Crops For Health at Colorado State University

Crops For Health at Colorado State University Crops For Health® is a unique transdisciplinary research program, the goal of which is to improve the disease prevention characteristics of food crops.

Crops For Health® is a unique transdisciplinary research program, the goal of which is to improve the disease prevention characteristics of food crops, thereby reducing chronic disease morbidity and mortality. The focus of the program is on the major staple crops of the world’s population: dry beans, corn, potatoes, rice, and wheat. Specialty crops are also investigated.

A great article from NPR about beans, including interviews with Tim McGreevy, CEO of USA Pulses, Steve Sando, owner of R...
05/19/2026

A great article from NPR about beans, including interviews with Tim McGreevy, CEO of USA Pulses, Steve Sando, owner of Rancho Gordo, and our very own Dr. Henry J. Thompson, director of the Cancer Prevention Laboratory and founder of Crops for Health at Colorado State University.

The fiber craze is pushing more people into the broad world of beans, as the U.S. bean industry looks to double American consumption of pulses by 2030.

05/19/2026

When in Napa… 🫘



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