Families enjoy a day of fall activities with a pumpkin patch, corn maze, pony rides, cow train ride, and other activities at Wright Family Farm in Warwick, N.Y., on Oct. 20, 2024. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
After years of leaving my children at home, or bringing the one still breastfeeding along with me to work, the unexpected gift of losing my California restaurants and watching the bureaucratic state collapse around me was this: I got to redesign my life. For the first time, I could be home with my children, even if I was still working.
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.