Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Chris Mattison / Organically grown shelled broad beans (Vicia faba) close-up

Ashley Cooper / Field of Broad beans (Vicia faba) destroyed by drought after one of the driest summers on record, Little Snoring, Norfolk, UK. July, 2022.

Pascal Pittorino / Cabbage flowering (Brassica oleracea capita) growing in an organic garden, with Peas (Pisum sativum) and Spring beans (Vicia faba), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, Lozere, France, April

Nigel Cattlin / Field bean (Vicia faba) dried seeds for planting

Nigel Cattlin / Chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae) early symptoms of discreet necrotic loesions on the leaf of a field bean (Vicia faba)

Nigel Cattlin / Field faba / Fava bean (Vicia faba) crop variety with white flowers, Berkshire, June

Nick Upton / Organic suburban garden with a mix of fruit including Apples (Malus domestica) and Raspberries (Rubus idaeus), vegetables including Broad beans (Vicia faba), Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and Cavalo neroe...

Nick Upton / Organic suburban garden with a mix of vegetables including Broad beans (Vicia faba) and Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), fruit including Apples (Malus domestica) and Raspberries (Rubus idaeus), herbs includi...

Nigel Cattlin / A crop of Field or Fava beans (Vicia faba) flowering. Used for animal food and as a break crop to replace soil nitrogen levels