Small-batch heirloom and specialty peppers, grown by one person in Columbus, Ohio, for chefs and cooks who care what's on the plate.
A short list, deliberately. Each variety was chosen because it tastes like something real — and because you won't find it on a distributor's truck.
Capsicum annuum · Heirloom cayenne
A rare heirloom passed to seed keeper William Woys Weaver by African-American painter Horace Pippin in 1944. Chameleon-like: ripens violet → pink → orange → brown → deep red. Six to seven inches long, with flavor that sweetens and deepens as the color turns.
Capsicum annuum · Oaxacan heirloom
An ancient variety from Oaxaca, Mexico — smoky, sweet, and considered hot for a jalapeño. Ridged, rugged fruit with a heat that tastes of the ground it came from. More flavor, more depth, more everything than the jalapeño you know.
Capsicum annuum · NMSU cultivar
A vivid yellow jalapeño developed by the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University. Fruity, bright, with full jalapeño heat behind it. Made to stand out — in salsas, on the plate, anywhere the color needs to pop.
Capsicum annuum · Ornamental heirloom
Screaming-hot little fruits that ripen through a rainbow — purple, cream, yellow, orange, red — often all at once on the same plant. Ornamental first, dangerous second. Pick a few any time to change the color of a salsa or stir-fry.
Ten years in sales. Five of them in New York City. One life-changing pivot later, Evan Kontras is doing what his mother's family did for generations in Columbiana County, Ohio — just smaller, denser, and pickier about what goes in the ground.
Small-batch by design. Every plant placed by hand, grown organically, watched daily, picked at ripeness. The result: peppers with deeper color, cleaner heat, and enough attention to detail that chefs actually notice.
Omega Farms is taking on a small number of restaurant partners for the 2026 season. If you're building dishes around Buena Mulata's purple against a plate, or Zapotec's earthier heat than what you can source elsewhere — we should talk.
Start a conversation →The friendliest way to try what we grow. Come find us, taste what's ripe, and take some home.
South Drive-In Flea Market
3050 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43207