Katie Forrest, together with her husband Taylor Collins, is the founder of Epic Bar and one of the minds behind Force of Nature Meats and Roam Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas. Katie herself is a force of nature as a business owner, mother, wife, rancher, and human. Together, we explore the perennial nature of hope and how we can think about modeling businesses after lessons we learn in nature. Spread throughout are messages from the land and from our children about learning to slow down and to listen and an exploration of hope. Towards the end, we cover the importance of ground meat to the food system and the important role of aggregators in the regenerative business ecosystem. This is a beautiful and very inspiring conversation!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00: Intro + the Importance of Aggregators

00:06:34: What Good Shall I Do Conference

00:11:38: A Gift (?) of Geese

00:16:13: Jumping into business

00:26:04: Building an ecosystem of businesses

00:40:09: Modeling businesses after nature: symbiosis and limits

00:44:59: Slowing down to build connection

00:55:35: Roam Ranch

01:17:15: Seeing through the eyes of your children

01:22:31: Hope: leaving our children shade

01:32:22: Ground meat is great 

01:43:49: Role of the aggregator 

Books Mentioned:

Slow Down and Be Here Now by Laura Brand

Biology of Wonder by Andreas Weber

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