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Could fava beans be Virginia’s next agricultural success story?

January 17, 2025 01:27 PM

Could fava beans be Virginia’s next agricultural success story?

The state’s Farm Bureau takes us along to find out why colonial attempts to grow fava beans failed and how modern farmers might succeed where Washington and Jefferson could not.

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