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Texas, Mexico Team Up to Halt Screwworm Spread

When ‘let nature be nature’ isn’t enough.
Texas, Mexico Team Up to Halt Screwworm Spread
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I ranch close-ish to the Mexican border. I am an organic and regenerative cattle producer. I spend my days trying to reduce chemical inputs, not increase them. I believe in working with biological systems instead of against them. I question centralized authority. I resist federal spending as a reflex. I am, by most definitions, the quintessential crunchy, overprotective mother who does not automatically trust the government.

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.