All Episodes

E70: Live to Learn, Learn to Live: A world explorer plants roots on his ancestral homelands, and hand builds an eco village where he teaches people how to shift towards more earth centric living | Joshua Kwaku Asiedu in Ghana

E69: Academics leave city life to build a regenerative sheep farm and eco retreat in the Australian bush | Lousie + David Glut of HighField Farm and Woodland in Australia

E68: Decentralized Life: A hip London restaurant manager leaves city life to hand build a homestead in Belize with her family | Asli Mohamed

E67: Fungi Future: A Boston couple’s road to recovery and Covid leap of faith leads to mushroom farming in rural Vermont | John Deloge + Lizzie Devane of Slipstream Farm in Newfane, VT

E66: A tech entrepreneur’s climate and Covid motivated move from San Francisco to her husband’s home state of Maine allows for time to reflect, reconnect and start a new chapter rooted in purpose | Grace Chen in ME

E65: An astrocartographer taps into the wisdom of the cosmos, trading New York City for a slower paced, digital nomad life in rural France | Helena Woods in rural France

E64: Wanderland Wonder: A tech exec finds healing in nature & builds a place where people can reconnect with the wild | Jonathan Weston of @wanderlandusa in Rising Fawn, GA

E63: A scientist’s backyard growing journey blossoms into a mission to advocate for greater food security through home & community gardens | Ashlie Thomas of The Mocha Gardener in NC

E62: A Modern Shepherd: A Queer musician and textile artist leaves academia for agriculture | Diana Anastasio in CA

E61: Twin sisters of @busyhomebodies homestead in a city apartment during Covid & manifest their self-sufficiency dreams | Mary + Magdalene of Busy Homebodies

E60: A writer leaves the tech world for a small island in the Puget Sound and creates rewilding retreats to reconnect with nature | Hillarie Maddox of Black Girl Country Living in Puget Sound, WA

E59: Susana Zaldivar of @Home.Coop.Garden reflects on her healing journey homesteading in her in-laws backyard | Susie Hernandez Zaldivar

E58: A Sydney-based creative couple's journey into ranching and climate activism in New Zealand | Nicola Harvey & Pat Ledden of Slow Stream Farm in Aotearoa, New Zealand

E57: Community, Music & Art: A professional musician and artist relocate to Woodstock with their two young kids to have more space to create and grow | KT & Marco Benevento in Woodstock, NY

E56: Rural Schools Matter: The community and economic impact of public schools in rural communities | Mara Tieken, author & educator in ME

E55: Van Life: A poet and power plant operator's nomadic shift fosters joy, creativity and community | Renaldo Holmes of HolmesFindsFreedom

E54: Finding Paradise: A journalist and her family's Covid motivated move from Toronto to rural Costa Rica provides a shift in perspective and better quality of life | Mallika Viegas in Costa Rica

E53: Dirt Road Revival: A young politician works to rebuild rural politics by tackling polarization through conversation | Maine Senator Chloe Maxmin

E52: A NYC fashion/art icon returns to her home country of St. Lucia to farm, create and build a life on her own terms | Shala Monroque in St. Lucia

E51: Three Years in a Tent: A digital strategist & her family slow build a homestead on a remote Canadian island | Rachel Segal, Cortes Island, BC

E50: Be the Change: From healthcare to farming, a food activist is born | Ivy Walls in Houston, TX

E49: Hometown revival: She left the LA ad world to help her rural hometown community thrive | Melissa Hughes in Western NY

E48: Ancestral Homecoming: From corporate life in NYC to traditional living in rural Honduras | Luisa Batiz in Honduras

E47: Seeds, Sacrifice, and Service: A veteran's journey to healing through the soil | Jon Jackson of Comfort Farms in rural GA

E46: A teacher raises $200k for a school garden to reconnect kids with nature & alleviate food insecurity | Sonya Harris of Bullock Garden Project in NJ

E45: A photographer leaves Boston academia and builds a successful art career from the wilds of Maine | Cig Harvey in Midcoast, ME

E44: A professional musician leaves Seattle after two decades on the road & builds a new chapter farming and making art in rural New Mexico | Cory Murchy in CO

E43: Bacon and Blooms: A farm advocate and environmentalist leaves the Bay Area to reconnect with her ancestral farming roots | Molly Nakahara in Grass Valley, CA

E42: A writer and professional outdoorsman renovates an old church in rural Arkansas, building a safe space for all hunters | Jonathan Wilkins of Black Duck Revival in Arkansas

E41: A way forward: the paradigm shift of returning the self to nature, and undoing our collective narcissism to heal our planet | Jeanine Canty, PhD in CA

E40: Reconnecting with a lost love and a surprise pregnancy inspires a move to the French countryside | Franchesca Hernandez in France

E39: A food sovereignty activist & self-trained chef leaves NYC and returns to her Native community to help build a digital platform to re-indiginize our diets | Mariah Gladstone of Indigikitchen in Northern MT

E38: A corporate lawyer leaves Singapore and moves to Bali for a creative, slower & happier life | Jean Voronkova in Bali, Indonesia

E37: A self-trained chef and serial entrepreneur builds an international line of clean-label, locally sourced sauces & rubs in Georgia | Walter Brooks Jr. of Brooksmade Gourmet in GA

