Abundant Acres - Sonia Gomez

welcome back to another episode of Christian Natural Health today I'm excited to have Sonia Gomez with us

Sonia abundant acres.com is focus on helping families design regenerative Food Systems family compounds and profit

centers on their property to live healthy happy and free Sonia Gomez has advocated for Alternative Health has

been a voice for freedom and a community leader in Alternative Health education for the past 12 years recovering from a

serious life-altering accident Sonia discovered the secrets to eliminating synthetic medications and istically

rebuilding her health food was the first and most important medicine when Sonia isn't chasing rainbows and telling jokes

she is a wife and mom passionate about projects that are good for people and the planet welcome Sonia thank you for

joining us thanks so much for having me I'm excited to be here yeah so first of

all I'm curious what happened with this accident what was the deal there and what all did you have to

shift um so 17 years old living in San Diego riding the way of my life I'm an

Avid surfer um and or at least I was at that time I was you know working at the

YMCA as a um in a leadership training and as a camp counselor a youth camp

counselor and was out on my break and went to ride the wave of my life got out there there was a storm it was like this

whole thing and um of course I got my butt handed to me by the ocean um when

it a wave knocked me off of my board I hit the ground like a ton of bricks cuz

it was low tide and just got completely discombobulated in the waves and I got

pulled out of the ocean by the lifeguards who are like these beautiful Argentinian guys by the way so

embarrassed and like all I could imagine thinking to myself was like half of me

was like please give me mouth to mouth and the other half of me was like please get me off the

beach God so I got up you know in a hurry and just feeling like okay this is

you know it's fine the tingling in my hands is going to go away I'm pretty sure the numbness in my head is going to

go away like just get me off the beach I was so embarrassed um but unfortunately what I

thought was going to be like maybe a couple days week-long recovery ended up being throwing me into this neurological

syndrome that the medical industry just kept treating with medications and layering um you know each pain medic

ation to address each symptom and never the syndrome as a whole and for you moms

who are listening maybe you can relate to this feeling of like by any means necessary I'm going to figure this out

for my kiddo and that was my mom and thank God she did because she tapped into the holistic community and found a

holistic neurologist actually he was a holistic health practitioner who study went back to school to study neurology

um and actually had spent some time in Israel studying what is now known as the endoc aboid

system and that um that was lifechanging for me because

he this doctor introduced me to my endoc canabo system taught me about

phytonutrients taught me uh did some tests that revealed that I was having an allergic reaction to many of the

pesticides and herbicides that are used in conventional farming and by the way if you've been told that you have an

autoimmune condition or if your kids are suffering from things like eczema um or

you know really really uncomfortable digestive uh processes or anything like

that go past the point of what your doctors are telling you because you never know how you could be affected by

conventional foods and farming practices anyways that was kind of what uncovered

my whole um my my whole journey as far as food he taught me about what to eat

um where to Source it from I really got to tap into my local food economy um got to empower myself with you know growing

a lot of our own food and it was an incredible journey within three months

of following this regimen I was off all my medications within six months I was off all over-the-counter

anti-inflammatories and within nine months I had lost 97 pounds and started

to feel normal again you and when you're in the throws of your injury you know I'll just bring this to a close by

saying when you're in the throws of your in your injury or your illness it's not really you that's affected as much as

your family sure and so I really saw you know the effects of that and it was amazing to go from being healthy to feel

like feeling like you're dying and then finding a way out of the darkness and back into the light and so um between

God and good food yeah made it possible yeah praise God for that so you were 17

and you started growing your own food my mom you know we always live that way I was also raised with Native

American Indian Ians like fully immersed in this culture so this idea that you can live with and um on the land is very

much embedded in me and so we were growing food flowers we were huge parts

of our community we ran a a prayer Community as well um so you know

anything that we could do to build abundance on our land and from our family uh to make that you know

