Because market forces, of course, and they look like this: https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-developing-perfect-green-chile-pepper-for-mechanical-harvest/s/14

Because market forces, of course, and they look like this: https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-developing-perfect-green-chile-pepper-for-mechanical-harvest/s/14d70f7a-b2ef-4be4-a3a0-d0bcb10e6c1b https://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-developing-perfect-green... A chile pepper optimized for mechanical harvest, because right now the fruit needs to be cut from the stem, but if you can shake it off you can spare yourself the farmworker.