are fava beans in season?
<answer> Yes, A cool-season crop. <context> Fava beans are often dried, cooked and eaten in soups or side dishes. The fava bean plant (Vicia faba L.) is a cool-season crop that produces 6- to 8-inch seed pods that contain four to six flat seeds. The flattened appearance of the seeds gave the beans their other common name: broad beans.