I want to talk today about Fabián García. I think of him usually with a mouthful of Hatch Valley Green or Red Chile. He is often given the title, The founder of New Mexico Commercial Food Production. While we think of him for his work on Chiles Peppers, he was instrumental in the research on Pecans, Onions, Alfalfa, and Cotton. Importantly, he was a very good researchers along with being a kind and gentle scientist who inspired generations of Horticultural Scientists all over the world. Talk about being born at the right time and the right place. That was Fabián García. It was a special synchronicity that brought Fabián García and his leadership in scientific horticulture research to Southern New Mexico just as the Rio Grande Project produced Elephant Butte Reservoir so that farmers of this area had abundant water for their commercial growing fields along with the at the same time building of the railroads and surface roads so that Southern New Mexico produce could be shipped all over the United States. The agricultural potential of Southern New Mexico was realized by these three areas coming together.
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