date:Jan 18, 2023
farmers giving them an alternative way to manage their soil and crops.
Roger Vickers, Chief Executive at PGRO, said: Fava is very much a minority crop in the UK, grown as an important part of a crop rotation system, but there is huge potential for its expansion. Were looking at the possibility of up to a fivefold increase in the cropping of fava beans in the UK, and if we maxed out on production of fava beans, we could probably replace half of the soya that we currently import.