Cory grew up in the city of Missoula with a small garden where he helped his mother grow flowers.

Cory's interest in gardening waned, as he discovered sports. In high school, he volunteered to build a garden for a group home that housed disabled adults. One of the greatest moments in his life was being invited back that fall for a dinner prepared from everything they planted. Cory went to college to study business and simultaneously started a commercial cleaning company.

He spent a lot of his time making natural cleaning products he could use in the business and developed an interest in chemistry and biology. Later on, he focused his efforts on Pure Air Solutions, a mold remediation company that focused on removing mold and other microbials. As he studied molds and their effect on indoor air quality, he started to see that there were far more beneficial fungi than bad fungi and that fungi held a lot of the keys to soil health and improvement. Cory studied with Dr. Elaine Inham and read Dr. David Johson. He immersed himself in learning everything that he could about soil health and how to implement these theories. He quickly learned that there was not a lot of information or tools available to someone wanting to scale 1,000 acres quickly to regenerative agriculture. He made soil health his focus, developing tools to help effectively add biology to his soil, as often as possible. 

Every decision made on the farm has to answer the question, "Does this improve the overall quality of our soil?" If it does they keep it, if it doesn't then they are removed. 

In the summer of 2021 the Miller Family purchased and began operating the historic Deschamps Ranch. The ranch currently encompasses 1000 acres of fertile soil just south of the Missoula International Airport. The ranch currently produces sod, hay, beef, pork and honey. All of which are grown regeneratively. The ranch also boasts a microbiological soil lab on site. The health of our soil is our number one concern. We have a composting barn on the ranch that we use to produce BioComplete, Fungal and Predator dominant compost extracts and teas.