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We Are the Soil: Rediscovering God’s Design for Food, Dirt, and Ourselves

We Are the Soil: Rediscovering God’s Design for Food, Dirt, and Ourselves
A young farm worker picks potatoes in Maine, circa 1935. Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Mollie Engelhart
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I begin every farm tour the same way: by reminding guests that 73 percent of the DNA in a healthy human gut overlaps with the microbial DNA found in healthy soil. Whether you take that as hard science or holy metaphor, the message is clear: We were never meant to be separate from the soil. We are made to live in it, breathe with it, and eat of it.

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.