Friends, I'm a long way from Arkansas right now, watching grass bend in the wind, and I've got that feeling in my gut again. The same feeling I had when Andrea and I leased 20 acres of pasture and MacGyvered our...
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Ultra-processed food accounts for nearly 60% of the calories American adults eat. For kids, it's closer to 70%. Poor diet is now the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. We spend $1.1 trillion per year treating chronic, diet-related diseases. That's roughly...
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Dear mindful eaters, Now that the wrapping paper's in the trash, I've been chewing on something: my own holiday spending. Where did it actually go? Did my money match my values?Some call that kind of thinking conscious consumerism. A farmer I...
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Everyone talks about surviving winter. Powering through. Beating the darkness. I think we're getting this backwards. The dark isn't something to fight. It's an invitation to rest and regenerate. As a farmer, I've learned that the land requires rest. Not...
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I've been wrestling with something lately, and I'm not the only one. Beef prices are at record highs. It's all over the headlines. Yet the young people I meet who want to get into ranching? They can't make the numbers work....
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