Growing lima bean plants can be quick and rewarding, especially if you live in warmer climates where plants will thrive in ...

Lima beans grow in pods like other legumes, including beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, and peanuts. Fresh lima beans are harvested in the fall, but most people use dried, frozen, or canned beans.

Love them or hate them, lima beans could be key to climate resilient crop A new collaboration of scientists, farmers, and foodies are giving the lima bean a makeover. But will people actually eat them ...

A recent $3.3 million grant from the Specialty Crops Research Initiative supports a four-year study across seven institutions encompassing research on lima bean characteristics, cross-breeding, ...

Lima beans may help support your digestive and heart health and reduce your risk of common health conditions like obesity, heart disease, and certain cancers.

If you're particularly eagle-eyed, you may have noticed that butter beans and lima beans bear a striking similarity. So what's the deal?

Though plenty of us love lima beans, there seems to be an equally ardent contingent of haters, with few people in the middle. Those in the anti-lima camp tend to cite texture as the main reason ...

Blue lima beans could eventually make their way to grocery store shelves, if researcher Darren Abbey has anything to say about it. TrendingAgriculture secretary pledges quick action on farm ...

On Saturday, the first-ever Lima Bean Fest in Oxnard will celebrate the legume.