Community contribution was a huge you know always has been a huge part of our life got it wow so and at that point

were you growing everything yourself were you still buying anything from commercially at all certainly yeah we

were definitely buying stuff still you know there's it's a huge transition to become completely system independent

right and so be realistic about that especially depending on where you live but you know if there's one thing I can

say is that small changes make a huge difference in what's possible with your health and well-being the Vitality of

your family um how you start to offset different you know um health challenges

that you might be confronted with and so that's the main takeaway here is that like and question that you might

consider asking yourself or are what are the small things that we can do now that make a difference that make a huge

difference in the way that we feel and function on a daily basis sure yeah so

um with your focus on kind of sustainable Food Systems now what are some of those small changes that you can

suggest people begin to make at the beginning so it's not so completely overwhelming this idea of trying to get

away from all the industrialized processes yeah 100% And I think we'll we'll answer this in two parts because

number one is really identifying that there's a problem or a concern in the first place and a lot of people don't

even consider that right like most of Instagram most of tick tock um and don't

think that I I I know how you are girls when you have five seconds alone you might do a little scroll on the on

the so but most of these images that we see are like Yay mom's it's Starbucks

and Target you know it's like the Suburban moms trying to figure out how to get five minutes alone and then

create amazing environments for themselves and so um the first step first is admitting that like you know

what we think is true about our food system and Supply chains is not more than ever and I think that the you know

the shutdowns and the lockdowns with the pandemic really brought people to an aware a level of awareness that we

didn't have before where we had to kind of sit down and have a come to Jesus moment to say

some of these things are more true than we ever thought possible and it's closer to home than we ever you know considered

it would be and our lives are effect forever changed because of it and so the

the Great Awakening includes um recognizing that there is a bigger political divide in our country than has

ever been true before there are uh interruptions there are practices happening right now in our industrial

food production that you know we are not aware of I just had a whistleblower call

me um you know I would say about a week ago talking to me about how they're

using technology to infuse the plants that are being grown and I'm talking

major everyday things our oats our grains our corn is currently being

infused with nanotechnology allowing the herbicides and pesticides to permeate

our so what you're eating is infused with chemicals right now and it's a scary thought to think about and almost

too much to absorb but the more that you can admit to yourself that something has to change

I guarantee you right now that every single one of us listening knows somebody who's on medication for thyroid

heart disease you know diabetes every single one of us knows somebody who's recently been diagnosed with an

autoimmune condition maybe your kids are experiencing higher levels of anxiety or

depression many of these things are connected directly to our chemical exposure and many of these sources of

chemic IAL exposure are coming right through the grocery stores into our homes and there's nothing we can do

about it that's why we started abundant Acres because in fact there is something you can do about it you can in fact take

the land that you live on right now whether it's a half an acre or 500 acres

and start to re remove the chemicals from your Landscaping you can start to

understand what it means to have healthy soil on your property you can start to plant things like lettuces and

vegetables that are low maintenance but produce a prolific Harvest over and over

again um you can put medicinal herbs into your landscape instead of ornamental useless plants on your

property right you know what I mean like this is this this this is a Consciousness shift and once you become

conscious and aware you can still buy beautiful plants at Home Depot but buy

the ones that are edible you still yeah you can still get you

know you can still go to the same places and do the same things but replace your buying habits with things that will

actually produce usefulness for you your family and your future should anything

happen again yeah yeah absolutely so just curious because I've sort of

dabbled in a little bit of this and so is my mom we've got have gotten really into very trying to grow things and now

I have so much more respect for Farmers than I ever had before because it's not always easy so what and we're in the

desert by the way so that certainly makes some difference as well um so what tips do you have for somebody when they

first start trying to do this and you know they're they're trying to find what works what doesn't work are there things

that you learned yourself of you know well that crop failed and I needed to make a couple of rotations I don't know

exactly what I'm asking you but what what do you have what suggestions do you have in terms of how do you go about doing this such that it's it seems like

it's helpful yeah yeah a th% number one is I wouldn't go I wouldn't go at it alone knowing what I know now and the

amount of time and money that I've spent in you know my front yard my backyard um on my own you know five 10 15 Acre

