- Long, Rachael;
- Leinfelder-Miles, Michelle;
- Mathesius, Konrad;
- Bali, Khaled;
- Light, Sarah;
- Galla, Mariano;
- Mueller, Shannon;
- Fulton, Allan;
- Clark, Nicholas;
- Meyer, Roland D
In California, garbanzos are grown primarily as a high-end specialty product for the canning industry.
To meet this market demand, canning-quality garbanzo beans must be creamy colored, have a large, uniform seed size, and maintain firmness after canning with no seed splitting or skin peeling. There is also a market for the large seeded, dry-packaged garbanzo beans. California’s Mediterranean climate provides ideal growing conditions for this market segment.
This publication covers production from seed selection to harvesting and markets.