If you're interested in adding legumes (plants that grow in pods) to your garden, consider starting with lentils. The nutrient-dense food thrives in growing zones 4 through 11, and can grow to be ...

A gardening expert has shared a nifty way to have your own batch of microgreens - all you need is a cheap, supermarket staple. Gardening guru Simon Akeroyd shared his way to turn lentils into ...

Lens culinaris, the lentils plant, has many different names. The term “lentil” is a direct reference to the word “lens”, which not only references its botanical name but its shape. The legumes ...

Baby boomers’ aging could be a bonanza for area farmers who grow lentils. As people get older, they tend to become more interested in, um, the digestive arts. And lentils are nothing if not a boon to ...

Americans eat approximately one-fifth less beef today than they did in 2005. As a result, a number of plant-based "meat" startups have popped up in the last decade. They've created everything from ...

WILLISTON, N.D. - Beau Anderson didn’t know much about lentils when he was growing up. They weren’t raised on his family farm, and they didn’t show up on his dinner plate. But the crop has become a ...

If you want to eat one thing to help the environment, go with lentils. Lentils are rich in protein and considered one of the most climate-friendly proteins grown because it takes very little to grow ...