Properties um everything starts with a plan and whether you're planning a vacation and want to have the most

optimized experience for you and your husband and your kids like you create a plan whether you're you know trying to

organize your week and sports occasions and all of these different things everything start starts with the plan so

number one is I would invest in the plan the plan includes what do we love to eat

what do we love to cook and prepare in our kitchen what would we love what is going to take the least amount of time

and give us the most yield so really understanding those things about yourself your lifestyle your family help

to direct what goes in the ground and what you're going to do with it when it comes off the vine if you just like

throw a bunch of seeds in the ground because you're like oh my God I'm going to make this Garden um chances are

you're not going to get the optimal results you're going to have weeds going everywhere it's going to be like oh my God this is a nightmare I'm going back

to Whole Foods you know but if you can start with a plan and be intentional

about what you're doing and how you're doing it it becomes a lot more manageable and this is again this is

applicable to trying to take a vacation or trying to organize your week to get all the kids in sports um you know or

extracurricular activities everything starts with really organizing the plan

you know second thing is a lot of um pressure is released with proper

preparations for instance a lot of people want to just go to the nursery buy a bag of soil throw

it into a garden bed or pot and then plant something into it and be like la la la you know you know with their with

their hose and that might work however many of the soils that you're buying in

bags are completely lifeless or have been in infused with toxic chemicals so you're just inviting that right back

into your house right and so you never know what you're investing in and that's

why preparations as a part of your planning make such a big difference there's people in your local community

right now who are producing High Value compost that you can purchase from and now you're supporting small businesses

and tapping into a food economy locally that can really help offset some of the challenges and um allow you to avoid

many of the that you would otherwise be exposed to when you work with an organization like mine abundant Acres

was really built to help eliminate the guesswork we want to help you build vibrant food sources on your property

and um help you through the planning process so that the dream you have for your family's health and your family's

Legacy can be realized without wasting a time a ton of time and money we've

established the relationships we understand your Grow Zone we know what's going to thrive in your area and we've

pulled together some of the world's leaders in you know Dryland restoration

growing in the desert growing in the jungle you know all of these different environments we've kind of pulled

together because we're on a mission to help Empower families to be system independent healthy happy and free on

your land while building equity in your asset because now more than ever land

ownership and Legacy that you're leaving for your kids is is the way that we need to be

thinking if you're not already thinking that way wow so okay so with a bun of makers.com you actually help people to

go through the planning process you don't you're not just saying go figure it out but you'll actually help provide

that and then so my next question was going to be as far as the soil how do you know when the soil has been

contaminated and when it hasn't like if if are there certain brands that you have recommended on there or can we can

people buy directly from you as far as the soil is com yep a combination of both but

your your original question which is a really good one how do you know and by the way if you're purchasing a house or

you already own land this is a great criteria to kind of check in as a part of your due diligence right so um let's

say you already have property well when you work with abundant Acres we're going to instruct you on exactly how to take

um soil tests from your property and we have a network of phds soil scientists

um who are incredible and can tell you exactly what's happening underneath the surface and based off of what's

happening in your soil we can tell you what you have to do or what you can do

to create optimal growing conditions now this is ideal if you want to have a clut flower garden or if you really want to

be um build more self-sufficiency with your food supply on your land and again

you don't have to become like Farmer John with your straw hat like there's little things that you can do to start

offsetting the cost of groceries in your household or if you want to just have a juicing Garden because you're really you

know trying to invest in your health and well-being right now there's little things you can do to make a big

difference but everything starts in that plan and our plan starts with the health of your soil we work from the ground up

that's so we're not gonna instruct you to go and buy a bunch of expensive stuff because you can't pay your way into

fixing problems right we really use we partner with science and mother nature

to share and show us what's happening beneath the surface just like you go to a doctor to figure out whether or not

you have a broken arm and you use an x-ray our SC our soil tests are like the X-ray for your Earth and now you know

what's happening underneath the surface and we can give you an a customized soil treatment plan so you know how to use

household waste to create abundant um compost and organic matter for your soil

how we can start to feed the microbes in your soil to build more nutrition nutritional um nutritionally dense food

