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FRESH NATURE FOODS Spokane Eastern Washington farmer Ryan Davenport could be driving a tractor one afternoon and boarding a jetliner the next to see retail executives about the products of Fresh Nature Foods. The family-owned company directly cultivates creation of edible items made with its specialty crop: fresh young chickpeas grown on family acreage and at contracted Pacific Northwest farms. Harvested while green and moist, the chickpeas go into such products as Fresh Nature-branded hummus

Fresh Nature was recently featured on the TV Show “Washington Grown” Watch Ryan Davenport with Fresh Nature explain the history of chickpeas and also the growing of fresh green chickpeas in the Pacific Northwest. You will also get a behind-the-scenes tour of the fresh green chickpea processing facility. See Ryan Davenport and Fresh Nature on Washington Grown below- Episode Information- Legumes Season 5 Episode 1 Check out legumes with Washington’s farmers! We’ll visit Mamnoon to

We all know that in this high-stress life, our bodies need all the vitamins and healthy energy we can get. While there are many great veggies and foods available to us that fit the bill, unfortunately, many of our recent superfood fads carry a negative global impact that is hidden just out of view. Check out this NPR article on Quinoa for example http://ow.ly/UNCO30aY32a But what if the U.S. had our very own super food, grown

For most of us, chickpeas (a.k.a. ceci or garbanzo beans) come in two forms: canned or hummus. Folks with a penchant for long, slow simmers will also recognize dried chickpeas, the form that most resembles a tiny, winkled brain. (Soaked and simmered, they’re much better than the canned version; make a big pot, freeze 1- or 2-cup portions in their cooking liquid, and you’re set.) Fresh chickpeas are less common, even here in what a fellow food blogger

Old is certainly not a word I’ve used to describe chickpeas in the past; however this latest superfood to hit grocery store shelves is in fact a much younger version of the beloved chickpea: the green garbanzo bean. These little green guys are harvested three to six months prior to regular chickpeas, so are still in their live green state when they are picked. The result is a more nutrient dense chickpea. The beans are

We’re proud to have Fresh Nature Foods join our Ten Thousand Dollar Fund to alleviate poverty and help change the lives of nearly 150 impoverished families for generations! A big thanks to Ryan from Fresh Nature Foods for contributing this post. You say garbanzo, I say GREEN garbanzo? That’s right folks. Sit down for this bomb shell but garbanzos (aka chickpeas) don’t just come reconstituted from a can anymore! Thanks to the propriety methods of Fresh Nature Foods, you