{"id":33587,"date":"2021-05-18T01:44:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccof.org\/meet-santiago-contreras-future-organic-farmers-2020-grantee\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:07:48","slug":"meet-santiago-contreras-future-organic-farmers-2020-grantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccof.org\/es\/news\/meet-santiago-contreras-future-organic-farmers-2020-grantee\/","title":{"rendered":"Conozca a Santiago Contreras, becario de Futuros Agricultores Org\u00e1nicos 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last 15 years, Santiago Contreras has been a vegetarian\u2014conscious       of healthy eating and healthy food. After many years working in the restaurant industry, he       made the leap to learn to become a farmer by enrolling in the <a       href=\"https:\/\/www.albafarmers.org\/our-work\/#pepa\">Farmer Education Course<\/a>       (PEPA) at the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) to develop his knowledge       and skills to work the land. After a year of classroom learning and hand-on training,       Contreras is now a full-time farmer cultivating many different vegetables, such as squash,       beans, tomatoes, onions, and melons, on five rented acres in Hollister. Seeing the clear       connection between people\u2019s health and agricultural growing practices, Contreras is fully       committed to growing organically: \u201cIn reality, I started all this &#8230; for my health and       for the health of the people who want this       product.&#8221;<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Contreras hopes to create a       farm in which everything works together and where the healthy treatment of the land is       evidenced in the quality of the produce. \u201cI know what we are doing here is 100 percent       natural, organic; it does not have anything \u2026 that could contaminate the body &#8230; because       one knows that conventional has many insecticides, pesticides, toxins and \u2026 this is       consumed [by the eater].&#8221;<sup>2<\/sup> Growing without synthetic chemicals allows       every being\u2014even gophers\u2014a chance to live within the farm\u2019s ecosystem.       Contreras respects these creatures and believes they \u201calso have the right to       eat.\u201d<sup>3<\/sup> Contreras understands the interconnectedness and impact of       his farming practices and that what he puts in the soil affects animals above and below       ground, the roots, the microbiome, the plants, and the people who consume his       produce.<\/p>\n<p>For Contreras, living a healthy life begins with natural       food produced on organic farms. &#8220;This makes one think that it is good that someone is growing       organic and is not eating toxins. \u2026 That is why I am in love with what we are doing;       because everything we do is natural.&#8221;<sup>4<\/sup> Contreras\u2019 studies may       have given him the tools to farm organically, but his passion and commitment to healthful       produce have transformed him into an organic farmer and       advocate.<\/p>\n<p>Last year was the first time that the CCOF Foundation       supported Contreras\u2019 career in organic agriculture. Contreras plans to continue growing       organically on his farm, M.R. Organics, and hopes to expand his infrastructure and acreage in       upcoming years. The CCOF Foundation congratulates and wishes the best to Santiago Contreras       for the upcoming harvest in 2021! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications       for CCOF\u2019s Future Organic Farmers grants are open now and close on May 14. Find out more       and apply at the <\/strong><a       href=\"https:\/\/www.ccof.org\/ccof-foundation\/future-organic-farmers\"><strong>Future       Organic Farmers website<\/strong><\/a><strong> now<\/strong>!       \u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure class=\"content-image\"><\/figure>\n<div       id=\"edn1\"><\/p>\n<p><em>All quotes translated from Spanish to English and edited       for clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>1<\/sup>       \u201cEn realidad yo comenc\u00e9 todo esto \u2026 por mi salud y por la salud de la gente que       quiere este       producto\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>2<\/sup>       \u201cYo s\u00e9 lo que estamos haciendo aqu\u00ed es cien porciento natural, org\u00e1nico,       no tiene ning\u00fan, nada. Nada que pudiese contaminar al cuerpo \u2026 porque uno prende que       todo lo convencional es con muchas insecticidas, pesticidas, venenos y tantas cosas y todo       esto lo consume uno \u2026       .&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>3<\/sup> \u201cLos topos       son animales naturales, y tienen derecho a       comer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div       id=\"edn4\"><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>4<\/sup> \u201cEntonces esto hace uno       pensar, de que bueno, que es uno quien est\u00e1 cultivando org\u00e1nico y no est\u00e1       comiendo algo de veneno. \u2026 Por eso estoy enamorada de lo que estamos haciendo nosotros       porque todo lo que hacemos nosotros es al       natural.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-image\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde hace 15 a\u00f1os, Santiago Contreras es un vegetariano concienciado con la salud ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"class_list":["post-33587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foundation-news","language-english","foundation_topics-funding","foundation_topics-grants","foundation_topics-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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