Phillip Mlynar

Nick Sheets from the Ohio-based Henmick Farm & Brewery tells us about the importance of keeping things local and community-focused.

Mike Mitchell and Sandra Solano-Mitchell from the Oregon-based Willamette Valley Lavender tell us about the benefits of living with lavender.

Maggie Roque from the 15-acre, Ontario-based McLaughlin Homestead tells us how slowing things down has proved to be a bountiful decision.

Jenny Angius from the Reno-based nonprofit organization Urban Roots Teaching Farm tells us about learning lessons through gardening.

Jonah Curtis tells us how a childhood spent exploring the outdoors has led to a fulfilling homesteading life that includes foraging treasures like Pheasant Back mushrooms.

Marisa Mender-Franklin, owner of Memphis micro-flower farm Midtown Bramble & Bloom, tells us how flowers help to build community.

Stephanie Cutmore from the Western Australia-based Indara Farms tells us how early permaculture planning sessions really paid off for the cut-flower operation.

Kallie Sizemore of Quarter Acre Farm tells us how her chicken-focused farming adventure has become a form of beneficial growing therapy.

Isaiah Powell from DragonSpunk, a San Francisco organization, tells us why local green spaces are so necessary and soil is the new oil.

Ruby Wolf Farm founder Lauren Slingluff tells us how early memories of her mom’s floor loom helped inspire her own fiber farm.