We are joined by Dr. Sarah Taber, a candidate for North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, who discusses the role's impact on the state's budget, economy, and environment. She emphasizes fighting for the food system, protecting soil and water, and supporting sustainable farming. Advocating for cannabis legalization, she highlights potential tax revenue, accountability, and transparency. Addressing challenges faced by farmers of color, she stresses the importance of providing support. Sarah Taber also explores renewable energy, climate change effects, and the need to address reality in agriculture. She underscores focusing on specific climate change symptoms and finding solutions, building coalitions, and connecting problems for support. Taber promotes onramps to farming like the land management company model. Encouraging a shift from nostalgic views, she aims to create a better agricultural economy. Check it out now!