# Bitcoin is Saving Small Farms

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Podcast: [The Becoming Sovereign Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-becoming-sovereign-podcast-7280876)
Published: 2026-04-14T02:53:33+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebitcoinbusinesspodcast/episodes/Bitcoin-is-Saving-Small-Farms-e3hsecq
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## Resource

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.io LinkedIn: Brandon Karpeles Nostr: @plebiAnon X: @sovreignX

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