The Only Way Out Is Through The Soil: Azuraye’s Audacious Vision for Yellow Barn Farm
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In this episode of the Breaking Normal Podcast, Daniel sits down with Azuraye Wycoff, visionary steward of Yellow Barn Farm (https://www.yellowbarn.farm) in Boulder, Colorado.Together they trace the land’s extraordinary journey — from its roots as Indigenous territory, to it’s initial homesteading in 1865 by the Allen Brothers, to its time as an international equestrian center, and now into a bold new chapter: an incubator for regenerative land, social & economic design. Azuraye shares her personal odyssey — growing up in Boulder, studying international affairs & Chinese at CU & living abroad in China, moving to Boston and accidentally falling into entrepreneurship through Small Haul Movers, and finally receiving a divine call home in the midst of the COVID pandemic in 2020. Just two days after her return, the most destructive fire in North Boulder’s history scorched up to the Yellow Barn property line — a fiery omen that she was here to stay.This conversation explores: • How Yellow Barn partner with DAR to plant nearly 10,000 trees over 5 years and regenerate 100 acres with swale-systems, rotational cattle grazing, planting cover crops, & planning perennial food-forest gardens. • A growing membership model featuring other BreakingNormal allies like Yoshua Greenfield - with homesteading classes, community meals, co-working in the barn, a shipping container farmstand, and free/discounted events & programming (like 50% off Puffin Sauna Club). • The creation of Picky Pig Compost & Stalk Market Distributions for food scrap collection & home delivery of farm-fresh food. • How YBF diversifies income streams through a business incubator program, weddings/events, membership and space rentals. • Why Azuraye sees Nature as her greatest teacher, and lives by the principles that growth happens at the speed of trust and the only way out is through the soil.Daniel also threads in Tribe Vitamins (https://tribevitamins.com) — from Tallow Balm to Elk Velvet Antler, raw honey, liver, and heart — aligning ancestral superfoods with regenerative farming, resilience, and rewilding health. You can start hunting your own Tribe Vitamins today (and may be coming soon to Yellow Barn’s farmstand!)👉 Listen in to witness Azuraye’s audacious vision for the Yellow Barn Farm — a sanctuary for re-grounding, regeneration, and sovereignty. Check out Yellow Barn Farm on Welcome Wednesdays (https:// yellowbarn.farm/events).Get the book on Audible!https://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Breaking-Normal-Audiobook/B074G49CW2Get the book on Amazon!https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SBC7NC/ref=sr_1_16?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1495314934&sr=1-16&keywords=motivational+self+help+help_________STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman