The son of migrant farm workers from Nayarit, Mexico, Hector Lopez said he wanted nothing to do with agriculture for most of his life after watching the way his parents were treated. Now retired, he changed his mind during the pandemic when he saw an opportunity to buy an avocado farm in Bonsall with the hopes of increasing local access to quality produce.
On a recent morning, Lopez stood at the crest of the hill that hosts his 12-acre Tierra Sana Farm, surrounded by dozens of eager visitors with questions about his practices.
"That passion was born in me again," he said to the group in Spanish.
