Bill Text: TX HR243 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the nonprofit Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative for its work in Hidalgo County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR243 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR243-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 243 | ||
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| 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; | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
