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New Mexico’s Chile Crop Challenges | The Line

Chile Crops

December 20, 2019 – The New York Times published a story bemoaning the woes of chile producers in New Mexico this year, and forecasting a threat to the future of New Mexico’s signature crop. Are New Mexicans too complacent about the threat, or is the situation not as dire as the article suggests? Gene Grant…

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The Line: Chile Showdown

Line Chile Wars

July 19, 2019 – Red or green? That’s New Mexico’s official state question. It shows just how important chile – ripe or otherwise – is to New Mexicans. So, when Governor Jared Polis of Colorado tweeted that his state’s Pueblo variety was the best in the world, New Mexico didn’t take it lying down. Gene…

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