Back to school Green Chile Roast supports food pantry

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center kicked off the new semester by hosting their third annual Green Chile Roast, which took place on Tuesday, Aug. 26, and was organized by the UNM Alumni Relations Staff.

The chile was provided for by Mago’s Farm, a local farm in Albuquerque that roasts for UNM. Mago’s Farm frequently appears at local markets like the Downtown Growers’ Market and Rail Yards Market ABQ. The farm provides and roasts the chile on-site themselves, which is then distributed into individual orders by the alumni staff.

Mago’s Farm donates all of their services to HSC in order to create more profits for the HSC food bank, Program Manager for Alumni Relations for the UNM School of Medicine, Erika Anderson, said…

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