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          <rev user="CAClark" timestamp="2016-10-17T03:10:59Z" comment="" contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">Very under construction.  For progress updates, see the wiki blog [http://beancyclopedia.blogspot.com/ here on Blogspot].

The goal is to build a database of information and photos on all varieties of all the edible species of legume, which is going to take a while! 

This is currently a one-person project while I get things set up and fleshed out enough to make a good start.  If you'd like to contribute information or photos, or make suggestions or corrections, please drop me a line at beancyclopedia at gmail.  com.  

Happy beaning,

CA Clark


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