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The World Food Prize Foundation selected Barchenger for the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application for his work in pepper breeding that “will be felt for generations.”
The Packer explores the bold flavor of Hatch chiles, from the fields of New Mexico to grocery store roasting stations and at-home kitchens.
As Hatch chile season sparks consumer excitement and roasting events across the country, New Mexico’s onions also shine, offering a flavorful complement to the state’s iconic pepper.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says it plans to highlight its cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes and recent EFI certification at the event July 9-10.
The McAllen, Texas-based operation added jalapeño, serrano and habanero chiles and tomatillos to its offerings of limes and chayote.
Retailers can leverage peak demand for avocados, limes, tomatoes and peppers with creative promotions, festive displays and cross-merchandising strategies.
With roasting events and in-store promotions historically ending with the arrival of Labor Day, fresh Hatch chilies are available through October.
If you want to get your hands on the cult-favorite smoky-spice chili grown in Hatch, N.M., don’t wait — the time is now.
NASA’s Plant Habitat scientists are growing space gardens with fresh vegetable favorites to supplement astronaut diets and help them endure long-duration space travel to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Grown in Hatch, New Mexico, the smoky, versatile peppers are now available from fresh produce wholesaler, Frieda’s.
Shoppers can sample and purchase hatch chilies products as part of the 15th annual Chile Roast event.
The year started off fine for The Fresh Guys, said president Peter Braidman. But then COVID-19 came along.
With consumers buying more chili peppers every year, specialty peppers are taking up a larger portion of retail.
With the domestic chili pepper deal approaching, chili producers and marketers are preparing for a season of flavor.
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new traceability rules that seek elevated record-keeping for many fresh produce items, from all fresh-cut products to leafy greens and tomatoes.
The Customs and Border Protection seized almost four tons of marijuana in a truck hauling jalapenos at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego.
Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce has begun harvesting the first fields of its jalapeno, Anaheim, and pasilla chili peppers.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce is adding more heat to the Sunset lineup with Yowzers!
Ark Foods opened a packinghouse in Immokalee, Fla., where the company has been farming since 2014.
In the Carolinas, spring and summer produce is an edible rainbow. And the harvest is looking good, growers say.
The International Taste Institute, Brussels, has recognized three of Mastronardi Produce’s products with Superior Taste Awards.
Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, highlighted its Sweetpops tomatoes and Sweetpeps peppers at a recent United Way fundraiser that pairs local greenhouses with a chef and local student.
Del Monte Fresh Produce is launching Better Break, a snack line featuring an array of vegetables.
Seed company Enza Zaden’s mini sweet pepper, Tribelli, grown and marketed by Pure Hothouse Foods Inc.’s Pure Flavor brand as Aurora Bites, received the International Taste Institute’s Superior Taste Award.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, plans to make a bang! at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo with two new peppers.
After a successful debut in 2018, EarthBlend LLC has begun its second season shipping squash, cucumbers, green bell peppers and hot peppers.
Shenandoah Growers, Rockingham, Va., has a spicy addition to its That’s Tasty brand line of organic stir-in purées — jalapeño pepper.