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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Peas corp: how a UK co-op gets peas from field to freezer in 150 minutes

A worker at the Green Pea Company holds shredded pea pods
Shredded pea pods after the Green Pea Company’s harvest in east Yorkshire. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

Peas are bouncing with abandon, creating an effect like bright green lava despite being frozen – as they begin the final part of their journey from field to fork.

There are 35,000 hectares (86,000 acres) of peas grown in the UK each year, mostly along the east coast from Dundee to Norfolk, producing about 160,000 tonnes of peas, equivalent to roughly 2bn portions.

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