Formerly a traditional arable fruit, lentils were forgotten in Germany after the Second World War. In the meantime there are new efforts to grow the legumes again.
The floors on the Swabian Alb are barren: “There was a lot of stones and little bread”, the German poet Ludwig Uhland once described the area. Only undemanding plants could thrive here – such as the lens. Since the sleeve fruit has a high nutritional value at the same time, it is hardly surprising that it was once a traditional arable fruit in Germany.
After the Second World War, however, its cultivation in Germany was almost completely forgotten. Linsen is still happy to be eaten: We import around 40,000 tons every year, but only four percent of the lenses consumed in this country are produced in Germany. This shows how great the potential for a regional recovery could be.
Their cultivation also makes ecological sense, because lenses belong
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