NMSU’s Chile Pepper Institute relocates to Fabián García Science Center
The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University has a new home.
For several decades, the institute operated out of Gerald Thomas Hall on NMSU’s Las Cruces campus. Recently, it moved into NMSU’s Fabián García Science Center, where faculty members and students conduct research on chile peppers and other crops critical to New Mexico’s economy.
The institute also operates the Amy Goldman-Fowler Teaching Garden at the science center. The garden is open for self-guided tours from sunrise to sunset seven days a week throughout chile-growing season.
Established in 1992, the institute is the world’s only international nonprofit organization dedicated to the research and education related to chile peppers. It is part of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. Chile researchers at NMSU have continued to build on the groundbreaking research of well-known horticulturists like Fabián García, who began standardizing chile pepper varieties in 1888.
