Holly Sobetski started working with ECHO as an intern in 2005, enrolled in their fourteen month agricultural internship program for recent college graduates. The program is specifically geared towards grads who are interested in becoming development workers overseas, helping small scale farmers in second and third world countries. Holly spent five years working in Cambodia, where she mainly worked with …
Introducing the CoolBot Pro: Interview with Store It Cold CEO Brian Murphy
Once upon a time, farmer Ron Kholsa and his college roommate Timothy, an Engineer from Cornell University, tried tinkering around with an A/C unit, attempting to trick it into cooling down to 34 degrees.. Lo and behold, it worked! Now — twelve years and 50K satisfied customers later — Store It Cold has revolutionized the way small business owners, farmers, …
From Boardroom to Barnyard: How Small Farm Nation’s Tim Young Escaped the Rat Race
One minute, Tim Young was a corporate star, flying to Europe on one of his every-six-week business trips. The next, he was a fledgling farmer, struggling to move cows on his 100-acre property in rural Georgia. Okay, it didn’t happen quite that quickly. But close. Young grew up in Georgia. While he’d never lived on a farm or had much …
How Amber Bradshaw Brings Fresh, Local Food to Her South Carolina Community
Amber Bradshaw knows a thing or two about growing, storing, and selling local, wholesome food — and how it can transform people’s lives. A little over eight years ago, Bradshaw started The Coastal Homestead, a website focused on teaching others about healthy, homegrown food and the simplicity of nature. She then took her knowledge of and passion for healthy, holistic …
“Go Break a Sweat”: Wise Advice from Homesteader and Author Marissa Ames
I thought I was busy. And then I met Marissa Ames. On the day I interviewed her, Ames was working on her latest novel for NaNoWriMo. She’s written a medieval fantasy series with rave reviews and has a nonfiction healthy eating book in the works. She writes for Backyard Poultry and Countryside Magazine and has a homesteading blog on Countryside …
