Episode 118: Sebastian Aguilar
b'Sebas\\xadt\\xadian Aguilar is the Farm Pro\\xadgram Direc\\xadtor and Course Instruc\\xadtor at the Greenbank Farm Training Center. He and his wife have three chil\\xaddren and have been man\\xadag\\xading organic veg\\xadetable farms for the past 14 years in New Mex\\xadico, Wis\\xadcon\\xadsin, and Wash\\xading\\xadton State. Sebastians pas\\xadsions for top-quality pro\\xadduce, healthy soils, bio\\xaddy\\xadnam\\xadics and social out\\xadreach guide his farm\\xading prac\\xadtices. Sebas\\xadt\\xadian has hosted appren\\xadtices on his farms since 1999 and always pro\\xadvided them a weekly class explor\\xading the con\\xadcepts behind the prac\\xadti\\xadcal work. He is cur\\xadrently on the Board of Direc\\xadtors of the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) and is involved in sev\\xaderal OSA vari\\xadety tri\\xadals and seed projects. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch. How can we get organic seeds back to the point where they are a competitor for conventional hybrid seeds? I feel like there has been a lack of communication between farmers... we need to rekindle that and help each other out and not see each other as competition. -- Sebastian Aguilar on Greenhorn Radio'