Official Traditional Chile Cook-off Rules

1st Annual NM Traditional Chile Summit


Categories
Traditional Red Chile
Traditional Green Chile
Most Unusual Chile Dish


1. ONLY Traditional Chile may be used in any submission to the cook-off.

2. Submission must be made by 11:30 a.m. on January 7th, 2012, at the Oñate Center - submit to Registration Table to receive further direction.

3. A person may enter any and all categories - each will be judged separately.

4. A company may enter any and all categories- each will be judged separately.

5. A company may not sponsor the summit and enter the cook-off simultaneously.

6. Each submitted dish must have at least 60 "taste" servings. "Taste" servings will be provided to each Summit participant. "Taste" servings may be up to 1 Tbsps. each; totaling 60 Tbsps.; 3-3/4 cup; 1/4 gallon; 30 fluid ounces*. Serving "cups" will be provided.

7. Traditional Chile Judging will take place at 12 Noon.

8. Prizes will be awarded before lunch begins.

*We encourage entrants to submit more than the required total in order to feed participants at lunch time! Thanks!

Española Pubic Schools - A Call to Action!

written by Jeremy Maestas

On Wednesday December 14, 2011, a meeting was held at the Commission Chambers inside the Rio Arriba County Annex building, in Española. During the meeting parents, staff, students, and community members from all over the area joined in conversation about issues that are occuring within the Española Public Schools and ways in which they can be resolved. During this meeting several people brought up their concerns about the lack of communication between the district and the outside members, as well as student safety, how money from the district is being spent, and also on academics and what our schools have done, and should be doing to prepare our students for college life.

This meeting was only the beginning to a new start for EPS. As mentioned in the meeting, we feel the time has come for us to gather together as a District to help our students. The issues are not to blame on just one certain individual but on everyone. It was decided that everyone should try and be a part in the process in order for things to get better. Members who joined in the meeting decided that it would be a good idea for our group to join forces with that of the District Parent Advisory Committee (PAC). Originally, District PAC President Regina Martinez, stated that the meeting scheduled for this month had been cancelled due to bad weather. But, all the members in the meeting asked that there be an emergency meeting called so that some of these items could be discussed further and so that new members could officially join the PAC. It would also serve as a good time to prepare major items we feel need to be done, so that a request for a work session or presentation in front of EPS school board can be done.

We encourage all interested Parents, or Community Members to take part in the PAC meeting which will be held on Monday December 19, 2011, at the EPS Central Administration building, located at 714 Calle Don Diego, in Española. The meeting will be held inside the board room, starting at 5:30 p.m. Please come out and support this event. If you should have further questions you can contact us via email at j.maestas_evhs@yahoo.com and we will be glad to answer any questions you may have concerning this event.

A little bit about Jeremy:

My name is Jeremy Maestas and I am a resident of the beautiful Española Valley. I attended the Public Schools in Española for 12 years not including my year in preschool. I have always had an interest in public education and serving students in our community. I served as a Substitute Teacher with the Española Public Schools for two and a half years before leaving. During my term as a Substitute I became close with some of the students I worked with at Carlos Vigil Middle School, who now are currently freshman, and sophomores at the high school. I was always available for students to come and talk with me about issues they were having or just to see how they were. I began being a part of this process to help the schools because being a former student I know that these are the most crucial years of your life and you don’t get them back, I feel as the students who confided in me need my help and to me they felt like they were my adopted kids. I will do everything I can to support these kids all the way because they are the future to not only our town and communities but to our world, and I wish for nothing more than to see them succeed in everything they set their minds and hearts to do!

For more information, go to this Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/183655448396588/

Speaker Biographies - Traditional Chile Summit 2012

1st Annual New Mexico Traditional Chile Summit

For more info: www.ElTiempoNM.org

Speaker Biographies

Emcee

David F. García, MA, is from the community of El Guache, New Mexico. He is currently completing a PhD. Program in Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. As a researcher investigating local knowledge systems in northern New Mexico and practices, his interests include: acequias, foodways, religion, spirituality, folkloristics, and cultural space, as they relate to sustainability and cultural survival of Indo-Hispano communities. He is specifically interested in how shifts in economic bases relate to transformations in the relationships that people have to the environment and local resources. He is currently the Community Education Coordinator for the New Mexico Acequia Association. In addition to the above duties he is also a multi-talented musician and performer of local Spanish music as a solo artist and also a member of the statewide recognized Blue Ventures.

