Case study reports · 13. June 2019

Solintagro aims to promote grain legume cultivation in Mediterranean rain fed low-input farming systems. The aim is to evaluate currently and previously grown grain legume cultivars and landraces for characteristics of importance to sustainable agriculture, giving priority to the best combination of increased yield and resistance to stresses and integrated management.

Work package updates · 27. May 2019

Report from a workshop on a sustainability model to link the multiple dimensions (environment, economy, society) across five nodes (producer, processor, transport, retailer & consumer) of legume based value chains.

22. May 2019

Slow Food works on giving legumes more value and on raising awareness about their role for a sustainable diet so that they can eventually find their way back into European kitchens.

Work package updates · 20. May 2019

IGV gives impulses to visitors for protein pasta, which consists mainly of yellow pea flour.

Work package updates · 26. April 2019

With the different dietary alternatives based solely on plant protein and nutrients, it is important to gather information on seeds composition, allowing each person to tailor the elements of their diet according to their needs.

Reports · 11. February 2019

In the conference on Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climates, Georgia Ntatsi, Leader of WP2 presented the early findings of TRUE in a diverse audience working mostly on protected cultivations.

Interviews · 10. January 2019

TRUE Work Package Leaders after presenting the first H2020 intermediate report to the EU. Scotland House, Brussels, December 2018

17. December 2018

Article and interview with Pete Iannetta about Case Study 3: Brewing with legume starch and use of high protein byproducts in animal feed and human nutrition.

General project information · 19. October 2018

A very promising alternative farming system that is drawing more supporters is the combined use of legumes and rhizobia-based biofertilizers. However, with this approach, a number of questions are raised: Why are legumes so important in the context of sustainable agriculture? What are rhizobia and how are they related to legumes? What are biofertilizers and how do they benefit crop production?

Case study reports · 16. October 2018

Leguminous living mulches present a potential ‘multifunctional’ solution that could provide benefits for arable production and the environment. The TRUE Case Study at STC aims to look at management of in-crop clover living mulches within crop growing seasons, and in a broad range of broad-acre crops. It evaluates the impacts of existing agronomic regimes and practices (against weeds, for example) on the living mulch and its subsequent impact on crop agronomy and soil health indicators.