![Combine harvester harvesting lentils and malting barley and unloading the crop onto a trailer.](/application/files/thumbnails/bp_medium_thumbnail/2016/4431/8349/Bild_1.jpg)
From cultivation to market – lentils from the Swabian Alb
Complicated cultivation, fluctuating yields and complex cleaning: Leisa – as lentils are called in Swabian – are demanding. So to produce lentils economically, 130 farmers in the Swabian Alb have joined forces and set up the organic producers’ association Alb-Leisa. Their lentil harvests are processed and marketed by a company called Lauteracher Alb-Feld-Früchte.