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Adam Alexander is a consummate storyteller, thanks to spending 40 years as an award-winning film and television producer..
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Adrianne L. Shtop is a freelance writer and photographer who enjoys many cultures in the Hudson River Valley in New York..
Chef Alan Bergo is one of America’s leading culinary authorities on mushroom hunting and foraging. Alan is a veteran o..
Alli Kelley is the author of the blog Longbourn Farm, where she tells entertaining stories about country living while ma..
Allison Lemons is the podcast producer/editor for Hobby Farm's Growing Good. She grew up in a small town in Indiana surr..
Amy Grisak: Freelance writer Amy Grisak is passionate about teaching people effective gardening techniques, ways to cook..
Amy Mings, an entrepreneur and former accounting professional, is the creator of Maison de Mings, a hobby farm & lif..
Ana Hotaling and her husband, Jae, own FMA Farms, a heritage-poultry farm in Southeast Michigan. When not writing or jug..
I'm a freelance writer. I have chickens, and goats in my garden. As a young adult, though, I became a serious gardener. ..
Angi Schneider has been gardening and preserving food for more than 25 years. She is the creator of SchneiderPeeps and l..
Anika Wilson is a poultry enthusiast, whiskey collector and small-scale flower farmer. After traveling the world and tea..
Anita Kelman lives and gardens in northern Vermont.
Dr. Anna O'Brien is a veterinarian and writer living in central Maryland. She is a Labrador lover and consumer of coffee..
Annie Maxwell is a lifelong lover of good food and grows some herself on a small farm in the Southeast.
Ashleigh Krispense lives in Central Kansas with her husband, Kolton, and their menagerie of critters. She enjoys writing..
Ashley English is a southern cook, homesteader and holistic nutritionist, with a wide breadth of knowledge on issues of ..
Ashley runs a farm based, family business with her husband. They utilize their own farm products to make handcrafted soa..
Audrey Pavia is a freelance writer and author of more than 23 books about animals and more than 1,000 magazine articles...
Austin Graf is a cut flower grower. He now focuses on sharing his knowledge by educating and teaching others about garde..
B.P. Lemmon has decades of experience in providing feature articles and monthly columns, commentaries, personality profi..
Barb Feldman has written and illustrated children’s books, and her stories, essays and articles appear in magazines, n..
Barry Brown works full time to find peace for himself and share it with others through rebuilding a traditional small fa..
Becky Hunt lives in Woodstock Georgia and loves to write about her adventures at home and around the world! Not only is ..
Bevin Cohen is an author, herbalist, seed saver and owner of Small House Farm in Michigan. He offers workshops and lectu..
“BTU Bill” Clark is the author of 1001 Energy Tips (Dorrance Publishing), which includes a whole chapter and parts o..
Bill Graves is a college agriculture science professor. He raises sheep and keeps a small flock of laying hens on an alm..
Brenda Ryan is a radio newscaster and journalist who writes for LawnStarter.com. In her free time, she enjoys traveling,..
Writer and photographer Bruce Ingram has been fortunate to be an outdoor writer since 1983 and spends much of his time f..
Author Candi Johns free-ranges chickens, raises pastured pigs, milks her family cow and grows her own groceries on her K..
Carol Ekarius is a Colorado-based author, freelance writer and consultant to the nonprofit and governmental sectors. Her..
Carol Mowdy Bond grew up around family farm animals, fruit trees, massive gardens, and pet squirrels. She loved fishing,..
Carole West lives on a small farm in North Texas with her husband. She is a freelance writer, author of Quail Getting St..
With deep ties to the land, award-winning Canadian writer Cary Rideout lives on a small acreage with his artist wife Lor..
Living in the English countryside, Celia Lewis is lucky enough to keep hens and guinea fowl in addition to cows and shee..
Cherie Langlois is a freelance writer and photographer who tends a petite hobby farm in Washington state with her awesom..
Chicken Chat is a reader-submitted feature in every issue of Chickens magazine. Email the story of your chickens in abou..
