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A passionate home cook leaves city life to duild her Well Fed Farm in the mountains of rural Virginia
Couple leaves the NYC food service industry and build a thriving catering business in Maine
An artist and a novelist leave Savannah's rich art scene for a quiet New England town on the coast
Couple leaves the PNW and expands their flower farm and agrarian-focused creative studio in the hills of Vermont
A NYC chef moves to Maine to build a destination cooking school
From illegal backyard chickens in Philly to a flower and pastry business in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom
From film to farming: An actor and filmmaker leave the 9-5 to revive a generational family farm in Texas
Meet Alissa Mayber, a horse trainer and somatics instructor building a life in rural Oregon for herself and her twin boys
Couple builds an Urban Haven and logding house in Portland
After tragedy, a brand strategist leaves San Francisco to chase her farming dreams on her own
The Farmers Hands: A NYC chef falls for an Appalachian musician and they build a cooking school in the mountains of North Carolina
From high-tech to hand-made: Apple employee leaves Silicon Valley to build craft skills brand from the mountains of Idaho
College farmer forges new path in California and looks to inspire a movement of young growers
Meet Krystle Sims-Cameron of For the Horticulture: She left the tech world in SF and returned to New Orleans to build a non-profit that helps Black families start growing their own food
Country singer leaves Austin and restores a diamond in the rough in California's Gold Country
Sweet Homecomings: Returning to a childhood farm in Vermont to grow an artisanal preserves business
Yellow Swing Garden: Meet Erica Neal, a writer and grower builds a permaculture suburban haven outside of Durham, NC
Meet Nichollete Shorts of @broadwaygardener: A NYC actress and backyard gardener who left the city for room to grow in rural New Jersey
From Wall Street to farming in rural Georgia: Meet Meet artist and writer Margo Candelario of @youngfemalefarmers
Meet suburban grower Sherrie, AKA the "Okra Lady" of @mybackyardtxgarden
Not beat by the heat: Meet Las Vegas urban homesteader Gerald Owens Jr. of @og_gardenfrenzy
Meet Janice of @jaysgardenjournal: Spreading love, joy and color into her suburban neighborhood in South Carolina
A military wife's passion for growing and giving back: Meet Erica of Gardening Under the Influence
A suburban grower shares her knowledge and produce with her community: Meet Tish of @thegreencobb
A brand strategist leaves corporate America to build a consultant business in rural Washington
Couple leaves Seattle and moves into a tiny home they built so they can afford to pursue their passions of illustration and tiny home design
Musician Marco Benevento and a jewelry designer KT Benevento leave Brooklyn to build a homestead and music studio in Woodstock
CNN Hero and Sow Much Good founder Robin Emmons at her urban farm in Charlotte, NC
A Berklee College of Music graduate leaves Boston to build a destination recording studio in seaside town in Maine
Good Food Jobs co-founder leaves Brooklyn and builds Suarez Family Brewery with her partner upstate
Rural hustle: A creative family builds Foxglove Farm Homestead, a multi-faceted farm-based business in the Green Mountains
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A mini-farm built from scratch in Central Texas
An LGBT artist couple leaves Bay Area community to build Stark Hollow Farm in rural Vermont
Artists and NYC service workers leave the city to start an organic CSA in rural Maine
A tour of Saveur editor-in-chief's ecclectic home in the small community of Athens, NY
Meet the Harvest Queen: Helena and Matthew Sylvester of Happy Acre Farm in Suncol, CA
Two artists/musicians leave the NYC service industry to grow food and raise animals for their bosses farm-to-table empire
Ex-military wife, photographer and homeschool advocate moves to a cabin in West Virginia and builds her Wild Nettle Apothecary business
Fine Dining to the Fields: One man's journey from Chez Panisse to farming in the Sonoma Valley
A back-to-the-land farming legacy: Meet Eliot Coleman, one of the forces behind the organic growing movement
Meet NYTimes best selling writer Melissa Coleman: A child of the original back-to-the-land movement
Telecommuting creative couple leave Boston for a storybook rental in the Massachusetts countryside
Meet The Culinary Farmer, a former NYC chef turned North Carolina speciality grower
Boston rockers leave the city to start a new chapter on a small island in Maine
A fresh start: Prolific photographer Joyce Tenneson leaves NYC for a small Maine town after the death of her partner
The Edible Garden 'Fairy Godmother' of the Hollywood Hills: Lauri Kranz, the founder of Edible Gardens LA
A California farmer and social justic lawyer relocate to Maine for family and affordable farmland
Painter leaves NYC to build a thriving art career and gallery in a small coastal Maine town
Goat dairy gamble: A cross-country move to Rural Maine with 40 animals along for the ride @coppertailfarm