Growing fava beans (Vicia faba), also known as broad beans, is a remarkably rewarding experience in the vegetable garden. This cool-season legume is a culinary knockout not only for its delicious, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

These days, the mornings and evenings have become quite chilly.This time, I'll be talking about preparing the 'fava beans' ...

Now that we’re in March, the first fava beans of the new season, grown in the warmer parts of California, start arriving in our markets. Within a few weeks locally grown favas will follow in a torrent ...