The Story Our Patches Tell

Patches remind us of the hands that repair, the stories stitched into fabric, and the quiet resistance against a culture of disposable everything.
The Story Our Patches Tell
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On Tuesday afternoons, I load up our van with meat boxes for the farmers market. Afterward, we make our one weekly trip to Costco to buy the few organic staples we can’t grow on the farm. Usually, all the kids come, and more often than not, we end the errand run with dinner out as a family.

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.