Garbanzo Beans (certified organic)
$5.00 - $10.00
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Available types: Organic Whole Beans (unmilled)
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Grown by: Ramona Farms (Sacaton - Gila River Indian Reservation, AZ)
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Good for: Soups, Stews, Side Dishes, Curry, Hummus
- Cooking instructions: The Spruce Eats
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Please be advised: Garbanzos are naturally gluten-free, however, our facility also handles wheat products. As a result, cross-contamination may occur.
Brought to the Pima people in the early 1700s by the Spanish Jesuit Missionary Padre Eusebio Kino, the Akimel O'Odham planted the Kalvash/Garbanzo Beans as a winter crop from November to February, and harvested the crop in May and June.
Today, Ramona Farms brings back the tradition of growing the Kalvash on the very same fields farmed by their ancestors along the Keli Akimel (Old Man River). Garbanzo beans are delicious in many culinary applications.
At the Mill, while our focus has been on Texas farmers, we are making efforts to engage/employ/purchase products from indigenous farmers and farmers of color. In our search, we discovered Ramona’s American Indian Foods, a Native American (Akimel O’Odham) business within the Gila River Reservation near Sacaton, Arizona. Ramona and her husband Terry Button, began farming on her parents' original ten acre lot in 1974. Read more about their story and land practices here: ramonafarms.com
Our Organic Garbanzos are natural agricultural products. We rigorously clean and inspect every product, but removing all foreign material is impossible. Please inspect your grain prior to cooking or milling.