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 ...

For most Americans, having a garden is a hobby. While you may enjoy the produce of your garden, the chance that most of your calories are coming from your garden are slim. Growing big, beautiful ...

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 ...

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 ...

The colder parts of the Midwest and West, ranging from the Dakotas all the way out to Washington state, are ideal for the growing of pulses, a category referring to beans like yellow peas, chickpeas, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Oien doesn’t seem like a renegade. He’s a friendly, down-to-earth, third-generation Montana farmer. But Oien and his fellow farmers at Timeless Seeds are renegades. In Montana, a state dominated ...