Secretary Kennedy (center) engages with farmers and innovators at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. The demonstration focused on moving beyond theoretical policy to tangible, biological solutions for the future of American agriculture. Photo/Sovereignty Ranch
Saturday morning, I woke up knowing it was a big day. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was coming to Sovereignty Ranch. But the morning itself felt familiar in so many ways. My kids needed to be fed. They did not want me to leave the house. Life did not pause just because something important was happening. Still, the excitement was palpable.
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.
