Welcome and goals
If you are good at growing beans, welcome! If you are not (yet) good at growing beans, welcome! If you have never (yet) grown beans, welcome! If you have never (yet) grown any vegetables, welcome! If you have never (yet) grown anything, welcome! If you like science, food, building community, helping people and learning something new, you are in the right place. The One Seed Project is an idea copied from the Richmond Grows Seed Library , which is part of the Richmond (California) Public Library. I hope to create a similar One Seed/One Community program in 2027 with the Everett Public Library, so everything we learn during the 2026 growing season will inform that project. 2026 One Seed goals Identify a variety of bean that is easy to grow and harvest for beginning bean growers. The ideal bean will be delicious when eaten green and also as a dry (soup) bean, and be easy to harvest and store as food and as seed for the following year. Identify volunteer bean growers with a...