Cactus fruit is rich in betanin, polyphenols and other potent antioxidants that support liver health, protect against heart disease and reduce inflammation.

We are approaching peak prickly pear season. Based on the prickly pear fruit she can see in her neighborhood, Sonya Norman gives it another week or two before the fruit is really ready for harvest.

Prickly pear fruit (and pads) is just one of many wild desert foods long used by Indigenous people. If you are harvesting prickly pear fruit this year, do so with respect, leaving fruit on the cactus ...

Lately, we’ve been a little obsessed with this whole state food question. We’ve asked readers (who’ve already narrowed it down) to tell us which they’d choose: Sonoran hot dogs or prickly pear fruit.

It can sometimes be tough to find prickly pear in traditional grocery stores, but there's one sure way of getting your hands on the fruit: Steaz Prickly Pear Water, the buzziest functional beverage of ...

It is harvest time for cactus pears and that is one thorny opportunity. It is possible, however, to be a novice picker of that bulbous fruit that crowns the prickly pear cactus paddles this time of ...

A night of holiday-party drinking doesn't have to be painful the next morning, thanks to a common desert plant. The fruit of the prickly pear cactus is a lean, mean hangover-fighting machine. Grown in ...

The fruit of the Opuntia Ficus-Indica might be better known as a prickly pear or tunas in Spanish, but Claudia Villalobos, a sales specialist with the farm, prefers cactus pears. The name sounds less ...

Arizona’s one-of-a-kind food traditions may seem strange to newcomers, but locals know they’re unforgettable. Explore the ...

STORY: In the hills of Ghaiman in Yemen, farmers are busy harvesting and cleaning the prickly pear. The fruit, which was once a wild and seasonal offering, is now a staple in markets across the ...

Prickly Pear plants can be found in abundance in ARC Raiders, particularly in the two opening maps — Dam Battleground and Buried City. With that said, the plants do not always bear fruit, and they can ...