Hold onto your hummus: Global chickpea supply could drop 20% this year The ongoing war has decreased the amount of chickpeas normally grown in Ukraine by about 50 tons.

Jerusalem post ^

[mylife]

Lovers of hummus and falafel beware: data shows that global supplies of chickpeas, the main ingredient for both dishes, may dip up to 20% this year.

A combination of Russia’s war in Ukraine, poor weather and transportation issues is leading to the shortage, which is predicted to increase prices and make cheap hummus harder to come by, Reuters reported on Thursday.

Farmers in the United States, the fourth-largest chickpea exporter in the world, planted less of the protein-packed legume this year due to less than ideal weather conditions in the spring.

[mylife]

Oh noes!! what about perogies and vodka??

[Yo-Yo]

No more hummus?

[mylife]

supply’s may dip.. 20%

[PGR88]

while the ongoing war has decreased the amount of chickpeas normally grown in Ukraine by about 50 tons

50 tons is only about two truckloads.

Someone needs to check their figures.

[crusty old prospector]

Say it ain’t so? No more bean dip.

[mylife]

yes, it’s retarded.

[Rebelbase]

Farmers lose a lot more than 50 tons a year to spillage.

[fwdude]

Say it ain’t so? No more bean dip.

LOL! Yeah, that's basically what it is, with a fancier name.

That said, I LOVE hummus.

[immadashell]

Damn, no hummus? The horror!

[mylife]

all gargonzo...

[NautiNurse]

Why aren’t they called garbanzo beans?

[mylife]

RuZZians do... /s

[Steve_Seattle]

"50 tons"

Fifty tons is 20% of the world's supply? Fifty tons equals 100,000 pounds. If you get 6 servings of hummus per pound, that would be 600,000 servings. How many servings of hummus are consumed worldwide on a typical day? Taking a wild guess that it's 200,000 servings, 600,000 servings would only be a three-day supply. But for all I know, more than 600,000 servings are consumed every day.

[mylife]

and this is JP Lol

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Vegans and leftists hit hardest.

[mylife]

its garbanzo journalism...

[mylife]

makes me smile and cry.

[discostu]

50 tons is 20% of the chickpea supply?! Wow.

[Rummyfan]

OHMIGHAWD! We’ve been through a pandemic, are dealing with near record inflation and various shortages - baby formula and tampons - but this.... This is too much. A hummus shortage! I can’t stand baba gnouche so this is serious.

[dforest]

I hate chickpeas.