Albuquerque Business First spoke with the head of the New Mexico Chile Association just before the Hatch Chile Festival to learn more about the state of New Mexico's chile industry.

The New Mexico Chile Association says fraudulently labeled chile products are a major issue for New Mexico’s chile industry. “As the marketing and the branding of New Mexico chile has grown, ...

Glen Duggins has been farming for almost 40 years and like any New Mexican he’s a certified chile lover. “I think you’re born a farmer, I don’t think everybody can be.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – There’s no doubt, New Mexico has seen record dry conditions this summer. As harvest begins for the state’s hallmark chile crops, there’s a mix of challenges and a ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A renowned New Mexico chile farmer has called it quits, but he is not leaving the chile business completely.Glen Duggins has been farming in Lemitar, New Mexico for the past ...

Chavez buys his chile powder — the rich-red color of a New Mexico sunset — from a grower about 10 miles away, technically outside of the Santa Cruz River Valley where Chimayo is located.

They are really spicing things up in New Mexico. The Land of Enchantment produced more than 53,000 tons of chile peppers worth more than $46.2 million during its last growing season of 2022.

New Mexico produced more than 60% of the U.S. chile pepper crop in 2021 and is home to Hatch, an agricultural village known as the chile capital of the world for the unique red and green peppers ...

So far this season, officials said New Mexico’s green chile harvest is more than 10 days ahead of schedule and experts are expecting between 55,000 and 60,000 tons of peppers to be harvested.

Impossible to mass produce, the Chimayó chile is so sought after that a counterfeit market has emerged. Here's why the New Mexican pepper is so prized and where to find Chimayó chile powder.

A brief history of chile roasting. The backstory of chile roasting dates back to the ancestor of all green chile: the New Mexico No. 9. The variety was developed by Fabián García, a ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots and inducing mouth ...