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Native Chile Week |
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 Taste the immense varieties of New Mexico chiles at the following Farmers’ Markets during New Mexico Native Chile Week, September 5th through 12th.
These tasting events are to introduce consumers to New Mexico’s wealth of chile varieties, both native and modern; to honor the growers who maintain this diversity; and to encourage support of local farming, which ensure our state’s food security.
If you are a grower of either red or green chile, and would like to be part of the tasting events, please contact Save New Mexico Seeds at: info @ savenmseeds.org
SATURDAY September 5th
Sunland Park: Ardovino’s Desert Crossing Farmers’ Market
Location: Ardovino’s Desert Crossing, Ardovino Drive
Schedule: Saturdays, 7:30 am - 12 pm
Market Season: May 23rd – late October
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Focus on Farms -- El Rincon Farms, Chimayo |
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 Last Thursday I stopped by the new afternoon (3 to 7pm) Santa Fe Farmers' Market. The market is a tranquil and small affair compaired to its Saturday counter part, making it an ideal setting to pick up a few groceries on the way home. Shopping for tomatoes and fruit, I met Chimayo natives Adan and Omar Trujillo selling perfect little pears and mountains of summer squash. These brothers are newbies to the Santa Fe Market, but not to farming. They farm several plots on a twenty acre patchwork of fields owned by their family in the heart of El Rincon adjacent to Chimayo. Over a period of almost thirty years, their father peiced the land together from parcells usually owned by family members. Though the land has changed hands between family members, the area has been farmed by Trujillos since the Spanish arrived and allocated land grants. For the past four years, Adan, a lawyer, and his brother Omar, an actor, have worked closely with their father, a handful of WOOFers, friends, and others to convert fallow fields to productive landscapes. Farming chile, corn, squash, beans, melons, and much more, the brothers perpetuate traditional agricultural practices and keep a rich family heritage blooming and bountiful in Chimayo. In addition to abundant fields, they also harvest from orchards of old fruit trees on their land, including a pear tree nearly 40 feet tall and 150 years old. For delicious pears, unbeatable squash, and gregarious farmers, check out their stand this Thursday at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market. |
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