Reflecting on the Past Looking toward the Future: Thinking about family traditions for celebrating the new year, I reflected on the traditions of my ancestors as well as the meaning of the first month of the year, January. As many of you know, January was named for the Roman God Janus, His statute shows two […]
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Throughout the unprecedented year that was 2020, with stay-at-home challenges, we have focused on our commitment to growing organic peppers and producing tasteful hot sauces. We took time to celebrate our successes along the way. In 2019, we spent that year organizing and planning for our family business. We worked on our marketing ideas, began
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My sister and I often share memories of growing up while traveling with our parents and living in the south. One of the stories my sister shared was of our father’s canning and love of peppers. Our father was a career military man, serving in World War II, Korea, and two tours in Korea. No
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This hot sauce was initially developed by the Patriarch (A. J. King) of the Urban Growers family in the early 1980’s from peppers grown in his backyard garden. He also received peppers from friends. His pepper bush produced so many peppers! Meanwhile he continued to receive peppers from his friends. Having an abundance of peppers,
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