The Fresh Chile Company Podcast

Today I’m talking about Sid Gutierrez, who had a dream and then did so much more afterwards. What he knew was that he wanted to go into space as an astronaut and that there were steps which must be t…

For ten thousand years people have been walking in and around what is now Southern New Mexico. Paved roads are a luxury of less than a hundred years, but the improvement was great. The Interstates 10…

There are some people who you know not so much individually but as both of them. Like my Mom and Dad. People referred to them as George and Joan. Or Randy and Carol McMillan, the owners of the Fresh …

Think of how far growing Chile has come over the years. Today it is a major crop in New Mexico with thousands of acres. A long time ago it was a family garden staple that most families in Southern Ne…

Here it is, my friends, April fifth and as you are listening to this Podcast, Chile Plants are going into the ground in the Hatch Valley Chile growing areas. In the growing areas, some of the Chile p…

While we are thinking about March madness, I think back to the most dominate coach in New Mexico high school Boys’ Basketball. Even though he died at age 80 in 1999, you still see the Ralph Tasker na…

It was 42 years ago today that the eyes of the world were on Southern New Mexico and the landing of STS-3 Columbia. Like much else in New Mexico, it wasn’t easy. The day of return from low earth orbi…

I’m talking today about Glen Campbell, the famed musical artist, television, and movie star. He was the seventh of twelve children in Arkansas living a sharecropper’s family life. Growing up he share…

There are Southern New Mexico students in one town who can spell the word consequences with no trouble. The time was March 29, 1950, and the leaders of the New Mexico town of Hot Springs, New Mexico,…

I want to tell you about Edwin Mechem who lived a full active life of service in New Mexico. He was born in Alamogordo on July 2, 1912, six months after New Mexico statehood. He died ninety years lat…

It was 108 years ago this week that Columbus, New Mexico in Southwestern New Mexico was squarely in the national and international news due to a raid by Mexican soldiers under the command of Pancho V…

I’m talking today about New Mexico rural one room schoolhouses from the year 1900 to perhaps 1940 or so. It did several very important things in the Territory of New Mexico and then in 1912 we became…

I got an interesting email from a listener planning a trip back to Southern New Mexico after almost 50 years of being away. His grandparents lived in Deming, New Mexico. He was able to visit while hi…

Literally thousands of people in New Mexico saw him play basketball for the University of New Mexico Lobos myself included. There was something that he didn’t know at the time nor did any of us. As P…

How do you choose between Red Chile or the Green Chile? That is a good question with an easy answer. We try both and even try when both are together and whatever makes us smile, that’s our winner. An…

The other day I was asked about growing your own Chile Peppers. I immediately replied that it is a great thing to do. I think the person was expecting me to say just get your Chile from the Fresh Chi…

This third week of February I see that the New Mexico Onion crops are just starting in the Mesilla and Hatch Valley fields. Onions come in several varieties which researchers aim at markets. Best kno…

The month of February is Black History Month. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote these words: We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. That statement is exactl…

Glad you could join me today for a Podcast about the History and Culture of New Mexico with an emphasis on Agriculture since at least three times a day I use Agriculture. I don’t always think about m…

Today I’m talking about Donald Anthony Perkins. In those days it wasn’t unusual that he played both offense and defense, so he really had to be in shape since he was on the field the whole game. On o…