UK's first commercial crop of chickpeas harvested in Norfolk

Up to 20 tonnes of the legume will be dried and packaged to go on sale in mid-September

The UK's first commercial crop of chickpeas has been harvested in Norfolk this week.

Up to 20 tonnes of the legume - grown by four farmers across the UK - will eventually be dried and packaged by the Suffolk-based pulse specialist Hodmedod's and will go on sale in mid-September.