Prickly pear fruit is edible, and tasty at that! However, it's covered in dangerous spines, so you need to know the ...

What it is: Prickly pear cactus pads, also known as nopales (singular: nopal), are commonly consumed as a vegetable in Mexico and Central America. The cactus pads—the flat “paddles” that grow from the ...

SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA) – Health officials Wednesday warned people not to eat cactus imported from Mexico that were tainted with unapproved pesticides. The cactus pads - known as nopales - were ...

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 ...

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 ...

High levels of an illegal and toxic pesticide continue to be found in purchased samples of Mexican prickly pear cactus pads, despite fines, border advisories and health notices, according to a ...

Tired of the same old foods? You might want to consider cactus in your diet. Judy Perkin, professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of North Florida, de-prickles the ...

State health and pesticide officials are warning people about imported cactus from Mexico that may have harmful pesticides. California Department of Pesticide Regulation California officials are ...

: I have two Indian fig cacti that grow exceptionally well. My question is about how these cacti reproduce. Mine form little stubs on the leaves and flower quite heavily in the spring. The petals drop ...

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