Farming is not something out of the pages of a magazine, although old stuff and a big country kitchen helps. A lot. Here are some of the things I've...
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Here in Kentucky we discovered a small Old Order Mennonite community in the neighboring county. For eight years we have done business with their...
A couple turns a plot of timberland into the property of their dreams, a homestead with a Western-themed Florida goat farm.
My wife Cory and I were ready for a change after living in Portland for more than a decade. We were entering that phase in our lives where we were...
Vickey Russell left a corporate city job and became a sustainable shepherd, herding sheep on her own grass farm in Murrayville, Georgia.
Since we moved nearly 1000 miles from New England to Kentucky eight years ago, where we knew absolutely no one, native folks often ask us, “Why...
One plot of farmland has served the Conner family’s evolving needs for more than 150 years. We visit them in Hilliard, Florida, to hear their story...
Jayne Gray didn't think country life was a good fit for her the first time her husband drove her down a long, dirt road to their future home. Now she...
From the minute you meet Simon Webster, you know he’s not a local Texan. Born in England and raised in New Zealand, his foreign accent tells he’s...
Troy James is a man who likes to reinvent himself, and his rural land helps him do it, from raising chicken to paintball to composing music.
From the outside, Angel and Mark Cole seemed to be living out their dreams as successful systems engineers climbing the ladder in the Washington,...
Burton Ouzts grew up in the big city of Dallas, Texas, where celebrity-owned restaurants, fast-moving freeways and high-fashion shopping malls rule.