'Miracle crop': Tesco works with suppliers to increase fava bean production

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'Miracle crop': Tesco works with suppliers to increase fava bean production

Supermarket claims fava beans could help promote healthy soils and cut emissions by locking in soil carbon and replacing some of the soy used in animal feed

The fava bean, or broad bean, could soon see its UK production tripled following a successful trial by supermarket Tesco that sought to explore the multiple environmental benefits associated with the humble...

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