Thursday, May 7, 2009

Hail, Pullman’s National Lentil Festival









The Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho grows a third of the lentils in the United States. Since 1989, the National Lentil Festival has celebrated the wonderful little legume that is consumed by people all over the world.

Enjoy the 21st annual National Lentil Festival , Friday, Aug. 21, in downtown Pullman, and Saturday, Aug. 22, downtown and in Pullman’s Reaney Park.

For more information about the festival, an event of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, click here.
Oh, a lentil is a round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food. It's a tiny legume.