uh in your Gardens yeah again this is like the coolest thing in the world like

soil really becomes sexy because you're like oh that makes a difference in whether I have to you know whether I

have aphids or whether I have pests or if it releases it the ripple effect of

understanding this is so much it's so empowering because now you don't have to depend on chemicals to make your grass

green you can there's things you can use right there in your house and practices you can Implement that make you system

independent chemical free and you know completely healthy on your land that's

fantastic very cool and so I'm curious because you've kind of alluded a couple of times to freedom and sustainable and

trying to you know get off grid or out of the system in case something happens in the future did you get really

inspired on abundant Acres around the pandemic or was it before that that you started doing a lot of this you know I

um I say this kind of regularly before covid made this lifestyle cool this was

a practice that my husband and I had implemented we've had you know four kids at home I'm a a bonus mom to our first

three um and then I have one belly baby and um so we have kids ranging from 21

all the way down to seven years old um however you know it's been a life style of hours since the first one was born

everyone was you know at home raised unvaccinated we did our best to

homeschool or Offset you know public education in areas that we could um we

lived 45 minutes away from town we grew our prolific Gardens my husband was a

you know is a in the holistic health space but trained with a gentleman by the name of Bill mullison who's kind of

The Godfather of food forestry um back in the early 90s so we've always

acquired anywhere from five to 55 plus acres of land built profit centers for

us that was aromatic herbs and we made our own lotions and tinctures and body care products for mama and baby um and

then we also had other medicinal herb herb Farms um and then but always built

our food system around us because who wants to drive 45 minutes for you know milk or um you know veggies like we just

we wanted as much self uh selfs sustainability as possible and however

as the kids got older we moved closer and closer into town because you want the kids want conveniences they want

friends they want all of this um when the pandemic hit you know we were at the

peak of our previous industry in business and I'll just say it because if you look me up you're going to find that

I'm I'm one of the leaders in the Cannabis movement focused in Alternative Health um you know really focused on

medicinal uses I've worked with the American Medical Association to create certifications for the medical uh

medical Comm community and helping them understand how to connect with their patients and we had served tens of

thousands of patients worldwide we've impacted Millions with this story and transformation that you there are

alternative methods of pain management you don't have to be dependent on synthetic medications um to feel and

function you know better and so it was 2020 um

the pan the shutdowns were just starting to happen we looked around at our kiddos who were like you know all of a sudden

ripped out of their Sports and all of a sudden ripped away from their friends and start you know kind of starting to

unravel and we said whoa whoa whoa we're out of here we're getting out of South Denver and going back to the mountains

and so it was then that we moved into a tiny little town with a thousand people

where people still you know had this mentality like we're okay we're outside we're going to be fine you know there

wasn't this Panic um and fear mongering happening all all around us

um and it was at that time that some of our followers from online we had built an audience of over 900,000 people um

and some of our followers um who were watching us and our lifestyle started to reach out and say hey we're you know

interested in having a um we're watching what's happening with the supply chain we recognize what's going on politically

um you know we are really in vested in being as healthy as we possibly can

don't trust anything in the grocery stores and we want to turn our five acres into our own food supply can you

help us right and we were like well we can help you know have you done this

have you done that we made him an offer it wasn't really it wasn't a business at the time this was in November of

2022 um but we you know made him an offer he took it we came out to Florida

tested the water and soil found high levels of contaminants in the soil from what the landscape company was doing for

their lawn and um my husband who's you know one of the leaders in um soil

repair and building living soil conditions actually created a custom

soil treatment plan for them and we ended up designing an 18,000 square foot Food Forest for that family wow that was

the kickoff yeah and I I have to say that Jesus was working overtime that day

because I came to Florida with my suitcase and my vehicle never expecting

to be in this business I was going to take a little Floridian vacation from Colorado and go right back home where my

family was But as God you know when God puts something on your heart you know

that and and you that you try every way to wiggle your way out of it you're like no no no no Jesus I'm busy I don't want

