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.

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[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.

[NautiNurse]

You can take avocado toast off of all the menus. Leave my avocados alone! Love me some sliced avocado in my garden salad and fresh guacamole, hold the cilantro. No worry—have my own avocado trees.