Elk Run is the pilot farm for Drylands Agroecology Research (DAR) non-profit. It is situated on previously dry and degraded fields in the rolling hills and grasslands of Longmont, Colorado. This region was once inhabited by native peoples of the Ute, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Comanche, Apache, Hopi, Dine, and other tribes. Once settlers from other continents arrived in the 1800s, their unsustainable agricultural practices quickly degraded the once fertile grasslands. When Elk Run Farm began in 2015, the topsoil had been visibly degraded, and little to no biodiversity remained. Overgrazing, non-sustainable land management, extractive productions, and dry conditions were to blame. The prevailing opinion was that there was not enough well water on-site to restore the land to a farmable state. Seven years later, techniques the founders used to regenerate the land became the core methodologies of DAR. These include water-harvesting earthworks, dryland agroforestry, intensive livestock management, and drought-resilient grain crop trials and breeding. DAR is scaling its implementations through partnerships with landowners and developing a research program to track how well the landscapes are sequestering carbon, retaining moisture, supporting biodiversity, and producing viable agricultural yields. Elk Run Farm aims to restore over 1,000 hectares of land within the next decade so that these lands can once again teem with the spirit they used to hold.