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Why Is Growing Eggplants More Regulated Than Growing Humans?

Why Is Growing Eggplants More Regulated Than Growing Humans?
Eggplants growing in the garden at Buttermilk Falls Inn. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
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In recent years, there’s been a noticeable trend of Chinese nationals, including single men and married couples, turning to California’s surrogacy industry to build large families. Surrogacy is illegal in China, but California’s laws are among the most permissive in the world. Agencies openly market to Chinese clients, and California courts routinely grant pre-birth parentage orders to foreign nationals.

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.