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Come for the balloon fiesta – Stay for the Chile!
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is here, and with it the population of Albuquerque almost doubles! That’s not the only great thing going on in Albuquerque during this time though. The Balloon Fiesta also coincides with the chile season! Not only the chile season! In addition to chile, October also means that New Mexico has…
The Village of Hatch, NM
Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, with a population usually hovering around 1,500 people, but that number fluctuates greatly as many migrant workers arrive in town for the chile season! Picking chile is incredibly hard work hunched over in the hot sun, and we in the chile industry greatly appreciate the…
Your New Mexico Chile Shop
We are glad to be your favorite shop for Hatch, New Mexico chile this 2024 chile season, as well as every chile season since 1962! We are Albuquerque’s Original Chile Roaster, and have been roasting chile since 1977. As the premier green chile store in Albuquerque, we carry tons of different varieties of chile, including…
Local New Mexico melons have arrived
We try to carry as much local produce as we can. We sell a lot more than just green and red chile products. In terms of local food, we have beans from Estancia, chicos from Espanola, watermelons from Hatch, and cantaloupes from San Antonio, New Mexico. More produce will be available as it comes into…
Early thoughts on the 2022 chile season
For those of you who are looking for more information about the timeline of the Hatch chile season, be sure to read out post on that! In 2024, we will begin roasting chile on Friday, August 2nd. We started roasted chile three days ago, so these are still very early musings, but I figured I…
How to get to Farmers Chile Market
Your source for New Mexico chile products Whether you want fresh roasted green chile, Hatch red chile ristras, local fruits, chicos, beans, or some other New Mexican specialty, we can be your connection to that at 2010 Eubank Blvd NE. We carry lots of local food products, specializing in chile every chile season. From here,…
Albuquerque Chile
If you think about chile in Albuquerque, probably two names come up, Farmers Market and Fruit Basket. A large reason for that is that we both have a lot of history in Albuquerque. When we first started roasting chile in Albuquerque in 1977, chile was already a large part of the cuisine, but roasting chile…
About me
I’m 34 years old, and the 4th generation of Farmers Market in Albuquerque. I grew up in the Farmers Market stores and worked there since I was about 10 years old. I’ve been roasting chile since I was 12, and have been a fan of green and red chile for even longer. I’ve visited a…
