Peggy Sechrist, a professional certified educator in holistic management since 1992 who lives near Fredericksburg, will talk about ways landowners can increase the water-holding capacity of their soils when she addresses a meeting of the Texas Master Naturalists in Kerrville on Monday, Jan. 27. Sechrist and her husband Richard were the first Texas ranchers to create a certified organic, grass-fed beef operation in 1995 and added pastured poultry to their operation three years later, officials said. She has advocated for sustainable agriculture for years and currently serves as the Hill Country advisor for the Soil for Water Initiative, a project of the ...