NOT ONLY WILL SCHOOL BE STARTING IN A FEW WEEKS IN NEW MEXICO…IT’LL ALSO BE TIME FOR A BELOVED FOOD TRADITION. JUST AROUND THE TIME THE KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL IS WHEN YOU START SEEING CHILES BEING ROASTED AROUND THE STATE.
DALENE HODNETT WITH THE NEW MEXICO FARM AND LIVESTOCK BUREAU TELLS 770 KKOB THE CHILE HARVEST IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
WHILE STILL AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STATE’S AGRICULTURE ECONOMY, THE CHILE CROP ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE. LAST YEAR, NEW MEXICO’S CHILE PRODUCTION WAS DOWN MORE THAN SIX TONS COMPARED TO 2013.
