b'first person LASTING LEGACYPHOTOS BY KENNEDY RE YNOLDSCurtis Snell and his family, below, at their farm in Mississippi.I have a family business that I can leave down to them. And I told them when we started, I didnt start this business for two or three years. I started it to have a lifetime legacy for them to go on. CURTIS SNELL, regenerative farmer, U1st FarmAT U1ST FARM IN OKTIBBEHARoots Farmers Cooperative. ThreeSo, when I came across the pigs thing, COUNTY NEAR STARKVILLE,years ago, they decided to try raisingthat was a win-win situation for me. MISSISSIPPI, Curtis Snell and hisorganic, forested pigs that could feedNow, the Snells are thinking long family raise organic, pastured pigs thattheir community while also meetingterm. And, while their goal is raising forage, root and cavort under the cedarthe demand of the direct-to-consumer400 forested pigs this year, their main trees. Curtis always dreamed of owningmarket for high quality, organic pork.priority is taking care of their family, a farmthis farm in particular. Growing animals on treed pasturesand their land. nHe first saw this piece of land inis a novel concept in his area, but 1976 and, 30 years later, in 2006, heaccording to Curtis, its a sensible bought it.proposition. The very same cedar trees Over the years the Snells havethat shade his pigs from the sun arent learned about regenerative andsuitable for growing anything else. I sustainable practices from Heifer USA,cant get no grass to grow because IScan here to watch a video and hear as well as its relationship with Grasscant get sunlight in there, he said. more of Curtis story.48| HOLIDAY 2022'