Felipe González de Canales
Felipe González de Canales is a Spanish author and educator who co-founded the Escuelas Familiares Agrarias in Spain for agriculture education.
Today there are 30 schools in Spain with 40,000 alumni, and 3,000 students. These schools have influenced the establishment of 14 agricultural schools in Peru, nine in Argentina, and six in the Philippines.
Gonzalez is also the President of the Federacion de Instituto del Desarollo Comunitario. He is also the Secretary-General of the Red Estatal de Desarollo Rural or Reder. He is also the founder of the farmers trade union Jóvenes Agricultores and of the Unión Sindical Obrera, with José Luis Fernández Santillana.
Gonzalez co-wrote the book, Roturar y sembrar, published by Rialp on the fortieth anniversary of the agrarian schools.
Publications and conferences
- , a history of the EFAs, written by Felipe Gonzalez de Canales
- - sponsored by the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo.