Interview: Fava Beans, Campo Fiorito

Campo Fiorito, Sicily

This kind of fava beans is cultivated in Campo Fiorito and in the town of Bisacquino. The taste of the fava beans is different according to the kind of soil on which it has been cultivated (e.g. more or less calcareous or sandy soils).

Description of the technique/method/practice implemented.

These fava beans are cultivated during winter. They don’t require much care: as it rains a lot in winter, there is no need to water them. However, it is necessary to hoe the ground in March, a single time only.

Fava beans: their peculiarity is that the tiny pod contains only 3 fava beans.

If it’s an activity related to the promotion of the territory, the biodiversity and the slow and 0% consumption, please, describe how it works at local level.

These fava beans are intended for personal consumption as they are too expensive at the market compared to those imported from Peru, Bolivia and Syria.

Which season is it suggested to plant this seed?
Winter: it is the only species that can be cultivated during winter time.

Is this product connected somehow to the territory you live in? Is there some event connected to it?

These fava beans are seeded in the period from the 1^st of November (All Saints’ Day) to the 8^th of December (Feast of the Immaculate Conception).