date:Jan 18, 2023
nto a traditional five-year crop rotation on farms there could be a fivefold increase in the amount produced with a potential three million tonnes grown per year.
Tesco has been working with AB Mauri to encourage farmers to diversify and increase their production of the legume. It is already being grown from Cornwall, through to Herefordshire, up to Cumbria and as far north as Fife and the east coast of Scotland.
At a time when fertiliser costs have increased rapidly, the humble fava bean thr