this heavy duty blower fan is used to dry the beans after harvest. ![]() ♪ ♪ > Amy, take a look at what we have going on here. > TRAVERSO: I feel like we lost the bean tradition for a little while, but now it's back, and I'd love to see how you do what you do. Our farm produces many varieties local to the area since colonial times. > Well, I've been collecting bean varieties around New England and saving the seed and growing them for over the past 35 years. > TRAVERSO: I'm so happy to meet you, because your beans really make me happy.Īnd I know that sounds a little silly, but they're so beautiful and diverse, things I can't get at the supermarket. So to learn more about this bean revival, I've come to Berwick, Maine, where I'm going to talk with farmer Charley Baer, who grows beautiful antique varieties here on his farm. Now, that's thanks in part to the growing popularity of plant-based diets, but it's also due to their incredible beauty and diversity and nutritional value. ♪ ♪ > TRAVERSO: You may have noticed in recent years that beans have gone from being an overlooked pantry staple to a star ingredient. > ANNOUNCER: Closed captioning for Weekends with Yankee provided by the Woodstock Inn and Resort, an American legacy resort in Woodstock, Vermont. > ANNOUNCER: Massachusetts is home to a lot of firsts- the first public park in America the first fried clams the first university in America the first basketball game. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > ANNOUNCER: Family Tree magazine- articles, podcasts, online courses, and webinar resources for discovering, preserving, and celebrating family history. Merchandise and products from around the block and around the world. > Major funding provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > ANNOUNCER: The Vermont Country Store, purveyors of the practical and hard-to-find, a family-owned tradition since 1946. ♪ ♪ It's the ultimate travel guide from the people who know it best. ![]() Join explorer and adventurer Richard Wiese and his co-host, Yankee senior food editor Amy Traverso, for behind-the-scenes access to the unique attractions that define this region. (splashing) So come along for a once-in-a-lifetime journey through New England as you've never experienced it before, a true insider's guide from the editors of Yankee magazine. > NARRATOR: Finally, Richard is diving head first into the Maine Guide program. > They'll look you in the eyes, that just melts you. > NARRATOR: Then, a wildlife rehabilitation expert in Lyme, New Hampshire is rescuing orphaned black bear cubs. > TRAVERSO: This is about as local as you can get. ![]() > NARRATOR: And explore a homesteader's modern day Eden. > AMY TRAVERSO (laughing): Wow, this is bean town. NARRATOR: Coming up on Weekends with Yankee, Amy heads to southern Maine to uncover a treasured tradition of growing heirloom beans.
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