Sofia Martinez PH.D
Treasurer
Dr. Martinez is a community-academic, writer, documentarian, activist organizer who has worked at the intersections of social justice, anti-racism and liberation work for over 40 years. Sofia is also a co-founder of Voces Feministas, a women of color radio collective covering politics, art, culture and news highlighting women of color. Originally from northern New Mexico where she is active with Concerned Citizens of Wagon Mound and Mora County.
Richard Moore
Richard currently serves as the Co-Chair of the inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC). Richard has also served on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), where in 1993 he was the first elected Chair. Richard is the Co-Coordinator for Los Jardines Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and national Co-Coordinator of the Environmental Justice & Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, advocating for stronger, safer, and just chemical policies. He is also Co-Founder and Board Member of Just Transition Alliance and a Board Member of Coming Clean, Inc.
Fidel Gonzalez
Fidel's farm Los Jardines de Moktezuma is one of the three founding member farms of the Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network (ACN), and he serves as the current President of the ACN Board of Directors. When Fidel first began farming he knew nothing about agriculture, he is completely self-taught and has learned through the process of farming. In addition he is a board member for the Downtown Growers’ Market.
Fidel currently participates in a program through American Friends Service Committee, training farmers to train the next generation of farmers. Fidel began studying music at the age of 15 years old, in Mexico City where he hails from. He is also an Aztec dancer.
Fidel centers his life and work philosophy around the concept of Gross National Happiness, which speaks of peace, and leading a balanced life where work does not overshadow the importance of family and pursuits of happiness.
Gloria Baca
Secretary
Baca Family Connection
Woman and minority owned Organic Farm
Our Mission
We practice Holistic Farming by being good stewards of the Land and Soil. We give back to the people of our community by providing organic nutritious food. We strive to replenish the natural ecosystems for cleaner water, healthy soil and all without toxic pesticide residues.
Our family has been farming for generations. We farm to put better nutrition on our table and others within the community making our produce available through Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network and La Cosechas’ CSA Program. Our fruits and produce go directly to families within the local community that might otherwise not have access to good nutritious food along with local restaurants and Cafeterias.
We educate others how to farm, how to use the food we grow and how to take care of the natural resources.
We do this by managing the natural resources through organic practices, animal grazing, crop rotation, cover cropping and only using organic amendments in the soil. This way we can reap the sustainable environmental, economic, and social benefits.
Jedrek Lamb
Jedrek Lamb operates Granja Para Manana in the Village of Bosque Farms. It is a family farm focused on providing nutrition to the family and community, as well as saving seeds to promote resiliency. In production for over a decade, Granja Para Manana continues to provide an opportunity to maintain our agricultural heritage and evolve with an ever changing environment.