by Chad Wallace | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Let’s start with a slightly uncomfortable truth: The way we’ve been farming for the last 75 years is… not going great. Industrial agriculture has done an impressive job of feeding billions of people. Credit where credit is due. But it has also come with a cost—soil...
by Chad Wallace | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Lately, we have noticed something. More and more people are looking at Estancia Natura and Spirit Mountain and saying, “You know… this makes a lot more sense than the standard retirement plan.” And honestly, we get it. When the world feels expensive, noisy,...
by Chad Wallace | Feb 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
One of the things we are reminded of again and again at Estancia Natura is this: none of us builds a meaningful life alone. Whatever is good here at Spirit Mountain—whatever beauty, warmth, creativity, hospitality, hard work, good coffee, good trails, or good ideas...
by Chad Wallace | Jan 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
At the beginning of a new year, the world usually asks for more. More plans. More ambition. More change. More effort. More proof that our lives are moving forward. But perhaps what we need is not more. Perhaps what we need is less. Less noise. Less striving. Less...
by Chad Wallace | Dec 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Over the last several months, we’ve received some pointed criticism about the environmental ethics of Estancia Natura—most of it from people who have never visited Spirit Mountain, never studied the site, and (to be blunt) have not taken the time to understand what...
