beans grown on a commercial scale in my area (Finger Lakes region, upstate NY).  You could call Thompson Grain and talk to Duane Thompson, 585-330-4015.   Or, call Carol MacNeil, Cornell Veg Specialist, who works with dry beans in my area.  Her number is 585-394-3977.  Now that I think about it a bit more, I think the red kidney bean seed is imported from California.  Not sure about black turtle beans.  As far as I know, the red kids and the black turtles are the only ones grown around here in any quantity.  

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- organic87 AT frontiernet.net wrote:

From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Soup - Dry Bean Sources
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:38:33 -0500


On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Richard Stewart wrote:

I am looking for enough soup bean seed source to plant 2 to 3 acres this year.  I am mechanically planting and harvesting them this year.

I've grow several heirloom varieties and newer hybrids.  The one I am looking for this year was labeled by several companies as just "Southwestern Black Bean" which is a poor description and quite generic.  Its about the same size as a soybean though not perfectly round and all that I harvested last year seem to pass through the bean planters for

The problem I have is finding a good source where I can order enough beans to fill my grain drill.  I need to order several hundred pounds.

Buying them a couple hundred seeds at a time is not an option.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Cheers!

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio


Fedco lists Midnight Black Turtle in 25 lb sizes, and Johnny's in 100 lb +; is that any help? I don't know how similar it is to Southwestern Black.

March 19 is Fedco's deadline for mail orders. but you can also order online. 


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale



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