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To bean or not to bean no longer a question
Less fastidious to grow and nutritionally just as potent the field beans get the nod over their more illustrious cousins – the broad beans
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As far as gardeners and cooks are concerned, field beans are just broad beans with a more agricultural name. They belong to the same species, Vicia faba, and are raised and eaten in just the same way.
The term "field bean" generally refers to beans grown as fodder for livestock or as green manure crops for soil improvement.
However, some field beans are easily good enough for the kitchen garden, where they can often prove more fruitful than broad beans, and easier to grow.
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