Our Story
Base 3 is short-hand for our value system - the core stakeholders we consider in every decision we make as an organization and reminds us why we farm:
why we farm
To improve the lives of the people1 we meet, the place2 we live, and the food3 we eat and develop a community that shares in our work.
FROM THE GROUND, UP
We are native Houstonians and this is our home. Too many of our fellow Houstonians live in neighborhoods without access to fresh food options, suffer from preventable diet-related health issues, and lack the resources they need to live healthy lives. Citizens in a city of our size and overall economic wealth should not be subjected to such inequities. There is a direct link between these health outcomes and the lack of local, sustainable agriculture in Houston. Beginning in 2013, brothers Tommy, Dan, and Mark Garcia-Prats decided to use their talents to bring agriculture to our communities via various social impact ventures. We are dedicated to utilizing farming as a tool to improve community health and empower neighborhoods to establish the resources it needs to create a happy, healthy, and resilient place to live.
2013
ABANDONED TO ABUNDANT
We transformed a 1.5-acre vacant lot into our first community farm, Finca Tres Robles, dedicated to serving the Second Ward and East End neighborhoods where it was located to bring high quality, fresh produce to this amazing community through a bi-weekly onsite Farm Stand.
2014
COMMUNITY FOCUSED
The farm is designed as a resource for the neighborhood and we have dedicated our time to building strong relationships with community members and organizations. One of the results was our Pre-K Produce Program which provided bags of fresh produce for families at Ninfa Laurenzo Early Childhood Center, the HISD preschool just down the street from us.
2015
MORE THAN FOOD
Community Health is about more than food and we utilize the farm to provide more health food services to community through hands-on classes, arts & cultural events, field trips, and more. Through the farm, we are bringing the community together to help build a stronger, healthier, and more resilient community.
2016
GROWING MORINGA
We began growing a few moringa trees, which Tommy had encountered while farming in Nicaragua, for the fresh leaves, the benefits it brings to the soil, and to utilize these tall trees as shade for our crops during the summer. Not long after, members in our community began coming by the farm specifically for our moringa.
2018
LAUNCHING BASE 3 FARMS
As we grew more moringa trees and began processing our leaves into powder, the interest from our customers expanded significantly, corresponding with awareness of moringa nationally. We saw this as an opportunity to bring our high quality, locally grown moringa to more people across the Houston area and beyond and further our mission to impact health through agriculture.
2023
TODAY
Seven years on from the launch of our first farm, we have taken all that we have learned and built to further our vision and mission.
our team
meet the Base 3 Farms team who transform our moringa from a seed in our soil to powder at your door
DANIEL GARCIA-PRATS
TOMMY GARCIA-PRATS
MARK GARCIA-PRATS
