05/06/2026
This time of year on the ranch feels almost too beautiful to hold.
Calving season.
The elk migrating through.
Thirty, forty, sometimes fifty or more bedding down in the forest out back.
Geese with their goslings.
Wildlife babies everywhere.
The livestock turned out onto their early summer paddock, grazing beside the water, doing what animals are meant to do.
It is one of those seasons where the land feels so alive that all I can do is stand there and say thank you.
And I am happy. Truly.
But I also keep thinking about Israel spraying glyphosate over farmland in southern Lebanon, and testing found glyphosate in the soil at levels far above normal agricultural use.😡
This was not something used to nourish land, protect food, or support farmers.It was used because herbicides kill plants.
They disrupt living systems.
They damage agricultural livelihoods.
They can make soil, water, and food systems harder to trust.
And here at home, DJT signed an executive order using the Defense Production Act to protect the domestic supply of glyphosate-based herbicides. Embedded in that is Bayer, the maker of Roundup’s, ability to limit lawsuits from people who say they were harmed by glyphosate exposure.
As someone who stewards an organic, regenerative ranch, this scares the heck out of me.
We do not spray these chemicals here. We use holistic management. We build soil. We watch the animals. We listen to the land. We try to work with nature instead of against her, even when that makes us the weird neighbors.
And honestly? I am proud to be the weird neighbor.
Because when you love something, you don’t just enjoy the beauty. You protect it.
So yes, feel the joy. Watch the elk. Smile at the goslings. Celebrate the calves and the green grass and the sacred ridiculousness of spring.
And then let that love move your feet.
Action you can take today:
Call or email your members of Congress and tell them you oppose any federal effort to shield Bayer/Monsanto from Roundup liability or take away people’s right to sue when they believe they have been harmed.
Ask them to protect state-level accountability, organic and regenerative farmers, farmworkers, rural communities, and the public’s right to know what is being sprayed on our land and food.
And closer to home: support local farmers and ranchers who are building soil instead of poisoning it.
Soil is alive.
Water remembers.
Because if a chemical is dangerous enough to be used to destroy farmland, it is too dangerous for corporations to be protected from accountability.
