Saving the native varieties of chiles is part of the mission of the Chile Pepper Institute in Las Cruces, but particularly I love Chimayo chiles, maybe even more than Hatch.

They are delicious and worth keeping around – even if consumers will need to pay higher prices because they are more difficult to farm and manage.

Saving The Chiles – article posted a few days ago online.  Decent reading if you’re new to the chile preservation subject.