You have to click here and take a look at this picture of harvesting peas for use as cattle feed. Huge mounds of peas.
While the photo is sixty years old, peas are still used today this way. Field peas or "dry peas" are marketed as a dry, shelled product for either human food as "split peas" or as a livestock feed. Field peas contribute significant amounts of protein, carbohydrates, and amino acids to all species but is increasingly considered an excellent ingredient in beef, dairy, swine and poultry rations due to their nutrient density.
Things are different at my house. When we've grown peas in the garden, my wife picks them and eats them right on the spot: they never make it to the table
