I’ve Studied the System from the Inside Out

I was born with congenital hypothyroidism — a condition that, if left unaddressed, can delay development and rob you of vitality. I refused to let it hold me back. But the more I learned, the more I saw that the problem ran deeper than my thyroid. It wasn’t just about hormones, or symptoms, or even just the healthcare system that was broken — it was the food system feeding it.

Food that had been stripped, sprayed, processed, and sold back to us as “health.” Advice that ignored biology, rhythms, and context. A system that once nourished… now monetized dysfunction.

1 in 4 Americans were on multiple pharmaceuticals. Our food was more processed, more manipulated, and more disconnected from the land than ever before and so were we.

I Put My Knowledge Into Practice — and Saw the Cracks

I moved to the U.S. and began working at a leading health food store, where I quickly advanced to a management position. I loved the work, and I was good at it — helping people find clean products, nutrient-dense food, educating customers on the best natural alternatives by people who were doing it right. But something started to feel off.

Customers were spending thousands on biohacking gadgets, supplement stacks, and wellness trends. And yet they were still bloated, exhausted, hormonally imbalanced, and overwhelmed.

I was fortunate enough to work with Will Harris at White Oak Pastures, a pioneering farmer who transitioned his farm from a conventional feedlot to a thriving, regenerative operation.

His philosophy of de-commoditizing our food, decentralizing production, and regenerating the soil was revolutionary. It wasn’t just about growing food—it was about regenerating our relationship with food, our health, and nature’s cycles.

Worse, I saw the industry shift from food to formulas.

Real nourishment was being replaced by branding and buzzwords. Major corporations like Nestlé, Heinz and Procter & Gamble were quietly buying up the most trusted wellness brands — and the health food industry was becoming indistinguishable from the very system it was supposed to replace.

That wasn’t the reason I got into this work.

So I Went to the Soil

In 2024, I took a sabbatical to intern at White Oak Pastures, a leading regenerative farm in Georgia. I spent three months working the land, learning firsthand how real food is grown — without chemicals, middlemen, or corporate control.

It was there that I saw what was possible:

• A food system rooted in relationship and community

• A model of healing that begins in the soil beneath our feet and continues in the cells of the people it nourishes.

• A return to the natural rhythm of the seasons, the intelligence of the body, and the grounded self-trust that can’t be outsourced.

I realized that regenerative agriculture is root-cause medicine — not just for our health, but for our communities, farmers, and food freedom.

And just like the radical farmers who chose to reject the system — farming without chemicals, without shortcuts, and with an unshakable trust in nature — we have to do the same if we want to truly heal.