Episode #5
A Bean Renaissance with Amelia Christy-Miller
Bold Bean Co.: Making Beans the Next Avocado Toast Host Amelia interviews Amelia Christy Miller, founder of Bold Bean Co. and cookbook author, about making beans desirable as a fairer, more environmentally friendly and healthy staple. Miller recounts how her interest grew from discovering delicious jarred beans to working in food sustainability and learning beans’ roles in soil health, regenerative farming (nitrogen-fixing cover crops), food security, resilience across climates, and human health (fiber, gut microbiome, blue zones, steady energy). She explains Bold Bean Co.’s focus on premium jarred beans and baked beans, recipe-driven culture change (including “beanottos”), sourcing high-grade varieties (including British Carlin peas), and building farmer value. The conversation covers supermarket dynamics, category “premiumization,” pricing criticism, rejecting meat-replacement messaging in favor of uncompromising deliciousness, and her go-to “miso beans” dish, plus a recommendation to use the brand’s online recipes. 00:00 The Bean Origin Story 06:20 Why Beans Matter 13:15 Farmer Partnerships & Sourcing 21:13 Cracking the Supermarket Shelf 25:33 Beans as a Meat Alternative 29:11 Premium Pricing & Accessibility 36:17 Busting Bean Myths 39:32 Recommendations & Sign-off Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crowd_farming/ Blog: https://www.crowdfarming.com/blog/en/
