Regional partnership takes a chance on New York chickpeas
John Munson/Cornell University A Schuyler County-Cornell pilot project could help New York farmers diversify their crops with chickpeas and give regional food manufacturers a cost-effective, local source for the popular legume. Regional partnership takes a chance on New York chickpeas June 9, 2021 Carl Taber knelt down at the edge of a field on his 500-acre farm, took a wrench to his planting machine, and did something he had done only a few times before. He calibrated the equipment to plant chickpeas – a crop rarely grown in upstate New York. “I’m pretty excited about the p...