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Chickpeas, a neglected crop, may soon get a high-tech makeover
- burntbridge 5y agohttps://archive.md/kqX6Z https://archive.md/kqX6Z
- ncmncm 5y agoNowadays chickpeas, like many other crops, are now harvested 2 or more weeks after the whole field had been blasted with Roundup to kill the plant so the peas then dry out in the field. Since the point is to avoid drying, the Roundup is not washed off. Oats are hulled, afterward, which mechanically takes off much of the Roundup. Chickpeas appear to have shells that are taken off mechanically. They get another step called "peeling" that involves a pre-soaking step that might take away more.