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Turning Flood Liability Into a Water Asset

Turning Flood Liability Into a Water Asset
A man places a cross at a memorial wall for flood victims, in Kerrville, Texas, on July 13, 2025. AP Photo/Eric Gay
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We are coming up on the first anniversary of the floods here in Texas, and I am realizing how neatly the body can hide trauma until something small calls it back. For me, it happened the other day while I was driving through Comfort. It had just started to sprinkle as I crossed over the Guadalupe River, and I could feel something shift in me physically. It was as if all the memories I had packed away in a box came loose at once.

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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.