WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT BY MPC STUDIOS

Dennis Holbrook grew up in a citrus and row crop farming family. After returning from Texas A&I University, and again joining the family business, he purchased the family citrus operation from his father in 1977. He soon became disillusioned with and concerned about conventional farming. Thus, South Tex Organics, L.C. was established in 1984... Converting from decades of chemical assisted farming to organic growing systems was a daunting task. It took several years of growing cover crops and applying compost before seeing the evidence of renewed life in the soil. Another challenge was gaining an understanding of the intricacies in natural growing methods and the benefits produced by obtaining harmony in the ecosystem... Dennis cooperated in a study with John Goolsby a Texas A&M graduate student in developing habitat areas around the fields to attract and harbor beneficial insects, a practice which has been adopted in many growing regions throughout the world, and one he continues..

Primary location: Mission United States