NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties

(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ground.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news161243967.html">NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties</a></p> <p>(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ground.</p>