Fava Bean Seeds

Fava beans, also called broad beans, are a cool-season crop, unlike most beans. They can be sown as soon as the ground thaws in spring, or in fall in mild-winter areas, for an early harvest. Vroma produces long pods filled with large, bright green beans that have a rich, buttery flavor. Shell the beans and blanch them to slip off the skins. They're a staple of Mediterranean cooking. Fava plants also fix nitrogen and serve as a cover crop.