Article · 2026 Farm Bill
Congress Got the Blueprint Right. Now Fund the Build.
The Senate's 2026 Farm Bill gets the Section 9003 technical reforms right. It still doesn't put any money behind them.
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What a butterfly mountain in Mexico taught me about thin air, the power of “no,” and why no one reaches the summit alone. A true story — and everything thirty years of guiding founders taught me about how people reach the top of hard things.
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