Keynote Speaker

Miguel Santistevan: With a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Science degree in Ecology from the University of California, Davis, Miguel Santistevan is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Biology at the University of New Mexico. His research interests are in the traditional acequia-irrigated and dryland agricultural systems of the Upper Rio Grande and Sangre de Cristo mountains. Miguel is certified in Permaculture and ZERI Design and has been a High School science teacher in Pecos, Peñasco, and Taos school districts. He has directed youth-in-agriculture programs such as ePlaza of Hands Across Cultures and the Regional Development Corporation and the Sembrando Semillas youth-in-agriculture project of the New Mexico Acequia Association (NMAA). He has produced video and public radio programming (¡Que Vivan las Acequias!) with the NMAA and Cultural Energy, of which he is a Board Member. He maintains a conservation farm with his wife and daughter in Taos called Sol Feliz where many visitors have participated in educational presentations, tours, and hands-on workshops (www.solfelizfarm.org). Miguel coordinates a ‘Living Seed Library’ program through the Agriculture Implementation, Research, and Education non-profit corporation he is co-founding (www.growfarmers.org). Miguel has recently been elected Chairman of the Acequia Sur de Río de Don Fernando de Taos for the 2010-2011 growing season of which he is a parciante (irrigator) and past Mayordomo (ditch boss). He also serves as a Board Member for the Taos Valley Acequia Association. More information on Miguel can be found at www.unm.edu/~msanti.

Panel Speakers

Ralph Vigil II, is a 8th generation farmer from Pecos, NM, focusing on seed propagation and seed saving of heritage crops. Ralph owns Molino de La Isla Farm where he works with youth from his community, mentoring them on acequia culture, s eed saving, food processing, food justice issues and seed sovereignty. Ralph is also Chairman of the NM Acequia Commission.

Beata Tsosie-Peña, is from Santa Clara Pueblo and El Rito. She is a poet, certified in infant massage, education

and permaculture design. The realities of living next to a nuclear weapons complex has called her into environ-

mental health and justice work with the local non-profit organization, Tewa Women United. She believes in the

practice and preservation of land-based knowledge, spirituality, language, seeds, our Earth, and family. Her

intentions are for healing, wellness and sustainability for future generations.

Bianca Encinias, is the owner of El Chante: Casa de Cultura focusing on community controlled economic

development. El Chante is an art gallery and boutique promoting local and regional art, crafts, and culture.

She is also a member of the Los Jardines Institute, an intergenerational organization that promotes

learning and implementing environmental justice through agriculture and education.

Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray, has a diverse background, beginning with a Masters in Project Management.

She has been working in the area of traditional agricultural revival for the last 12 years. She was honored to be a

member of the Native Delegation to Terra Madre 2006 and 2010, in Turin, Italy. Honored for her work in the

Mohawk community of Akwesasne, New York, Gray co-founded Kanenhi:io Ionkwaienthonhakie (We Are

Planting Good Seeds), which built a substantial community greenhouse, established a community farmers’

market on the reservation, and supports community gardens, and individual family farms. Gray is now living in

the South West, and is the Conference Coordinator for the Traditional Agriculture & Sustainable Living

Conference

Film Maker

Chris Dudley, is an award winning New Mexico documentary filmmaker who has worked under grants from PBS, P.O.V, Frontline World and KNME among others. His film Genetic Chile is currently screening around the world. His next film, Building John Henry, explores the rationality of the war machine and the rise of the burgeoning American police state. http://buildingjohnhenry.com/

http://buildingjohnhenry.com/

1st Annual NM Traditional Chile Summit

1st Annual New Mexico Traditional Chile Summit

Saturday, January 7th, 2012 - 9am to 2pm - Oñate Monument & Visitor Center Alcalde, NM (click on Center for map)

This event will include internationally known speakers, local panel members, and a chile cook-off (see agenda below). To sign-up, go to: http://eepurl.com/hv2HQ

Cost: Contribute as You Wish! Thank you!

Draft Agenda

9:00-9:45 Registration (pre-registration is appreciated!)
9:45-10:00 Welcome!
10:00-10:45 Keynote Speaker, Miguel Santistevan, Director AIRE
11:00-11:45 Speaker, TBA
12:00-12:45 Panel on Traditional Chile, including:
Estevan Arellano, Ralph Vigil II, Beata Tsosie-Peña,
and more TBA
1pm Chile Cook-Off* & Lunch
1:15 Watch "GEnetic Chile, The Movie" w/your lunch,
then visit with Documentary film maker,
Chris Dudley


*to enter the cook-off, go to: http://eepurl.com/hP4E6



Summit Sponsors**

AIRE (Agriculture Implementation Research & Implementation)

buildingjohnhenry.com - Chris Dudley, Documentary Film Maker (GEenetic Chile, The Movie)

Cuatro Puertas

Save New Mexico Seeds



** If your organization would like to sponsor the event, please contact us: info@ElTiempoNM.org Thanks!