Shannon is the author of Radical Homemakers and Long Way on a Little: An Earth Lovers' Companion for Enjoying Meat, Pinching Pennies and Living Deliciously (Sept. 2012), among others. She works with three generations of her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate NY, hosts GrassfedCooking.com and blogs at shannonhayes.info. (Photo by Teri Currie)