4.3 Acres of Farmland Disappear Every Minute

🎙️ Relatively Stable — Special Voiceover Episode

This episode is different. It’s not an interview or a roundtable conversation. It’s a voiceover—me, in the quiet of the barn, speaking from the middle of a transition that has turned my world upside down.

Three weeks ago, I learned that Bramblewood, the farm we’ve called home for twenty years, would no longer be ours to lease. In that moment, it felt like the ground dropped out beneath me. But what followed was something I never expected: community rising, voices joining, and a campaign to do something the horse world has never quite imagined before—crowdsource a barn, secure it permanently, and place it under conservation so it can never be lost again.

In this episode, I share the heart of what this move means:

Why lesson barns matter far beyond the arena

What’s really at stake when public stables disappear

The truth about farmland loss in South Carolina

And the vision we are building at Bramblewood—one that protects green space, preserves access to horses, and creates belonging for generations to come

It’s personal. It’s raw. And it’s the most urgent story I’ve ever had to tell.

👉 Support Bramblewood’s campaign at GoFundMe Here.

👉 Read or listen to the the full essay Here.

If this story resonates with you, please share it. One farm saved here means one less story of loss added to the numbers.

One farm secured means a future where horses remain within reach—for children yet to come, for families seeking healing, for generations still ahead.