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How Bamberger Ranch Serves as a Blueprint for Central Texas

How Bamberger Ranch Serves as a Blueprint for Central Texas
File photo shows a construction crew clearing debris along the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, on July 22, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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There’s a false dichotomy in how people view our relationship with the land. Some urge us to retreat—abandon working lands, concentrate in dense urban footprints, leave nature untouched. Others push the opposite: domination, extraction, suppression of natural systems.

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.