Look Who’s Coming.
Taylor Cleveland
@Avodah.FarmsTaylor, her husband, and their two boys live on their family farm in mid-Missouri. She is a florist, farmer, and sheperd running a successful online storefront of dried flowers, herbal teas, and skincare which incorporates their medicinal mushrooms.
She will be facilitating a DIY herbal tea blend bar for you to peruse and take home.
She will also be offering a “make along” dried flower wreath to cozy up your autumn home.
Kellyn Goodrich
@Table.FolkKellyn began homesteading in the desert of Phoenix, AZ. Kellyn, her husband, and their five children transplanted to the Ozarks almost three years ago where they continue to homestead on their 40 acre farm.
As a home educator to five kids, she knows the sacrifice that it takes. Join her for an intimate break out work shop on homeschooling.
Katie Metka
@Katiemetka
Katie, her husband, and their ten children are nestled in the Ozarks building their homestead from the ground up. Their farm specializes in Homegrown, fresh flowers for their local market, as well as handcrafted farm goods for those across the US.
Katie will be leading a workshop to encourage you to photograph the farm and journey of your family along the way. She will also be leading a meal prep where we try our hand at phyllo dough.
Anna Maria Desipris
@beekeepingmama @sunandbloomfarms
Anna Maria is a natural beekeeper, herbalist, farmer, consultant and educator with a decade of professional experience in the realm of farming, community building and the farm to table movement.
She will be leading us in a workshop on natural bee keeping. As well as a hands-on activity making oxymels and electuaries with medicinal herb infused honey.
Erin Worrall
@thecedarchestfarmErin is a wife, mom of four, and a full time farmer. She runs a successful CSA for 35 families and attends her farmers market weekly in the season. Her farm is nestled in the rolling hills of Blacksburg, Virginia and is home to a flock of chickens, some grazing cattle, and a mischievous gang of nigerian dwarf goats.
She will be sharing her love of sourdough as she facilitates meal prep time and gives you a hands on experience with sourdough bread and bagels.
Bethany Sutton
@sutton_family_homestead
Bethany and her husband homestead with their 4 kids in Southern Illinois. She spends her days homeschooling, gardening, cooking from scratch, and caring for a myriad of animals, including a herd of dairy goats. She has been making goat-milk soap for her family, farmers’ markets, and local boutiques for almost a decade and will be leading a workshop equipping you for the basics of soapmaking on your own homestead.
RuthAnn Zimmerman
@ruthannzimm
RuthAnn and her family live in North East Iowa, She and her husband Elvin have 7 children, 2 son-in-laws, and their first grandbaby on the way. RuthAnn has been on her 21-acre homestead since 2001. She and her husband seek to preserve the self-sufficient lifestyle of their Mennonite Heritage for the next generation by involving their children in every aspect of the homestead. From raising and harvesting the meat they consume, gardening and preserving to fill the family's larder, processing the dairy from the family milk cow along with the many other skills that develop the character and integrity of a family that desires to bring glory and honor to their Heavenly Father.
Emily Morrow
@ReallyVeryCrunchy
Emily is a stay-at-home mom who founded the social media channel “Really Very Crunchy” with her husband Jason in 2022. She recently released her best selling book “Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner’s Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality”.
Emily is deeply committed to living a natural and sustainable lifestyle, and she shares her experiences with her followers on her channel. When she’s not busy creating content or spending time with her family, Emily enjoys gardening, foraging, reading, and exploring the great outdoors with her two kids.
We are so excited to spend some time with Emily as our Saturday night keynote speaker.
Melody Haege
@renaissance.woman.mn
Melody will be sharing intro to bow hunting as well as tracking. Melody lives in the Minnesota Big Woods with her husband and five children. Life on her side of the big woods (across the Mississippi) is fairly similar to what you may have read about in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book: we have cold winters and hot summers, we make maple syrup, hunt deer, and grow as many crops as our short growing season allows. We forage through the woods for foods we use to make jams and we enjoy a good square dance and pie making contest with the best of them. She is a baker, archer, homesteader, and more. Her goal is to help people learn the old ways of working, making, and doing.