Seasonal List of Produce

Fava Beans

Description
Fava beans (Vicia faba), are actually a member of the pea family, and are one of the oldest known cultivated plants. Favas are also known by an amazing variety of other names: broad beans, Windsor beans, horse beans, and even pigeon beans.

Fresh fava beans come in large, long (7 to 9 inch) thick pods with a white blanket-like padding inside to protect the pretty beans they carry. The beans themselves look like small to medium-sized lima or butter beans.