SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOP

OMAR RODRIGUEZ

Omar Rodriguez is an NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist who has dedicated much of his career to farmer education and outreach, including to disadvantaged populations. His general focus in this respect is aimed at shifting the population of farmers that he serves toward economically sustainable and increasingly ecologically conscious approaches to farming. After receiving his degree, Omar moved to South America, where he worked with small-scale farmers to encourage diversification, business development, alternative technologies, and reforestation. In the years since, he has managed several farmers markets in the Bay Area and worked on an 80-acre permaculture farm in Montana. Rodriguez’s Spanish-language proficiency is used to develop resources and events that reach farmers within the Latin community. Recently, Omar has led NCAT’s organization of the annual Latino Farmer Conference in California, a unique gathering where all presentations are in Spanish, with available English translation.