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The Future of Rural America Won’t Be Saved by Lone Wolves
A conversation about herd shares, community resilience, and why the frontier spirit was never a solo mission.
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Making Wine Without Hidden Ingredients Visiting Ben Justman of Peony Lane Wine
A Colorado winemaker proves honesty, land, and lineage still matter more than additives and industry trends.
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Why Most Wine Gives You Hangovers — And Why This One Doesn’t
Most wine in America hides up to 75 legal additives — none of which ever show up on the label. But one winemaker is proving hangovers are optional.
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What Losing the Farm Taught JR Burdick About the Food System
How an 11th-generation dairyman lost everything, stood back up, and rebuilt a food-sovereign future with raw milk, community, and rebellion.
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Why Most Farmers Don’t Make It Full-Time
A hard conversation about burnout, balance, and the price of doing it right.
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Balance, Extinction, and the Human Dilemma: Lessons from Will Harris of White Oak Pastures
How one Georgia cattleman turned away from chemicals, rebuilt his soil, and revived an entire town — proving regeneration heals more than land.
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“Nature Bats Last”: A Day Learning Regeneration with Will Harris at White Oak Pastures
Will Harris shows how symbiosis beats spray-and-pray ag. From dung beetles to daily moves—here’s what I learned at White Oak Pastures.
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The Miracle of Rural America: How Soil Can Save a Nation
Joel Hollingsworth of Smoke River Ranch explains how soil, economy, and sovereignty are intertwined and why America’s revival starts rural.
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From Beeps to Beef: What a 5-Move Day at Smoke River Ranch Teaches About Regenerating Grasslands
How five-a-day mob moves, virtual fencing, and “zombie-apocalypse” cattle are reviving pasture, profit, and rural culture in the Great Plains.
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Regeneration Starts Within: How Cindy Sheffield Healed Herself and Her Land at TLC Ranch
From illness to soil health: how Cindy Sheffield’s journey birthed TLC Ranch, a regenerative bison ranch and organic pecan orchard in Oklahoma.
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“Food, Water, and…Movement”: Inside TLC Ranch’s Leap into Bison, Rotation, and Resilience
A flood, a parasite, and a stubborn dream: how Cindy’s bison and pecans are teaching Oklahoma to move.
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