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A Different Kind of Zoo

A zoo should remind us that we are part of creation. Instead it often reveals how far we have drifted from it.
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A Different Kind of Zoo
People visit the Country Fair in Otisville, N.Y., on July 27, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
Mollie Engelhart
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My life today is mostly an agrarian one. It is not quiet or romantic the way people imagine when they think farm life. It is demanding and physical and often exhausting. Animals do not wait for my convenience. Weather does not care if I slept poorly. Pipes freeze, animals escape, fences break, and the work grows faster than I can keep up with it. There is no weekend. There is no “clocking out.” There is only responsibility and whatever the day requires.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.