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Practical advice for country dreamers, rural folk, and urban-dwellers alike, who want to feel more connected to the natural world and the purpose and choices in their lives.

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A creative consultant leaves Salt Lake and plants roots in Bow, Washington with her family

JEN WAKELAND Owner of Kinship Creative Salt Lake City, Utah to Bow, Washington Jen Wakeland and her family were seeking a slower pace of...

Rural Teen Entrepreneurs: Meet the sister team behind Notes from the North

ORALEE & SELAH BARRETT Notes from the North in Stowe, Vermont Meet Oralee (15) and Selah (17) Barrett, the teenage sibling entrepreneurs...

Organizations Working Towards Equality, Opportunity and Land Access in Agriculture

In episode three of the Urban Exodus Podcast, we had a conversation with farmer Stephen Carter. In Stephen's episode we spoke about the...

Young Couple Leaves the City to Build a Sustainable Composting Business in a Small Town

TESSA AND DAVIS SCRAP DOGS COMPOST NEW YORK CITY to ROCKLAND, MAINE Tessa and Davis met and fell in love, moved to the country, and...

Chloe Jo Davis, a lifelong New Yorker on why she's leaving after Covid-19 and not looking back

Meet Chloe Jo Davis, founder of eco-site girliegirlarmy.com. She also is a mother of three kids and four rescue rescue pets. A lifelong...

Easy & Delicious Crackers from Scratch

Pandemic, daylight savings and the election - give me the carbs! These crackers are like eating delicious thin bagels. Once you pop, you...

Erica Neal's Permaculture Suburban Haven outside of Durham, North Carolina

ERICA NEAL Suburban Haven in Piedmont, North Carolina (zone 7b) Meet Erica Neal, the woman behind the blog Yellow Swing Garden. Erica is...

Leaving NYC - Nichollette Shorts, the gardener and actress behind @broadwaygardener

Leaving NYC for space to grow in New Jersey. Meet Nichollette Short, the gardener and actress behind @broadwaygardener

Our Conversation with Senator Heidi Heitkamp of One Country Project

A big, hearty thank you for joining us on Friday for “In Conversation with former Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) // Countdown to Election...

#FillFoodBanksWithFresh Giving Campaign with AmpleHarvest.org

Yesterday morning, the grass still wet with dew, I snuck barefoot into the garden with my daughter to harvest some fresh food for our...

Growing Goodness in New Orleans: Meet Krystle of For the Horticulture and @iyanla_plantzant

KRYSTLE SIMS-CAMERON FOR THE HORTICULTURE in New Orleans, Louisiana Meet Krystle Sims-Cameron, the woman behind For the HortiCulture and...

From Wall Street to Farming in Rural Georgia: Meet Margo of @youngfemalefarmers

MARGO CANDELARIO Young Female Farmers Farm in Oconee County, Georgia Meet Margo Candelario, one of the five women behind the family run...

Growing Goodness: Meet Tish of @thegreencobb

LETISHA COBB Suburban Haven in Henry County, Georgia Meet Tish, the woman behind @thegreencobb. Both of Tish's grandmothers tended...

Growing Goodness in Georgia: Meet Erica of Gardening Under the Influence

ERICA McCRAE Suburban Haven in Coastal Georgia Meet Erica of @uniquelyunicorn and Gardening Under the Influence. After being fed up with...

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