During the past seven decades, three generations of Jodocks have raised either black beans, pinto beans, navy beans or all three on the farm southwest of Northwood, North Dakota.
Northarvest Bean Growers Association has worked with Flint Group to provide media training to board members in North Dakota and South Dakota. The goal? Learning to get their message to the public.
Better markets and varietal improvements that made harvesting edible beans less risky convinced Matt Thompson to bring edible beans back to the farm in 2008 after an absence of a couple of decades.