Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Institute

Chile peppers spice up cuisines around the world, from Chile Rellenos to Hunan Kung Pao, but they can be surprisingly tricky to grow and harvest.

In this episode of Hungry Planet, Niba chats with two teams increasing access to chile peppers: New Mexico State Universitys Chile Pepper Institute whose researchers are breeding mechanically-harvestable chile peppers; and the Transplanting Traditions, a community farm in North Carolina providing space and support to refugee farmers.

Learn more:
Danise Coon: https://aces.nmsu.edu/directory/person.php?person_id=463
Chile Pepper Institute: https://cpi.nmsu.edu/
Stephanie Walker: https://eps.nmsu.edu/faculty/stephanie-walker.html
Transplanting Traditions: https://www.transplantingtraditions.org/

*additional credit: Production Assistant - Mo Beatty

Hungry Planet is a joint production between Helicase Media LLC and STEMedia Inc. Original Production Funding Provided by National Science Foundation - Grant No. 2120006 Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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