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Bringing Back the Memory of Real Food

Bringing Back the Memory of Real Food
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The other day, my husband handed three zucchinis to a dear friend’s mother—freshly picked from our garden. They were perfect: not too small that they lacked flavor, not too big that they’d grown tough. Just right. She looked at them with such tenderness and reverence, holding them like something sacred. I’ve seen that look before. It’s the look of someone remembering when food was real.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher, 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.