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Let Value-Added Products Add Value Again

Let Value-Added Products Add Value Again
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The phrase “value-added products” sounds straightforward enough. Of course, they add value. But until you actually take something from your farm that nobody wants—something bruised, underripe, or frostbitten—and turn it into something people cannot wait to buy, you do not really understand what that phrase means.

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.