It's known as the chicken of the bean world, but the supply of America's favorite superfood is slowly flying the coop due to extreme drought conditions. FOX13
The weather was a main driving factor in the very poor yields.
Here's a look at the exceptional drought levels that took place last August in the northern tier of the U.S. On the international scale, there are several factors that go into it, with the war in Ukraine playing into the tightening of global markets. Roelofs said the Black Sea region is a producer of chickpeas and with the issues that have been experienced there have been limiting the number of exports of chickpeas."Combine that with U.S.
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