chispas farm

a small, certified organic, community focused, urban farm.

11/27/2025

Seed cleaning/saving week at Chispas! Red & Golden Amaranth, Colorado River Beans, Tepery Beans, Fava Beans, Sonoran Winter Wheat, Khorasan, and Blue Corn, and some flower varieties too! Lots of threshing & winnowing and all kinds of laughter and wonder. Every year it charms us again, how delightful seeds are!

We will grind the wheats into flour, saving some for wheat berries & seed for planting, and same with the amaranth. The Colorado River Beans are yummy to eat, and the Tepery are special and saved for planting and the future. Fava is for planting and also eating, and blue corn is another we will grind for flour. So much goodness!

11/18/2025

Carrot harvest, sheep in the hoop house to clear the way for winter fava bean and peas, and garlic planting! The season is drawing to a close and the fields are getting wrapped up in cover crop blankets, tucked in for winter. 💜

11/07/2025

Thanks to for featuring us on their podcast, 5-Minute Fridays! Check out the interview: https://www.ediblenm.com/podcast/ 🙌

10/23/2025

Green tomato season is right before the frost comes around here. We’re expecting a hard frost any day now (early next week?) so in preparation we pick every single green tomato (and will be gathering peppers, eggplant, the last zucchini) in anticipation. Like everything else this year, we have an abundance - 800 lbs of green tomatoes & counting. Look for them at the market!

What do you like to make with green tomatoes? They work great for salsa, chutney, savory or sweet pie, and of course fried up!

10/09/2025

Our final gathering of farmers and those who are interested in joining this community/movement/revolution will be Nov. 8th, 2025, from 3-6 PM at the Hubble House (NOT at Chispas, please note!) This mixer will provide an opportunity to really pick the brains of some of ABQ’s most experienced small farmers, making space for digging deep & asking those questions that have felt most pressing! Please join us - more details in the flier!

10/02/2025

We harvested over 300 lbs. of sweet potatoes today - and only dug up 2 out of 6 beds! A historic harvest for Chispas, and the sweet potatoes are huge too. We have the barnyard manure to thank - all the work of excavating the barnyard and then spreading that stuff on all our fields certainly paid off. Shoutout to the many sheep, goats, & chickens that made it 😅🥰

09/19/2025

Come on down to the farm tomorrow (Saturday Sept. 20th) between 9 AM - noon and get a bounty of tomatoes! 20 lbs. for $50. Ripe and ready for sauce making, tomato pie, jam, dried tomato candy, or whatever your heart fancies making!

Please bring your own boxes or bags to carry your tomatoes home, as we WILL NOT have boxes to give out. Thank you!

08/29/2025

Just a few peppers 🫑❤️‍🔥🫑

08/27/2025

We are up to our eyebrows in cucumbers, the perfect size for pickling or maybe just eating in all the cucumber sandwiches your heart desires! This week we have 30 “Pickle Packs” to sell. 5 lbs. for $15 - pick up at Chispas Farm anytime after 8 AM on Saturday, Aug. 30th or Sunday, Aug. 31st! Email us at chispasfarms@gmail.com to order your pack (and if you need more than 5 # let us know and we can probably accommodate you - anyone need a peck? a whole bushel??)

08/19/2025

Come to the farm this Saturday, Aug. 23rd, and get a bouquet (or 2 or 3) of marigolds - or cut heads to make garlands! 25 cents a flower, cash or card accepted 🌼 Bring your own scissors if you can. 🙌

08/15/2025

Join us for another awesome field day, with a workshop on seed saving taught by Reyna Banteah of , & our own Casey Holland teaching that delicate balance of planting techniques and regional timing 🙌 Followed by a Grower’s Social with good food & community. See you there, and tell your friends!

08/12/2025

Another glorious summer morning at the farm. We are in peak season now so it’s sometimes hard to look up from the hundreds of pounds of veggies we’re harvesting - but it’s so worth it!

Address

229 Saavedra Road SW
Albuquerque, NM
87105

Telephone

+15052474088

Website

http://www.chispasfarms.com/

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