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What Valentine’s Day Taught My 6-Year-Old Son

What Valentine’s Day Taught My 6-Year-Old Son
A shopper looks over Valentine's Day cards at a Chicago area store in a file photo. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP
Mollie Engelhart
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I was juicing blood oranges for a Valentine’s Day margarita at The Barn restaurant at Sovereignty Ranch when my 6-year-old started crying.

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.