People often ask why I still call myself a farmer. With the titles I’ve earned and the rooms I now walk into—conference halls, policy forums, and polished boardrooms—the question usually comes with curiosity. Some assume I’ve outgrown farming, that it’s a chapter behind me. But the truth is far more straightforward—and far deeper. I call myself a farmer because I am one. That word carries more weight, more soul, and more truth than any other title I’ve held.