Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Bruce has been a farmer since the beginning, growing up on a dairy farm and Colorado ranches. He’s also farmed through the years in East and West Texas and Tennessee. Along the way he picked up a Theology degree and a graduate degree in Education Administration, and his wife of 43 years, Darla. They have two daughters who are married, have children, and live on commercial cattle operations. He presently manages 140 acres doing hay, horses, a leather shop, and manufacturing small biochar kilns and retorts and doing education to promote biochar.

You can find Bruce at:
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