Tommy Garcia-Prats

Tommy is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Small Places, a nonprofit that uses high impact urban farms in under-resourced neighborhoods to provide and foster the tools to cultivate health for every person regardless of circumstance. Located just east of Downtown, their first farm “Finca Tres Robles” (Spanish for 3 Oaks Farm) has worked to prioritize their immediate East End community striving to be a resource for more than just fresh produce by also hosting hands-on classes, field trips for all ages and community gatherings

Tommy draws on over a decade’s worth of hands-on experience in farming and farm management from his work on farms across the hemisphere. He is also an active member of the East End community serving on and leading area civic associations. In December of 2020, Tommy was honored as one of Houston’s “Unsung Heroes” for the farm’s response to the pandemic. A native Houstonian, he is motivated by sharing his knowledge and experience in agriculture with his fellow Houstonians and is always looking to expand his edges and those of his community through agriculture.