Our family has been farming chile in the Hatch Valley since 1917, when Joseph Franzoy, an immigrant from Sporminore in the Austro-Hungarian Tyrol (now Trentino, Italy), became the first person to grow and sell chile commercially outside the valley. His son-in-law Jim Lytle later co-developed the NuMex Big Jim variety with NMSU—still the world's largest green chile. Today, more than 130 chile varieties trace their development from the Franzoy family farms. Amigo's Mexican Foods is a USDA-inspected food manufacturing facility in Deming, NM, producing tortillas, tamales, burritos, chimichangas, and prepared Mexican foods since 1978. The Hatch Chile Store acquired Amigo's to expand our frozen food production capabilities—allowing us to ship authentic New Mexican prepared foods nationwide. Amigo's is a Deming community institution, best known locally as the longtime tortilla supplier for the Great American Tortilla Toss at the annual Deming Duck Race—a tradition that's been delighting crowds for decades. Today, Amigo's state-of-the-art facility produces the rellenos, tamales, and chimichangas that Hatch Chile Store customers love, with the same recipes and quality standards that have made them a Luna County staple for nearly 50 years. To share the authentic taste of the Hatch Valley with the world while protecting the heritage, quality, and name that generations of New Mexican farmers have built. Every product we ship represents over a century of family farming tradition.