Roots & Refuge

Jessica Sowards

Jessica Sowards is the heart behind Roots and Refuge Farm, sharing her journey of sustainable living, gardening, and homesteading through her YouTube channel. With warmth and authenticity, she inspires thousands to cultivate their own green paradise, promoting self-sufficiency and the joy of simple living.

McMurray Hatchery

Tom Watkins

Tom Watkins is the President and co-owner of Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa. Tom and his father-in-law, Bud Wood, are building on the company’s 105 year-old legacy of hatching the highest quality baby poultry in the U.S. Tom manages day-to-day operations of the hatchery which offers more than 120 varieties of poultry and fowl. Tom, his wife Ashley, and their four children have a 5-acre homestead in central Iowa where they raise chickens, turkeys, hogs, and Scottish Highland cattle.

Lumnah Acres

Al Lumnah

For almost 10 years now, Al and his wife Gina have been documenting their experiences in modern homesteading and sustainable living via their YouTube channel. With a knack for practical advice and a down-to-earth approach, they inspire viewers to embrace self-sufficiency. As they now work on a creating a 500 acre homestead from raw land, they share insights and experiences from their own homesteading journey from the Boston suburbs to northern NH.

Gold Shaw Farm

Morgan Gold

After leaving the suburbs of Washington, DC and moving to an abandoned dairy farm in Northern Vermont, Morgan faced the daunting task of rebuilding the property back into a working farm.  Through the use of social media, he has been able to share his story with over 600,000 subscribers on YouTube and 2 million followers on TikTok.  Learn how Morgan has leveraged storytelling and social media to build a dedicated following for his farm, and how you can do the same.

Author - Survive & Thrive

Bill Fulton

Bill Fulton grew up on a ranch in Montana before spending 8 years as an Infantryman in the United States Army.  After a debilitating injury, Bill opened his own security company and retail store selling military and survival products in Alaska.  He currently spends his time on a small holistic, sustainable farm in New England with his wife and two children.  Bill now consults on holistic integrative agriculture, disaster preparedness, and climate change mitigation 

Greentwist Acres

Karina Allayne

Karina Allayne is the founder/farmer/educator at Greentwist Acres Farm and Learning Center in New Boston, NH where she breeds and raises pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys, peafowl, geese, and Great Pyrenees with the help of her husband, David, and daughter, Noelle Paige. She has been raising poultry for 12 years, and raising the Livestock Guardian Dog breed, Great Pyrenees, for 9 years. She feels strongly that raising poultry in New England is best accomplished with livestock guardian dogs.  She is a lifelong learner, and is always happy to share her experiences with others.

The Homestead Journey

Brian Wells

Brian is a 4th generation homesteader who has been homesteading with his wife Bonnie and son Brian Jr. on a little over 2 acres in Upstate NY.  He is an avid gardener and has raised rabbits, chickens, geese, turkeys, and American Guinea hogs.  He enjoys preserving the harvest in a variety of ways; freezing, dehydrating, canning and fermenting.  In 2019, he launched the Homestead Journey podcast to help others on their journey towards self-sufficiency, self-reliance and sustainability.

The Mindful Homestead

Jack Pollner

Jack and his wife Jacqueline own and operate The Mindful Homestead, a small farmstead in the Monadnock region of New Hampshire.  The raise pastured pork, chicken, and turkey for themselves and others, as well as a garden for themselves.  They also make and sell lard soap and a line of beard care products.  Through the use of strong branding and marketing, they manage to make their small farm profitable for them, and easy enough to run while working full time jobs.

Fullam Meadow Farm

Jane Beauchamp

Jane and her husband Dave tend a small flock of Coopworth sheep on their "farmette" in Winchester, New Hampshire.  In addition to the sheep, they raise chickens and ducks, and grow a small garden. Over the years, Jane has found ways to maximize the yield from their small operation to feed both themselves and those in their community.