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The California Department of Public Health said that routine testing of imported cactus samples found up to 5.8 parts per million (ppm) of Monocrotophos, an organophosphate-based pesticide.

Montville, NJ-based Pricklee Cactus Water uses the fruit of the nopales cactus. Prickly pear puree gets mixed with water, ...

Fact: The Centers for Disease Control and Health Promotion recognize cactus as contributing water-soluble vitamins (especially vitamin C), calcium, iron and beta-carotene to the diet. Cactus has ...

The Prickly Pear Festival celebrates the cactus and all of its incredible and edible parts. The event celebrates its sixth annual festival from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, and from 10 a.m. to ...

This week's episode of Valley 101, a podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, goes on an adventure with a local forager and discusses how to collect cactus, how to eat it and other tips ...

Another variety is the O. ficus elata, known as the prickly pear. Two parts of the plant are edible – the leaf pads (nopalitos) cooked as vegetables and the pear (tuna) eaten as fresh fruit.