PHOTOS: A dairyman’s joke creates Fava Bean Day

Joe Fagundes laughs after putting fava beans on a table for friends and family to husk for Fava Bean Day.
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March 8, 2014 2:24 PM PT

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Lexi Wallace,14, eats fava beans with Joe Fagundes at his home in Turlock, Calif.
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Pauline Parolini laughs as she husks fava beans for the festival.
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Mary Jane Ford husks fava beans for the festival, which raises money for children with cancer.
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Joaquin Rocha, left, shakes hands with Joe Machado as they prepare to husk fava beans.
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Joe Fagundes began Fava Bean Day as a joke, but it has raised $147,824 over the years.
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Friends and family of Joe Fagundes husk fava beans for the festival, which is held at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds.
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