Growing Faba Beans
Thursday, May 29, 2025 • 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
VSU Randolph Farm, 4415 River Road, Petersburg, VA 23803
Join us for a hands-on educational Faba Bean experience! Participants will enjoy learning about how to grow, harvest and prepare VSU grown faba beans. Faba bean expert, Dr. Shahram Torabian will discuss promising VSU Agricultural Research Station Faba Bean cultivars of interest and how to grow them in Virginia. Farm marketing specialist Dr. Theresa Nartea will share exciting marketing ideas that include simple recipes for you to try. You will also learn how to properly harvest Faba beans and be able to take your harvest home to make your own Faba bean dishes. Don’t miss this special learning opportunity. Register today to reserve your free Faba bean seed packet!
For more information, contact James Gibson at 804-720-6826 or jegibson@vsu.edu.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at smallfarm@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-3292 / TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8 am. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
Virginia Cooperative Extension is a partnership of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments.