Bill Text: TX SR623 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative for its humanitarian efforts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-23 - Reported enrolled [SR623 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SR623-Enrolled.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 623
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; and
WHEREAS, Founded in the summer of 2014 by Samuel Garcia,
the Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative 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 initiative 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 initiative
intends to supply 20 to 30 families in the area and then help them
to form a cooperative; and
WHEREAS, Another goal of the initiative 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 Sustainable Dairy Goat Initiative 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 The
University of Texas at 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
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.
Hinojosa
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on April 23, 2015.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate