Homestead Voices

Photo by Matthew Von Dohre Bonnie Von Dohre has a busy schedule. She dedicates about an hour to herself in the morning to drink coffee and write before her three kids wake up and farm duties begin. After watering the garden, milking the…
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Photo by Luke Sahlin Corina Sahlin moved from the Alps of Germany to the magnificent, wild Pacific Northwest in her twenties in search of a more adventurous life. After meeting her husband on a dairy farm in Washington, they…
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We all come across tough times but for some, that’s the jumping off point for something better. That was the case for Merissa Alink. When her family hit such a rough patch, she used it as an opportunity to start homesteading. Photo by…
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Self-portrait by Kathryn Robles Self-proclaimed bookworm Kathryn Robles never expected she would find herself farming -- much less in the city -- but she decided she could save money for her young family by growing her own food. …
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Photo by RVP Photography Amy Stross wasn’t happy with in her profession as a high school teacher. So, she did something bold: she quit, and started part-time jobs in landscape gardening and farming. Through that change, she learned how…
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Life’s changes can mean changes for our homesteading lifestyle. No one knows that better than Nancy Wolff. Nancy Wolff at her Vermont homestead. | Photo by Bill Wolff After nearly a decade blogging at Nancy on the Home Front from her…
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From her upbringing in rural Maine, homesteading has always been a way of life for Samantha Burns. After having kids of her own, she started thinking out how she could use her skills to best protect the planet that she loves. Burns…
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Photo by Laurie Neverman Laurie Neverman is a scientist at heart. Even when she left a career in renewable energy behind to start homesteading with her family, Neverman turned her homestead into a paragon for low-impact living --…
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Homesteading off the grid takes a lot of bravery. It takes even more bravery when you do it in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. Photo by Mark Zeiger Mark Zeiger lives with his wife and daughter on self-sufficient, off-the-grid…
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Photo by Lauren Dibble Lauren Dibble was at the lowest point of her life: living at home, going through a messy divorce, working unfulfilling temp jobs and shuttling between doctors to try and diagnose a mysterious illness. She needed a…
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When Harold Thornbro was undergoing treatment for colon cancer, he was inspired to completely change his life. Homesteading, for him, was the path forward. Photo by Harold Thornbro For some homesteaders, growing and eating healthy…
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Lee Traister’s life took her in many directions before she landed on her homestead in North Carolina. Traister, whose full first name is Liron, served in the Israeli army as a fitness instructor for two years until a whirlwind romance…
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