Peggy Sechrist

Region: Hill Country

Topics: Cattle, Chickens, Organic Food, Ranching, Agriculture
 

Peggy Sechrist helps raise organic beef and chicken at the Sechrist Ranch near Fredericksburg, Texas, as well as co-managing Homestead Healthy Foods' wholesale and retail operation. Previously, Mrs. Sechrist was executive director of the non-profit group, Holistic Resource Management of Texas, which seeks to promote environmentally and economically sustainable land and business operations in the state. She has also served in a variety of roles with USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, to help with training and promoting alternative, more viable forms of agriculture.

Interviewed

April 19, 2002
Fredericksburg, Texas
Reels 2204