Glen Duggins has been a farmer for almost four decades. He has grown chile for the same number of years on his 350-acre Cinco Estrella farm in Lemitar, New Mexico.
New Mexico produced more than 53,000 tons of its most famous crop during the last growing season, meaning more chile peppers found their way into salsas and onto dinner plates than the previous year.
The president of the New Mexico Chile Association has made a decision He s giving up chile farming abqjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abqjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
President of the New Mexico Chile Association Glen Duggins, has been growing green chile for almost 40 years. Now, citing labor shortages and competition from Mexico, he's giving up.