Wylie Harris and his family operate a cow-calf ranch as part of an extended five-generation family farm on native and improved pasture in Saint Jo, Texas. On his farm, Wylie is working to develop more ecologically based grazing systems, and is exploring alternatives for farm and ranch diversification. He is a Ph.D. candidate in rangeland ecology and management at Texas A&M University. At A&M, he has been a guest lecturer and teaching assistant for various ecology and natural resource management courses, and formed and led a reading group on sustainable agriculture. Wylie has spoken to high school and elementary student groups on topics involving ecology, agriculture and sustainability.