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Hungry Planet
Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Institute
Season 1
Episode 6
In this episode of Hungry Planet, Niba chats with two teams increasing access to chile peppers: New Mexico State University’s 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.
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