to do this no no God you must you you you got me messed up you must have

somebody else in my nope nope one person after another just became another layer

of blessing another challenge you know in some cases taking us all the way down

to where my husband and I were looking at each other saying are we are we doing this are we doing this and through

prayer and perseverance and just saying you know please allow us to be in your highest service whatever you have for us

to do right now you know God please be at work right in our lives and that

brought us to where we are right now in service to a a a beautiful woman who's now our our partner and client where

we're helping her develop her 124 acres into multigenerational housing a family

compound a fully sustainable um food system here on her property she's 35y

year conventional farmer so we're helping kind of map out how that transition from conventional to or uh

Beyond Organic practices or regenerative practices is going to look look like and we're helping her build multiple streams

of income on her land because as a 65-year-old woman she wants to figure out how to generate you know an income

and build a legacy for her family yeah and so yes I've absolutely alluded to freedom and I've absolutely talked about

Legacy because I believe that God wants us to be intentional and purposeful in the way that we are you know being

fruitful and multiplying what are we leaving behind to our kids how are we what choices are we making today that's

going to affect them tomorrow and so I invite you who's listening you know if you know God wants us to be healthy God

wants us to be happy and God wants us to be free but it's not going to come easy you got to be real intentional you know

and um real focused and start investing in yourself and your family differently than you ever did before and think about

the Legacy that you're going to be putting behind and it starts with your land and it starts with your you know

with your family what do you want for them and how can you make that possible sooner faster yep that is definitely

fantastic and that's as you say after the pandemic and because of all the supply chain issues suddenly people

became much more aware of a lot of this but a lot of people just don't know where to start so um that's that's great

and so when they when people go to abundan acres.com sounds like they could go all in and have you guys fly out and

assess you know all the soil and everything are there smaller steps on there that people can take if they're

just wanting to begin the process absolutely so we of course there's going

to and actually the backbone of our business was built on that family who's like yo I have land right now I'm ready

to go I want results tomorrow and I want you guys to hold our hands through the

process that's absolutely a possibility we'll come out to your land my husband myself and somebody from our soil

science team um we come out there and we call it done in a day and in one day

we'll start to sketch it out we'll personally um take your soil samples and your water samples well shoulders toh

shoulder boots on the ground around be with you learning and loving your land as you do seeing it through your eyes

and making sure that we're really capturing the essence of your dream and what you want to see possible on your property in one day yeah there's also we

really understand that you know um we're we're in the middle of a major

economic crisis you know and that should not exclude families who are working

hard um but maybe don't have as many liquid resources available so we've

created packages that allow you to get your complete design done personalized

but all virtually so we're eliminating um you know the costs of travel and accommodation and a lot of that stuff um

and really allowing us to give you personalized customized attention um via the Internet God bless Zoom right yeah

absolutely and you still get access to our team you but we instruct you on um

taking your soil samples and then shipping it to us we we work with you to

um go through your dream we work with you to to figure out what those things are that you want to see on your land

and can deliver the entire abundant Acres Legacy land um project design um

to you all VIA mail and the internet um and so investment with us starts around

$5,000 and then we work it up from there um we have opportunities for you to actually come in a live event setting

and be with us here and bring your and let your kids get involved with what you're doing and um also create

opportunities for you to collaborate in person with our team we've done our best to create a program and a process that's

inclusive to everybody meeting you right where you're at even if you've never done anything like this before um and

but you know you want to create the plan so you can start to implement little by little uh to match your budget to match

your time availability and to really give you hope we want to help you move

from Fear and operate from Faith give you the hope you need to

share you know the love that you have for your family by building abundance on your land fantastic and you've only been

doing this since 2022 as far as the actual business is concerned yeah absolutely as a matter of fact we kicked

off and decided formally to make this a business um I would say in March but between November and March we've you

know served clients all over the region and then we've enrolled the most incredible team and between us and our

team we have served thousands of Acres Across the Nation and dozens of

different diverse clients you know anywhere from uh the Legacy farmer who

um is starting to see health challenges from the previous farming generation and they're saying you know I think that