Chip Kirkpatrick and his birds live in Yulee, Florida.
Chris Bond is a professional horticulturist in Maine and has raised chickens since 2011.
Chris McLaughlin is a writer from the Northern California foothills. She and her family raise colored Angora goats and f..
Christine Hall and her flock of retired hens live in Kendall, Wisconsin.
Christopher Weber runs a school farm in Chicago, Illinois. Chickens have brought a lot of laughs and love to school—ev..
Cory Hershberger is a contributing editor for Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines. An avid reader and h..
Cyn Cady is figuring out farming as she goes. Laugh with her as she blunders through experiments with her mini-farm, lea..
Cynthia McFarland is a full-time freelance writer and the author of nine nonfiction books whose work has earned regional..
Dan Adams is an instructor with Steader.com. He lives and farms with his family in Kentucky.
Hobby Farms publishes the info you need to know to run a small-scale, sustainable farm.
Daniel Johnson is a freelance writer and professional photographer whose photos have appeared thousands of times in book..
Daniel Johnson and Samantha Johnson are a brother-sister writing team and have collaborated on several books, including ..
Darrick Byers lives on a 1⁄2-acre, urban permaculture project in Columbus, Indiana, and manages a 45-acre wetlands pre..
Dave Boyt lives near Neosho, Mo., where he manages a family tree farm and operates a portable sawmill. He lives with his..
"Dawn Combs, M.A., Certified Herbalist, is an Ethnobotanist and functional foods expert. She is the best-selling author ..
Deb Brandt grew up on a hobby farm with sisters, dogs, ponies, goats and a rooster named Clarence. She has kept city chi..
Deb Brandt-Buehler grew up on a hobby farm with ponies, dogs, cats, goats and a rooster named Clarence. Today she lives ..
Debbie Moors is a Colorado-based freelancer and homesteader. Debbie is a writer, an urban gardener with a rural yearning..
Debbonnaire Kovacs is a speaker as well as an author of 28 books and more than 700 stories and articles for adults and c..
Deborah Niemann has had a flock of around 50 layers and a few roosters since she and her family moved to the country in ..
Dianne Hellwig, Ph.D., D.V.M., is an associate professor in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department of Berea Co..
Doug Bierend is a freelance journalist writing about science and technology, food, and education, and the various ways t..
She is emphasizing in food animal medicine and hopes to fulfill the need for more large animal vets in rural Georgia. We..
Erin Snyder and her family have raised chickens and ducks for nearly two decades. She is passionate about all things pou..
Heather Levin is a homesteader, chicken wrangler of 30-plus chickens, and the founder of The Greenest Acre and Chicken H..
J. Keeler Johnson is a writer, farmer, blogger and videographer with a passion for pruning trees. He lives on a farm in ..
Jamie Raper lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her husband, Keith. Together, they have raised four wonderful children..
A former journalist, Jana Wilson now writes at her home on 20 acres of land in Southern Indiana with her husband and fiv..
Janine takes a holistic approach to digital editorial strategy, working backward from distribution channels (social medi..
Jereme Zimmerman is a writer and traditional brewing revivalist who lives in Berea, Kentucky, with his wife, Jenna; daug..
Jesse Frost is a writer and vegetable farmer in Southern Kentucky, where he lives with his wife and young son on their f..
Horticulturist Jessica Walliser is an award-winning radio host on KDKA Radio’s “The Organic Gardeners” in Pittsbur..
John D. Ivanko is co-author of Homemade for Sale, Farmstead Chef, ECOpreneuring and Rural..
Justin Fritscher is the communications coordinator serving USDA’s Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation ..
Kathy Shea Mormino, aka The Chicken Chick, is a backyard-chicken-keeping advocate with a passion for empowering others t..
Keith Bowers, senior digital editor for Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines, is a career journalist who has..
Kenny Coogan, CPBT-KA, has a Bachelor of Science in animal behavior and is a certified bird trainer. He is a pet and gar..
Kim MacMillan is a graduate of Purdue University’s College of Agriculture and has been reporting on animal science and..
