Espanola Farmers’ Market will be hosting our annual
Labor Day Free Chile Roasting on Monday September 3rd, 2012. Any
fresh chile purchased at the Market on Labor Day can be roasted
free. We will also have a table with samples of local varieties of heirloom chile
and stories of how the farmer obtained her/his seeds and their favorite methods
of preparing and eating chile.
Students will be helping set up displays and serving as guides to
visitors wishing to sample the varieties of chile during this Labor Day
holiday event.These students have been participating throughout the summer in Cooking
Up Traditions, learning with mentors Dexter Trujillo, Norma Navarro and
Brenda Coriz how to prepare fresh foods in the horno or how to identify
and cook wild foods such as quelites (lamb’s quarters), as well as
helping weed and plant in the Wildflower Garden. Cooking Up Traditions
has been funded by Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (NRGNHA) and Farm
to School.
Chile roasting will go on all day during Market hours, 10am until
5pm on Monday.
Starting at 1pm,
the Market will host the first annual CHILE FEST - a
Traditional New Mexico Green Chile Cook-off, in conjunction with íEl
Tiempo! Nuevo México. Judges will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for the
best traditional green chile in New Mexico! Contestants must bring
their chile to the Market by 1pm. Judging will take place at
1:30. Entries must consist of a crock-pot of green chile (with or
without meat) picked and roasted from this year's crop. Only traditional chile
is allowed, no Big Jim, Española Improved or any other corporate developed or
commercially sold hybrid can be entered. GMO Chile is strictly
forbidden!For official rules and to register to enter CHILE FEST 2012,
please go to: www.eltiemponm.org
Or go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/306816042750066/
íEl Tiempo! will also have an information table about the current threat of Genetically Modified Chile. Visitors can enter to win an íEl Tiempo! beautiful Traditional Chile bumper-sticker or sign a petition to keep New Mexico's chile GMO free! The drawing of winners’ names will be at 5pm on September 3rd.
Labor Day September 3rd is also a regular Monday Market,
with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables for sale, as well as horno
bread, USDA-certified grass-fed lamb, jams, pastelitos, chicos,
dried blue corn, local soaps, and other tasty delights. Children can select a
free book from our Kids’ Book Exchange. Espanola Farmer’s Market
is open twice weekly, including Friday from 2-7pm.