HERE’S WHAT WE DID
We gave away 1000 Chile Tasting Kits
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During the month of October 2020, we attended growers markets around the state and handed out our FREE New Mexico Certified Chile Tasting Kits to the public. Each kit included 12 samples of delicious green New Mexico Certified Chile, gathered from different Certified growers around the state. All samples were identically roasted and individually packaged for taste testing and labeled with just a number, so no one knew who grew each chile sample.
WE ATTENDED THESE MARKETS
New Mexicans tasted the chile!
Those lucky enough to get a FREE chile tasting did what New Mexicans do best: enjoyed green chile! 
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Our title sponsor, Bueno Foods supplied every kit with their delicious BUENO® GRANDMA'S® Tortillas. For recipe ideas, check out buenofoods.com/recipes
You voted!
Participants were asked to visit this very website and vote for their favorite chile samples. Remember, the samples were blind labeled, so no one knew who grew each chile sample. Voting closed on October 28, 2020.

We’ve tallied the votes, and we have a winner!
The winner of the 2020 Great New Mexico Chile Taste-Off and the official grower of this year's Best Green Chile is

Rosales Produce

1st RUNNER-UP

Speir Farms
2nd RUNNER-UP

Five Star Chile

Who Grew Which Chile?

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ABOUT THE NEW MEXICO CERTIFIED CHILE PROGRAM
In order to preserve the integrity of chile grown in New Mexico, we created a Certification Mark that guarantees this chile IS New Mexico Certified Chile™. The NMCA has trademarked the words and logo “New Mexico Certified Chile™” and members of the NMCA can become Licensees to use the trademark in advertising.
For generations, New Mexico Green Chile and New Mexico Hatch Green Chile have been our heritage at Bueno Foods, the pride and joy of New Mexican culture, the heart and soul of our local cuisine.
 
Our father, Joe Baca, used to say he was “bred on red and weaned on green.” He meant chile, of course! He, along with his brothers, were the first to flame roast and freeze green chile on a commercial scale. And even though there have been many imitators since, Bueno Foods remains the industry leader in innovation and quality.