Dry peas, also known as field peas, are marketed as a dry, shelled product for human or livestock food. In contrast, fresh peas are marketed as a fresh or canned vegetable. Dry peas generally fare ...

Southern peas are easy to grow and nutritious. When you say “pea” to most gardeners in the world, they think of green “English” that thrive in cool moist environments. But to most Texans, a hot ...

One of the Earth’s oldest vegetables, archaeologists tell us that the garden pea has been around since 4800 B.C. I’ll bet even these first farmers had a hunch about what modern horticulture has ...

"Eat your peas!" Apparently, mothers have been saying that to their children for 10,000 years. Primitive peas have been found in archaeological sites dating to 7500 B.C., domesticated varieties 1,000 ...

Mike Dick first grew dry peas in the 1990s. The weather didn't cooperate, and so the Munich, N.D., farmer quit raising them. But now he's growing them again and has begun raising faba beans, which are ...