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  • Food Systems Analysis
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Public Health Nutrition

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  • The UK food system faces challenges in promoting healthy diets and reducing environmental impact.
  • Current institutional catering and home-cooking practices have not fully embraced sustainable and nutritious food options.
  • There is a need for systemic innovation to transform food consumption patterns towards better health and planetary well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore 'fork to farm' systemic innovation for transforming UK food systems using new dry bean varieties.
  • To assess the potential for increasing dry bean consumption to improve public health and reduce environmental footprint.
  • To identify and analyze enterprise opportunities for scaling bean production and consumption.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized action research within a systems thinking framework in six primary schools and ten households in Leicester and Leicestershire.
  • Reviewed city-, county-, and national-level school food policies.
  • Developed three demand scenarios for increased UK dry bean consumption (17, 34, 50 g/day) and three corresponding enterprise opportunities.

Main Results:

  • Analyzed the benefits and trade-offs of scaling UK dry bean production and consumption.
  • Health benefits are linked to increased consumption, while environmental benefits depend on land conversion and weed management.
  • Economic benefits are contingent upon the chosen scaling method (Community Enterprise, Artisanal Entrepreneurs, Food Giants).

Conclusions:

  • Increasing dry bean consumption in the UK offers significant potential for improving health and environmental outcomes.
  • Systemic innovation, integrating farming, catering, and home cooking, is crucial for realizing these benefits.
  • Tailored enterprise models are necessary to optimize the economic and social impacts of scaling bean production.