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  • The Village of Hatch, NM

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…