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Let’s Celebrate All May!

Let’s Celebrate All May! As May unfolds its colorful tapestry, it brings forth a trifecta of celebrations: Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and the end of the school year.  It’s a month fille...

Father's Day Facts

A perfect gift idea is to kick dad's taste buds into high gear by adding a few scoops of our Mesquite Bean Chile Pequin jelly  to dad’s favorite bbq sauce — HEAVEN!

8 Types of Mesquite Trees Across South America and In Your Own Backyard

Mesquite trees are among the most common kinds of vegetation found across the southwestern United States, Central, and South America. In fact, if you live in McAllen or elsewhere in the Rio Grande ...

The Relationship Between Mesquite Bean Flour and Type 2 Diabetes

At Cappadona Ranch, we value providing our clients not only with delicious and nutritious products but also the scientific consensus on how these products may affect their health.  For many years s...

Mesquite Beans: 2021’s Next Gluten-Free Superfood

Mesquite trees, with their weedy, shrub-like appearance, might not look like the next big gluten-free superfood, but the truth is that the bean pods from these unassuming plants are packed with all...

Treat Your Skin Right in 2021 with Mesquite Bean Soap

If there’s one thing 2020 taught us, it’s the importance of our overall health. From the foods we consume to the chemicals in the products we use and our personal hygiene habits, this past year sho...

Living a Healthier 2021

Our New Year’s resolutions tend to revolve around a similar topic; doing something more or better. We want to eat healthier, exercise more often, learn to meditate, begin volunteering, read more bo...

2020 Was Rough On Texas Mesquite Too!

2020 has undeniably been a rough year, not just for the economy, families, teachers, and small businesses, but also for farmers and Texas mesquite! In late July, tropical storm Hanna developed into...

Don’t Forget Your Superfood: Mesquite Bean Flour

The trends and terminology surrounding food are constantly changing. Not too long ago, few of us would worry whether or not our fruits were organic, our chickens were free-range, or if our food was...

Secret Jews of San Luis Valley

When four genetic counselors and inherited cancers specialists in San Luis Valley, CO, got together and discussed the cancer cases they had documented in 2001, they found out that the Hispanic wome...