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New Mexico State University

Permanent Chile Pepper Research at NMSU

New Mexico State University chile pepper research is extremely important to New Mexico’s economy.  The chile industry is a $400 million industry and is the only industry in which New Mexico is ranked first in the nation.  It provides over 2,000 full time and over 10,000 part time jobs to New Mexicans.   The Chile Pepper [...]

Hatch Chile Myth

Hatch Chile Myth

We receive many calls from people wanting to order a chile called “Hatch Chile”. There is no chile variety called “Hatch Chile”.  There is only chile grown IN the Hatch Valley but there is no specific variety that was developed and called by that name.  The Hatch valley has produced and continues to produce a [...]