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A visit with José Garcia, Extension Assistant Professor
Published: October 30, 2007 - Topics:
sustainable_agriculture
extension
outreach
agriculture
farming
Additional Interview Clips
“Doing” sustainable agriculture
Examples of Garcia’s outreach activities
MU’s new undergraduate major in sustainable agriculture
Working with minorities in agriculture
Issues arising from increased Latino labor force in Missouri
Another recent event
How Garcia came to this line of work
Garcia’s outreach work with Hmong farmers
Garcia’s research on Latino farmers
How Garcia’s work leads into research
Topics:
sustainable_agriculture
research
As the Missouri Coordinator for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (SARE), Garcia tries to “keep the discussion on the table that Latino farmers (and other minority farmers) need to be more exposed to sustainable agriculture,” and he helps people better understand the need to reach out to those audiences. Garcia also serves on the steering committee for the National Immigrant Farming Initiative, a network of organizations across the country working with immigrant and refugee farmers (in Missouri that means Latino and Hmong workers).