In this episode, Brandon Karpeles speaks with Mark Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Carbon Country. After spending over a decade in corporate America navigating the political and business landscape for major brands, Mark stepped off the hamster wheel to build a regenerative farm powered by solar energy and secured by Bitcoin.They discuss the broken incentives of industrial fiat agriculture and how combining agrivoltaics (dual-use solar and farming) with Bitcoin mining can allow small farms to become their own banks.In this episode, we cover:• Escaping Corporate Life: Mark’s journey from international government affairs and corporate America to realizing the "golden handcuffs" were just a cage.• Agrivoltaics & Dual-Use Farming: How Carbon Country uses solar panels in tandem with regenerative agriculture to maximize the utility of the land and keep farms profitable.• Community Solar & Microgrids: Why decentralizing the power grid can provide cheap, renewable energy to local and low-income communities.• Farms as Their Own Banks: How Carbon Country uses excess energy to mine Bitcoin, generating digital assets that replace traditional fiat lenders for working capital loans.• The Center for Small Farm Resilience: Mark's new 501(c)(3) designed to help other small farms under 100 acres replicate this self-sustaining blueprint.• Investing in the Future: How individuals can participate and invest in Carbon Country’s solar expansion through Climatize.Connect with Mark Smith & Carbon Country:• Website: carboncountry.us• Investment Platform: Climatize (Search Carbon Country)Connect with Brandon & Sovreign:Website: sovreign.ioLinkedIn: Brandon KarpelesNostr: @plebiAnonX: @sovreignX