Read our Abq Journal Columns
Every week, Denise Miller of the New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association will spotlight local growers and their crops, along with tips about how to cook the produce.
How Sweet it is for Fall Beets
Fans of beets are fortunate. This earthy vegetable has a long growing season that stretches from spring through late fall... Read the full story on our link.
Take the Benefits of Okra to Heart
If you like okra, you should make a point of meeting Cecilia McCord. The Socorro grower, who also sells her produce at the Downtown Albuquerque Growers’ Market, is a longtime friend to okra fans, who know they can count on her for the most tender, savory okra around... Read the full story on our link.
Savor Gemlike Asian Pears
What kind of fruit is small and round, yellow with tiny brown freckles, sweet and crunchy like an apple, and grows in New Mexico?
Surprisingly to many, the answer is Asian pears... Read the full story on our link.
Peppers Spice Up Farmers' Crops
Jesse Daves likes to see results. He also likes to collaborate with nature. Combine those qualities with a big heart and you get the magic of a farmer who consistently pulls beautiful produce from the ground... Read the full story on our link.
Potato Grower Delights in Crop
Afresh spring sits below the meadow where Effie Chavez tends to her garden. When she heads there, she is content. In fact, she is more than content. She is rapturous... Read the full story on our link.
Farming Proves to be Peachy for Duke City's Macias Family Farmers' Markets
Mary and Elias Macias know each of their 125 fruit trees as if they are their children. They know which are the oldest, which have been sick, which are the strongest and which bear the biggest fruit... Read the full story on our link.
Candy Onions are a Sweet Crop for Couple
What do fantastic sauces, great sautés and tasty sandwiches all have in common? If you are eating from the garden of Mary or Ray Arrowsmith, the common ingredient may be fabulous candy onions... Read the full story on our link.
Garlic Farmers Keep it Urban
Eli Burg and Amanda Mione of Chispas Farm are not your typical farmers. They are urban, young and grow 270 varieties of garlic... Read the full story on our link.
Gardener is Sweet on Sugar Snap Peas
Getting fresh sugar snap peas home is always a challenge. They seem to disappear. If my daughter is at market with me, they vanish at least twice as fast. “That’s a testament to how great snap peas are,” says veteran grower Zoe Economou, who has the same problem in her garden. Sometimes her husband doesn’t see too many because she picks and eats them while she works... Read the full story on our link.
There's a Little Time Left
With lower temperatures and a hard frost not too far away, growers’ markets are closing for the season... Read the full story on our link.
Squash Shows Fall at its Best
The markets are full of comfort foods this week — beans, chard, chile, eggplant, onions, potatoes, peppers, spinach, turnips and winter squash... Read the full article on our link
