DirectorAgri-Cultura Network
Helga Garcia-Garza co-manages the day-to-day operations of the Agri-Cultura Network. She oversees the development of the network’s, programs and community events, which include La Cosecha and a monthly cooking class. Garcia-Garza has a long history as a community organizer and an environmental and food justice advocate. She has spent the last 30 years dedicated to community health initiatives on both sides of the U.S./Mexico region, organizing and educating communities on Right to Know Right to Act regarding water, land, and air contamination. Garcia-Garza has worked at Agri-Cultura Network member farms, and on tracking, quality control, and distribution of the network’s produce. Her latest project is a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art solar-powered facility Eco-Wellness clinic, a major real estate partnership that will centralize and expand community health and wellness resources and will include four acres of fields and three greenhouses.