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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’s work leads into research
Garcia’s outreach work with Hmong farmers
Garcia’s research on Latino farmers
How Garcia came to this line of work
Topics:
sustainable_agriculture
social_justice
“I do these things not because it’s only part of my job responsibility, but because I believe in the things that I’m doing….I don’t think that industrial agriculture is that sustainable. …I think we need to give a long-term perspective to the things we do, and sustainable agriculture has that long-term approach. It’s about future generations. It’s actually leaving our kids and our kids’ children the same opportunities, the same natural resources and the same access to services that we enjoy now.”