there's some things we need to change on our land if we're going to continue to do this um and they just need help

making a sustainable transition into regenerative practices um all the way to

the family just like a family like yours who wants to um make small changes that

will make a big difference in the long run and just have no idea where to get started wherever you're at um we can

meet and match you right there and help you build the confidence and have the clarity necessary to start investing in

yourself and your property yeah that's fantastic so what have I not asked you that you want make sure you leave with

our audience um you know I think one of the

biggest questions that come up when we talk about food sovereignty and food security you know we might think about

we might take our minds all the way to the extreme that we have to be you know

um like Little House on the Prairie and not have any and not have any amenities

right um so I I want to manage those expectations a little bit and say that

you don't have to sacrifice your comfort to be

self-contained um you can have all of the luxuries of modern-day

life with being prepared to be system

independent and that's a lot of what we do is help you understand the intricacies of this transition so that

you don't feel overwhelmed or become overzealous and invest in things that

you won't be able to maintain sure yeah um so I think that that was like is

always like what's it going to take what do I have let go of you know like don't worry we don't have to sacrifice

everything like I'm a stiletto farmer I like to keep it fabulous you

know can be beautiful and functional um you don't so that's that's probably one

of the biggest things and then also like what does it take to maintain something like like this um the truth is is that

we partner with Mother Nature to make this a low maintenance high yield process sure there's going to be stuff

and things that you have to do but you're currently doing stuff and things that's taking you nowhere closer to

being self-contained and self- sustained so let's look at what we can replace in our daily habits that allow us to thrive

and be independent rather than continuing to latch on and nurse

um you know off of a system that honestly is it's not providing a ton but convenience right now and how's that

going absolutely makes sense so that I would say that those are kind of the two things that I wanted to say is that you

can be as Fabulous As You Are um and still have these systems in place for

you and then um you know there's small things that you can do no matter where

you live if you're in an HOA or if you're completely out in the middle of nowhere there's things that we can do

right now to put a plan in place to help you get um and to help you get to where

you want to be you know whether it's 12 months from now or immediately it's up

to you we'll meet and match you just where you're at Fantastic so where can people go to find out more about you

well if you want to be entertained you'll go to sony.tv that's where my podcast is and that's where you can see

a lot more about where I am and what I'm doing it's like where in the world is Sonia Gomez do you remember where in the

World is Carmen San Diego yes that's what I was thinking of yeah where in the world is Sonia Gomez you can check me

out of son gomez. TV however if you are a family or individual that's really

considering building system Independence if you are concerned about the political divide right now if you are in alignment

with our creator and feeling like you just need to do more and be more um and you have land that you want to feed your

family and Community uh with if you want to build revenue on your property or

just increase the equity in your asset come to Abundant acres.com we have a

stepbystep plan and process we hand select every person that we work with so

we'll just invite you to come on to a strategy call with us so we can talk about your legacy land project um you'll

get to meet myself and my husband and some other members of the team when you come on board with us and don't allow

money to be the reason why not where there's a way for us to work with you um and again small changes are going to

make a huge difference in the way that you prepare yourself for what's coming in 20124 I just had dinner with Tucker

Carlson and and um a few other amazing folks um that are part of our community

and um we were at an event together here in Tampa and I just have to tell you after talking with you know tutor Dixon

um and uh you know buck seon and his beautiful wife Carrie and we're all you

know sitting there and talking about what's going to happen and you know everybody said the same thing it's just

like there's there's nothing we can do to control it of course the only thing that we can do is prepare for it right

and so I'll just leave you with that thought that the biggest Minds down to the smallest family are all capable of

doing something to um allow us to really do what God intended us to do which is

live in faith and not fear and you know be abundant in our in our life and with

our Legacy and so I'll just I'll just leave you with that we have everything that we need to be abundant in on our

land and for our life awesome well thank you so much Sonia this has been very

inspiring yes you're so welcome thank you for having me it's such an honor to to be here with you and I'm excited to

have you on my show I'd love to absolutely

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