Technology has given small farms like mine new ways to survive, but it also requires land, power and infrastructure. As development reaches farther into rural America, how do we make room for progress without losing the farmland we still need?

Long before I ever owned Highland cattle, I was the kid flipping through the Iwanna, calling strangers from the landline about animals I had no authority to buy. From a wolf puppy my dad was never going to let me have to the first Highland cattle I ever discovered, apparently the warning signs were there early. I finally bought my first Highland at 29, and within four months I had 29 of them.