Contributors
Xan Holyoak
Xan Holyoak is a freelance writer who works from her home studio in South Australia. With her two young children attending the country's first Bush School, the three of them strive to live a slow intentional life fueled by their love for wild adventures, home-growing and home-making. You can find out more by visiting xanholyoak.com and through Instagram @xanholyoak.
William Powers
William is the award-winning author of Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin, Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream, and New Slow City. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Slate, the Sun, and the New York Times. He has worked in aid development and conservation for over two decades. He lives in Samaipata, Bolivia, with his family. For more, see williampowersbooks.com.
Sina Schneider
Sina’s craftmanship is founded on folklore, feminism, and a pure punk DIY ethos with origins in farming, urban gardening, and her main interest, herb folklore. Her work is always genuine and, she hopes, shows her clear respect for the author who is her inspiration. Read more on her blog threehazels.blogspot.
Sarah Koff
Sarah lives in the seacoast of New Hampshire with her husband and two girls. She is a block printmaker, a writer, a gardener, and a dreamer inspired by the forest in her backyard, the rocky coast, hardworking farmers, and the people who are part of her wonderful village. Her work can be found at sarahkoffstudio.com.
Rachel Jepson Wolf
Rachel Jepson Wolf is the owner and founder of LuSa Organics (lusaorganics.com), a body care company specializing in herbal balms, soaps, and baby care. Rachel and her husband, Pete, homeschool their two kids in rural southwestern Wisconsin. Rachel is the author of two books: Herbal Adventures, a wildcrafting book for kids and their families, and The Unplugged Family Activity Book a treasure trove of offline fun. You can find her online at rachelwolfclean.com.
Penelope Rose
Penelope loves the outdoors, cooking for others, and her family. A native Michigander, she is happiest when exploring new trails, using local food to create recipes for her blog, kitchenbeet.com, and laughing so hard she cries. She thinks every day should end with Cabernet and dark chocolate.
Paul Shoul
Paul is a photographer living in Northampton, Massachusetts. A longtime contributor to many newspapers and magazines in the region, he has also traveled the world for Gonomad.com. With a strong commitment to social justice and environmental issues, he is currently working on projects for United Way, HAPHousing, and many other social service associations.
Nicolas Lindholm
Nicolas lives and farms in the coastal town of Penobscot, Maine. He and his wife run two MOFGA-certified organic farm operations: Hackmatack Farm and Blue Hill Berry Co. To afford his farming addiction, he also works as a carpenter. His other interests include hiking, camping, doing things with his two sons, and playing in a jug band.
McKenzie Elizabeth Ditter
McKenzie is a self-taught illustrator and photographer living just outside Baltimore, Maryland. She screenprints on vintage linens, loves painting starry skies, and self-published her first book in 2015 called The ABCs of Homesteading. Her work centers around nature and the magic of childhood. Find her at mckenzieelizabeth.co.
Maya Stein
Maya is a poet and creative nonfiction writer and facilitates writing workshops for adults. She has published two collections of personal essays and two collections of poetry and photographs. Her “10-Line Tuesday” poems, which she has been writing for more than seven years, reach nearly a thousand people around the world each week. To learn more, visit mayastein.com. (Photo by Jeanette LeBlanc Photography)
Lise Metzger
Lise Metzger is an award-winning freelance photographer from Washington, D.C. Her interest in a real food diet and a healthy and just food system led her to create Grounded Women, an ongoing project about women sustainable farmers. She is also a site host for a CSA and loves to connect people to the source of their food. She offers photography workshops on farms, which you can find out about on groundedwomen.com, or @groundedwomen on Instagram or Facebook. Her website is lisemetzger.com.
Kristine Vejar
Kristine is a natural dyer and the owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, a natural dyeing studio and textiles shop offering yarn, fiber, fabric, and textile-based classes. She lives in Oakland, California, with her girlfriend, Adrienne, and her two dachshunds, Cleo and Callie. Her first book, The Modern Natural Dyer (STC Craft), was published in October 2015. Visit Kristine at averbforkeepingwarm.com and @avfkw.