Raising pulses: UK's first commercial crop of lentils to go on sale in autumn

Crops grown on farms across the south of England have been harvested and will be on sale at food festivals, as well as at London's Borough Market

The UK's first commercial crops of lentils, grown on farms in Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Suffolk, Sussex and Wiltshire are being harvested this week before going on sale in the autumn.

Blazing the trail is Hodmedod, a Suffolk-based pioneer of British-grown pulses and grains founded five years ago, which has worked with UK farmers since 2015 on a series of trial crops leading to 24 acres of organic lentils being picked and packed this season.