Katie Kulla is a writer and artist who focuses on farming and nature. She lives and farms with her family in Yamhill County, Oregon. You can find Katie at katiekulla.com and on Instagram @katiekulla.
Cheryl Holbert is a professional baker and teacher who integrates her love of bread making with techniques from her artistry and skill as a tapestry weaver. Her challah designs have received acclaim at the Fete du Pain in Paris, won the Tiptree World Bread Awards USA Showstopper and been featured in numerous online and print publications including Gastro Obscura, the Boston Globe and Good Morning America. Cheryl was named one of the Top Ten Bread Bakers in North America by Dessert Professional Magazine and creates an international array of artisan breads for her local New Hampshire community. A passionate and supportive teacher, she offers bread making classes online, as well as on site at her cottage business Nomad Bakery in Derry, NH. Cheryl also travels for private teaching engagements and offers workshops for community groups, in addition to being a guest instructor for the King Arthur Baking School in Norwich, VT.
Catarina Seixas is a Land steward, mother, fiber artist, bioregionalist, folk herbalist and writer. She lives with her family in the hills of central Portugal, her native land, in a small hand built stone house surrounded by gardens and animals. Cat is the author of The Wild Craft and you can connect with her over at theolivetreesandthemoon.com or on instagram at @theolivetreesandthemoon.
Jody White is a professional photographer based in Shaftsbury, Vermont. His appreciation of the natural world and history inspire his career of capturing his surroundings, wildlife and specialized on-the-water photography. Jody grew up on Wing & A Prayer Farm and has spent countless hours helping out when not traveling/working as editor/photographer for tournament fishing company, MLF.
Laurie Mitchell is a nature inspired artist based in the Cheshire Countryside in England. She has a particular fondness for bees, birds and butterflies and incorporates a range of artistic processes within her work. These include watercolour painting, collage and printmaking.
Kami McBride, author of The Herbal Kitchen has taught herbal medicine at College of Marin and the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. Over the past 30 years she has helped thousands of families make the highest quality herbal remedies to prevent illness, cure common ailments and protect their health naturally. Her courses and free articles can be found here: www.kamimcbride.com.
Cassidhe Hart wrote her first poem as a toddler with her mother’s help, dictating words onto a scrap of construction paper. She’s been writing ever since. She lives in Evanston, IL, and writes at the intersection of faith, ecology, and ritual, exploring the ways we tell stories about our inner and outer worlds.
Stephanie Bruneau is a writer, naturalist, and beekeeper. She is the author of two books about honey bees, The Benevolent Bee and Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, but lately she's been writing about lessons from the natural world in the topics of love and loss, grief and grace. She lives in Philadelphia with two children, eight chickens, three cats, and the memory of her husband, Emile.
Christi Johnson's art combines cosmic visions and botanical beauties, a hypnotic dance of symbols stitched methodically into fabric. The evolving qualities of natural materials are embraced, and the use of discarded materials gives new life to what has been cast aside. Christi's textile studio, Mixed Color, provides functional pieces that are thoughtfully made, as well as workshops and books so that others may learn these skills for themselves.
Rachel Beaupré is a Massachusetts-based fiber artist with a background in art and art history. A maker since childhood, Rachel learned the skills of blacksmithing and sewing from her parents. Today she enjoys drawing, baking, gardening, and stitching with her own two children. You can find her natural fiber toys and sewing kits at wee-things.com and on Instagram @weethingsfiberarts.
Mollie VanSant is a recent graduate from SAIC who lives in Chicago and specializes in scientific illustration. Most of her current art practice focuses on capturing and highlighting the beauty of wildlife through highly detailed illustrations. She also does custom pet portraits. More of her work can be seen at molliesagevansant.com and on Instagram @mollie.vansant.art.
Dana Benner has been writing about homesteading, survival, history, and self-sufficiency for over thirty years. His articles have appeared in regional, national, and international publications.