Kirsten Lie-Nielsen keeps chickens, a gaggle of geese, bees and goats at her farm in Liberty, Maine. She and her partner..
Kristi Cook lives in Northeast Arkansas where she and her family raise everything from fruits and veggies to chickens, g..
Kristina Mercedes Urquhart is the author of The Suburban Chicken: The Guide to Keeping Healthy, Thriving Chickens in..
Hobby farmer, Lee Connor is an author and illustrator, specializing in features for pet and lifestyle magazines.
Lenny Flank is a freelance writer from Florida with an interest in science and history. He runs the Hidden History blog.
Lesa Wilke is a homesteader and freelance writer who loves to inspire others on their journey to more sustainable lifest..
Leslie Potter is a photographer in Lexington, Kentucky, specializing in equine and horse show photography, pet portraits..
Lisa Munniksma is a farmer, writer and food-systems advocate based in Kentucky. She’s also the host of the “Hobby Fa..
Freelance writer Lisa Munniksma is the former editor of Hobby Farms magazine and the writer of HobbyFarms.com’s “The..
Lori Rice is a writer, photographer and nutritional scientist. Her love of agriculture led to her past work in cooperati..
Michelle Bruhn relishes being a suburban homesteader born and raised in Minnesota. She’s a local food advocate, regene..
Mike Wilhite is a freelance writer/editor, hobby farmer and wildlife control Operator, who specializes in snakes, small ..
Nick Korbee is the executive chef at Egg Shop in New York City.
Phil Craft keeps bees in the country near his home in Lexington, Kentucky, and served as the Kentucky Department of Agri..
Phillip Mlynar lives in New York City where he's currently fighting a losing battle to keep squirrels away from his tiny..
Rachael Dupree is the former managing editor for HobbyFarms. She grows food and medicine on her 50-acre farm near Lexing..
Rachael Dupree is the former managing editor for HobbyFarms.com. She grows food and medicine on her 50-acre farm near Le..
Rachel Hurd Anger is an urban farming writer with particular interests in biodiversity and the elimination of food insec..
Rachel Porter lives in Oklahoma on a 17-acre hobby farm with her husband and three sons. The Porters tend to their marke..
Rachel Tayse is an urban farmer in Columbus, Ohio. Her 2-acre homestead includes permaculture gardens, backyard chickens..
Rick Gash had a passion for growing plants ever since he planted his first small garden of marigolds and yellow pear tom..
Rodney Wilson, senior editor for Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines, is a writer, editor and hobby farmer...
Roger Sipe is the group editor of Hobby Farms and Chickens magazines. Farming has been in his family for generations and..
Russell Graves is a hobby farmer from Dodd City, Texas. Russell spent 16 years as an agriculture science instructor in C..
Dr. Ryan Ridgway, DVM, is a mixed animal veterinarian practicing in Princeton, British Columbia.
Samuel Feldman is a farmer and writer. He is currently researching interesting new crops and agricultural techniques as ..
Sarah Coleman is living in Lexington, Kentucky. Sarah Coleman specializes in writing about equine and ag issues. As the ..
Shelly Wutke is a writer and hobby farmer who owns Redwood Creek Farm, located near Vancouver, British, Columbia. She an..
Sherri Talbot is the co-owner and operator of Saffron and Honey Homestead in Windsor, Maine. She raises endangered lives..
Writer Signe Langford is a chicken-keeper, a gardener and a chef. She currently write or have written for and edited sev..
Stephanie is an author, certified master food preserver, food preservation instructor and freelance writer that lives in..
Sue Weaver lives in the Arkansas Ozarks with her husband and a fine array of animal friends including goats, sheep, hors..
Susan Brackney is a freelance writer and author. She is a award-winning writer and author of several books. Susan is als..
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis), is a public land-grant research university near Davis, Ca..
Poultry Science is written by faculty from the school of veterinary medicine at the University of California, Davis (www..
Zach Loeks is an educator, designer and grower who specializes in Edible Ecosystem Design through landscaping and educat..