Sometimes you just have to laugh.

The last two weeks have been impossibly long but equally as fascinating.

Yet in the midst of chaos, Carter Williams, Erin Martin and I found ourselves on Ryland Engelhart and his sister Mollie’s regenerative Sovereignty Ranch for a Food Is Medicine weekend for real people. It was the first time we’ve been part of something geared towards consumers and not just industry. Also there was Kelly Ryerson and regen OG’s like Will Harris (White Oak Ranch), AJ Richards and many others.

We enjoyed amazing food, fantastic speakers and spending time with each other.

I’m still digging out from a week of travel that took me from DC, NYC, FL, OK and TX and that included global discussions.

So a fun video was about all my brain could muster. There are some photos from the farm and a funny recording that the three of us made as a follow-up to Carters more formal piece sharing his disdain for the Reese’s / Oreo collab that was announced a few months ago. Since the new products have hit grocery shelves I thought now this will be fun…

In the meantime, here is a quick story of Braveheart the pig that Mollie shared on our farm tour this weekend. Let it be a reminder that we have to keep fighting to end this chronic disease epidemic and heal our soil.

You see the day she was set to be sent off, this typically peaceful girl lost her ever living mind. She fought leaving the farm hour after hour, finally wearing the crew down enough to let her stay. She used her instincts to do what she needed to do to save her own life. Mollie subsequently named her Braveheart.That’s how voices can be heard. When our instincts tell us what to do to save human health, follow them. Don’t be quiet, say your truth. Be like Braveheart.

And stay tuned for a piece on the Rural Health Transformation funding opportunity for which the clock is ticking…

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