Doug Fine

Doug Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder. He is recognized worldwide as a leader in the regenerative farming renaissance. His latest book is American Hemp Farmer (nominated for the Santa Fe Reporter’s prestigious 2021 Book of the Year). His focus for the past 15 years has been regenerative living for regular folks, beginning with his Boston Globe bestseller Farewell, My Subaru. Most recently, Fine has cultivated hemp for food, farm-to-table products and seed-building in four U.S. states, and served as a hemp researcher with the University of Hawaii. His own hemp seeds have been used to clean contaminated soil in a New Mexico University study. His cannabis/hemp books include American Hemp Farmer, Too High to Fail and Hemp Bound. Willie Nelson calls Fine’s work “a blueprint for the America of the future.” The Washington Post says, “Fine is a storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams.” A website of Fine’s books and audiobooks, and print, radio and television work, United Nations testimony, Conan and Tonight Show appearances and TED Talk is at dougfine.com -- His global work from Rwanda, Guatemala and Alaska has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Wired, Esquire and the Los Angeles Times, and before his television and book career, he was a long-time correspondent for National Public Radio from five continents.