02/20/2026
I’m sitting here feeling worry, pride, fear, and humbleness all at the same time — because I’m realizing just how big Farm 2 Store is becoming.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think the idea I held onto when the lights were about to be cut off… when the doors were closing… when the lawsuit came… when political connections turned their backs… when the alumni association walked away…
would grow into an ecosystem that every rural community in this nation will one day need.
Farm 2 Store isn’t just a project anymore. It’s a blueprint. A lifeline. A model that can change how rural America feeds itself, employs its people, and keeps wealth right here at home.
And to feel all of that — after everything I survived — is overwhelming in the best way.
We’re getting close. I can feel it.
Thank you to everyone who believed, supported, prayed, encouraged, and stood with me through the storms.
This is bigger than me now.
This is for every rural town that was told it didn’t matter.
This is for every farmer who kept going when no one was watching.
Farm 2 Store is coming. And it’s going to change everything.
