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What a Parrot Taught Me About Vulnerability

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What a Parrot Taught Me About Vulnerability
Courtesy of Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
3/4/2026|Updated: 3/9/2026
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About 20 years ago, when I was married to my first husband, his brother—and one of my closest childhood friends—went to federal prison for marijuana. In full honesty, we were all in the marijuana industry at the time. We operated inside California’s laws as they stood then; he stepped outside of them.

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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.
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