E36: An artist, mother of three, and former music marketing executive, leaves Los Angeles and builds an international natural crayon and candle business in rural Spain | Clara Infante of Copito in Garraf, Spain

E35: A 22-year-old entrepreneur builds a thriving zero waste food delivery business in rural Canada | Celeste Lopreiato of Conscious Kitchen in West Grey, Ontario

E34: New farmers build a biodynamic oasis on Virginia's Eastern coastline, surrounded by conventional growers | Natalie McGill of Perennial Roots Farm in Accomac, VA

E33: A mother and vintage clothing purveyor leaves the city to build a better life for her two daughters on the autism spectrum | Molly Leary of Squash Blossom Vintage in CA

E32: Salvation in the soil, a widowed mother builds a farm-based business in rural Georgia with her daughters and mother | Margo Candelario of Young Female Farmers in GA

E31: A queer, trans farmer cultivating joy and greater diversity in agriculture | Bo Dennis of Dandy Ram Farm in Monroe, Maine

E30: A film journalist's Covid move inspires a new chapter and a place to call home | Alicia Malone, TCM Host in ME

E29: A professional adventurer realizes his vision of a community homestead in the North Maine Woods | Daniel White @theblackalachian in ME

E28: A contemporary embroidery artist builds a thriving creative business and life outside of the city | Sarah K. Benning in Keene, NH

E27: A Lieutenant firefighter relocates to the country to build a regenerative farm in Western Oregon | David Barron in Western Oregon

E26: Sweet homecomings: A queer entrepreneur returns to their family farm to mend ties, preserve & grow | V Smiley in New Haven, VT

E25: Finding purpose and peace: A single mom's fresh start in the Texas countryside | Hana Oh, LMSW in Central, TX

E24: From scratch: A chef and former farmer escapes an abusive relationship and builds a food business and supportive place to call home | Melissa Rebholz of Midge’s Kitchen in Wheeling, WV

E23: A generational farmer's collaborative approach to rural entrepreneurship, agritourism and land stewardship | Christopher Joe owner of Connecting with Birds and Nature Tours in Newbern, AL

E22: An early career move out of the city for a healthier pace of life | Documentary film festival producer and writer Simone Leon

E21: Called to serve, a young politician advocates for her community | Councilwoman Safiya Khalid in Lewiston, Maine

E20: An artist, environmentalist and herbalist's intuition leads to a more intentional life | Alyson Morgan of Earth Star Herbals in Viroqua, WI

E19: Farmer and activist promoting local, ethical & seasonal eating | Helena Sylvester of Happy Acre Farm & Harvest Queen in Sunol, CA

E18: A family legacy of farming and farm activism | Clara Coleman of Four Season Farm, Real Farmer Care and the Winter Growers Podcast

E17: New homesteader reevaluates success, valuing happiness over salary | Jonna Lagunas of J & L Coop in Pine Island, MN

E16: A family hatchery working towards zero waste & a better future | Franchesca Duval of Alchemist Farm in Sebastopol, CA

E15: Finding alternative solutions for urban oppression | Matthew Ross of Blackhaven Ranch in Monroe County, MO

E14: An artist and farmer follows her bliss to a hard but rewarding life | Sara Buscaglia of Farm and Folk in La Plata County, CO

E13: Forging a rural career in sustainable textile design & education | Christi Johnson of Mixed Color & Stitch Wish in Sullivan County, NY

E12: The healing power of plants, a woman find calm and purpose reconnecting with the soil | Katrina Harvey owner of Soul Botanical Farms in Mulberry, FL

E11: Food justice activists build their first grocery store in a food desert in rural Louisiana | Bing Turner, MPH of Bernice's Community Market & Heritage Farmers Market in Cotton Valley, LA

E10: Rural advocacy, entrepreneurship and speaking up for what you believe in | Sherri Powell of Yours Rurally in Callicoon, NY

E9: From humble off-grid beginnings to inspiring a no-till movement | Hannah Crabtree & Jesse Frost of No-Till Growers and Rough Draft Farmstead in Lawrenceburg, KY

E8: A modern homesteader revives a 200-year-old farm with her partner | Kirsten Lie-Nielsen of Hostile Valley Living in Liberty, ME

E7: An ethical farm-based skincare company built out of necessity | James Ray of Little Seed Farm in Lebanon, TN

E6: A poet of the people reconnects to the natural world and finds a place to call home | Inaugural poet and writer Richard Blanco in Bethel, ME

E5: Cancer's wake-up call inspired a path to homesteading | Jason & Lorraine Contreras of Sow the Land in rural NC

E4: Returning to former city career roots to build a viable farm-based business | Bailey Hale & Thomas McCurdy of Ardelia Farm in Irasburg, VT

E2: Creatives and hoteliers crafting a life and livelihood in the desert | Sara & Rich Combs of JTH in Joshua Tree, CA |

E1: Silicon Valley small business entrepreneur builds a ranch business from scratch | Mary Heffernan of Five Mary's Farms in Fort Jones, CA

E3: Fine dining to the fields, a journey from Chez Panisse to farming | Stephen Carter of Scribe Winery in Sonoma, CA |