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The Fly That Shouldn’t Be Here

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The Fly That Shouldn’t Be Here
Cattle are held in a corral before being exported to the United States through the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing after Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced an agreement with Mexico on the management of the New World screwworm at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union facility, outside Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 29, 2025. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
Mollie Engelhart
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I was sitting at a table in my restaurant after closing, answering a few messages on my phone. Like so many of us do without even thinking, I opened Instagram.

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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.