Montana Ag Network: The Arlee farm peppering Montana with roasted chiles

Montana Ag Network: The Arlee farm peppering Montana with roasted chiles

If you head several hours south out of Montana, you can make it into the heart of chile pepper country. But there is no need to go that far, Montanans are roasting peppers right here at home.Chile peppers are a staple of food and life across the southwest. During a farm stay in Arizona, that is where Kaly Hess learned to love them. Hess and her partner, Brian Wirak, own Harlequin Organic Produce in Arlee.Peppers tend to be a crop that we just ke…