Learning how to grow chickpeas gives you a chance to broaden your gardening horizons with a crop that is easy to grow, drought-resistant, cool-hardy and packed with goodness. Also known as garbanzo ...

Chickpea plant that is nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant blooming in a field - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...

SPOKANE — The rising popularity of hummus across the nation has been good for farmers like Aaron Flansburg. Flansburg, who farms 1,900 acres amid the rolling hills of southeastern Washington, has been ...

UNIVERSITY, AND IT INVOLVES A NEW PLANT GENE THAT COULD END UP BENEFITING THE ENTIRE STATE. RASHAD WILLIAMS TAKES US INSIDE A GREENHOUSE FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT A NEW KIND OF CHICKPEA. AND IT’S ALL NEW.

PLINY THE ELDER, a Roman administrator with a sideline in philosophy, appreciated the complexities of the chickpea. In his master work, “Naturalis Historia”, he wrote of it: “This plant presents ...

(Nanowerk News) A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent (Nature, "A ...

It's known as the chicken of the bean world, but the supply of America's favorite superfood is slowly flying the coop due to extreme drought conditions. However, an industry leader said there is no ...

Chickpea plants are putting their roots down in Central New York, and successful harvests would pack not only a nutritional, but also an economic punch in the Ithaca area and beyond. A partnership ...

Here's how to grow a chickpea plant for homemade hummus, chana masala, and more. Chickpeas have been grown as a food crop for at least 7,500 years. You can cultivate a chickpea plant in a pot or ...