H.R. No. 243
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative, a
student-run, nonprofit organization, seeks to help impoverished
individuals both at home and abroad to achieve a brighter future;
and
WHEREAS, Founded in the summer of 2014 by Samuel Garcia, the
SDGI provides dairy goats and other sustainable food sources to
those in need; currently, the group is cooperating with the colonia
outreach program La Union Del Pueblo Entero to assist residents of
colonias in Hidalgo County, where the SDGI is supplying families
with both goats and seed for prickly pear cactus; the prickly pear
was chosen for cultivation because it is an easy-to-grow plant that
can survive in harsh conditions and because almost every part of the
plant is edible; the cactus can even serve as roughage for the goats
when feed stocks are low; ultimately, the SDGI intends to supply 20
to 30 families in the area and then help them to form a cooperative;
and
WHEREAS, Another goal of the SDGI is to provide funding for
research related to sustainable agriculture; leaders of the
initiative are presently engaged in talks with the charity Farm
Africa to help it finance a value chain analysis in behalf of dairy
goat farmers in Kenya; and
WHEREAS, The SDGI is led by a board composed of Mr. Garcia,
Tom Jackson, Nelson Chen, and Will Herbst, all of whom attend The
University of Texas at Austin; branches of the organization have
been established at UT-Austin, Texas A&M University, Texas
Christian University, and Texas State University; and
WHEREAS, By working to address the complex problem of rural
poverty through such simple means as dairy goats, cactus seeds, and
cooperation, the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative is providing a
model for effective aid and helping a number of less-advantaged
Texans to build a more secure future for themselves and their
children; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative for
its humanitarian efforts and extend to all those associated with
the group sincere best wishes for continued success.
Guerra
Longoria
Muñoz, Jr.
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 243 was adopted by the House on
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House