Seeds of Sovereignty: Caravan to Midnight – Ep. 2696

Texas stands at a crossroads where agriculture, public health, and economic survival intersect. On this episode, John B. Wells welcomes Nate Sheets — fifth-generation Texan, Navy veteran, entrepreneur, rancher, and candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner — for a hard look at the future of food and the families who produce it.

From building Nature Nate’s Honey into the #1 branded honey company in America to managing a 10,000-acre working ranch in West Texas, Sheets brings firsthand experience in supply chains, regulation, land stewardship, and the realities facing farmers and ranchers today. He argues that the decline of family farms and the rise of chronic diet-related disease are not separate crises — they are connected symptoms of a broken system.

What happens when producers are squeezed by rising costs and shrinking margins? Who benefits when food transparency disappears? And how does state leadership restore accountability in an agency that touches every Texas household?

We also examine the global dimension of agriculture, including the arrival of skilled South African farming families seeking refuge and opportunity in Texas — and what their experience says about sovereignty, land stewardship, and the fight to preserve productive agriculture in uncertain times.

On Day One, what would change at the Texas Department of Agriculture? What does biosecurity mean in an era of supply chain vulnerability? And how do we ensure that Texas agriculture thrives for generations to come?

This is more than a campaign conversation. It is a discussion about soil, survival, and who ultimately controls our food supply.

• Nate Sheets
  Website: Nate Sheets for AG Commissioner
  X: @natesheetsforTX
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