Dangerously high levels of banned pesticides in edible cactus from Mexico spurred California health officials to issue a public warning today urging people to throw out the product because it could ...

California health officials warned that certain edible cacti may pose a health danger, after they were sprayed with dangerous pesticides in Mexico. While the California Department of Public Health has ...

California health officials are warning residents not to eat some cactus products imported from Mexico, because they may contain banned pesticides that can cause harmful health effects if consumed.

Shawn Jadrnicek had long loved prickly pear cactus for its tasty fruit, so when he heard the plant could also be used as animal fencing, he was curious. After first creating a pen for his own backyard ...

Here’s how to harvest, prep and cook the cactus pads. Remember the shmoo? This animal was invented by cartoonist Al Capp and introduced in his comic strip L’il Abner in the late 1940s. Shmoos were ...

Question: I see menu items at Arizona restaurants toting "prickly pear" in some items such as jelly, margaritas and other drinks. Is this just a flavor that they are adding, or is it from the actual ...

Edible cactus is also known as nopales (no-PAH-les), nopalitos or cactus pads. It can be found at Mexican grocery stores, specialty produce markets and farmers markets. Edible cactus is characterized ...

“Yum” doesn’t come to mind when most people see a spiny prickly pear cactus. But visitors to the second annual Superior Prickly Pear Festival on Aug. 24 will learn to peel and eat the plant’s ...

Nopales, also known as prickly pear cactus pads, are vastly versatile, antioxidant-packed succulent plants. While these spiny cactus paddles are staples in Mexican cooking, their uses are endless and ...