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Five Inspiring Farm Moms You Need to Know

These farmommas are paving the way.

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I wasn’t raised on a farm. Quite the opposite actually. 

And so, I’ve had to draw inspiration and hope from others that have helped show me that there’s another way. 

Here are the top five “farmommas” that have inspired me, encouraged me, and guided me. 

Someday, I hope I’ll get to meet, or chat with, a few of them in-person!

Sally Fallon from Nourishing Traditions (#1)

Sally Fallon wrote the cookbook “Nourishing Traditions” and co-founded the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF), which focuses on sharing and advocating for ancestral nutritional knowledge.

Sally has also been campaigning for access to raw milk before it was considered cool.

How I discovered Sally

And at the tender age of 23, I went to a WAPF conference in Portland, Oregon. As a former vegan, and a lifelong enthusiast of animal welfare, it was a paradigm shift to understand how critical it is that we eat animal foods. 

We depend on animals. And animals depend on us.

By that point, I already knew eating animal foods was important thanks to reading blogs like Mark Sisson’sMark’s Daily Apple” and other paleo books like Nora GedgaudasPrimal Body, Primal Mind

But it was going to that WAPF conference that really helped me understand how critical it is to:

  • know where our food comes from
  • take the time to prepare traditional foods (fermentation, sourdough, and bone broths all take patience and time)
  • support responsible animal husbandry
  • support organic farming 

Sally Fallon has helped highlight over and over again that we cannot leave out animal-based food products if we want to thrive as human beings. 

Saturated-fat rich meats, raw milk, and omega 3-rich eggs are not “bad” foods but nutrient dense foods that should remain in our diet, and have for much of our human history, before being attacked in recent years by the low-fat diet industry.

Once you really know how important nutrient-dense animal foods are, it becomes totally worthwhile to drive across town to pick up raw milk from a local farmer (yes, I did this in college for a while).

Or, to dream about being able to one day raise pasture-raised chickens of your own.

In addition to writing about ancestral nutrition, Sally is a mom and has a farm.

She also has a great book out there about raising healthy kids.

Although Sally is known to be a somewhat controversial figure, I respect her willingness and courage to advocate for well-rounded nutrition in a world that is increasingly pushing us towards a diet restricted to plant-based foods.

Jill Winger from the Prairie Homestead (#2)

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Jill is one of the best known names in the homesteading space. She has been blogging about homesteading before it was considered cool, and I’ve seen her writing featured in the Family section of the Epoch Times.

Her and her husband’s story is that they moved far away from home, in Wyoming, bought a fixer upper house with a lot of acreage–but that was 40 miles away from the nearest grocery store. 

They worked hard to make their homesteading dreams happen, especially once they had kids and went down to one income. 

How I discovered Jill

It was 2019, and I started getting serious about buying a house. And land. Oh, how I wanted land.

Fast-forward, and my husband and I were able to get our house and acreage in 2021.

But during this time, I was doing A LOT of research into homesteading and that’s when I discovered Jill.

I’ll admit, I was intimidated by how far along she was, and is, in her homesteading journey (she has a ton of acreage, horses, a cattle ranching business, a restaurant, a blog, a book, and a podcast), but she really shares insight and wisdom with such a warm-hearted and encouraging approach that it makes her one of the best mentors out there. 

P.S. I have never met Jill but I have chatted with her in the comments section of Instagram!

(Oh, how social media is such a strange phenomenon)

Lisa Bass from Farmhouse on Boone (#3)

Lisa is kind of a big deal in the sourdough space, an “OG”, and to this day, most of her blog content seems to focus around sourdough recipes and high-end farmhouse home decor. 

In addition to being a baking expert, she’s also a mom of eight kids and a business owner (she and her husband blog, podcast, and YouTube full-time for their family income). 

How I discovered Lisa

I first came across Lisa’s content when I was searching for a beginner sourdough recipe in 2021, and I suspect that this is how many people have found her online. 

I find her content around cleaning, organizing, and cooking for her big family to be awe-inspiring because she cooks such healthy meals from scratch (which even includes grinding her own flour!), washes all of her dishes by hand, and still seems to be enjoying herself every step of the way.

As a mom of eight that lived on a farm, I’m still not sure how she has time for it all, but she has shared some really creative ideas when it comes to simplifying.

For example, she always keeps a box around for tossing old clothes and items into for donations. 

By continually pairing down and keeping personal items to a minimum, she minimizes the clutter and what needs to be cleaned.

I’ve started doing the same thing and it’s been a such a great homemaking habit to implement.

Lisa’s farmhouse style and recommendations are also such timesavers for me, because I know that she has usually taken the time to really research something before recommending it. 

From her Berkey water filter to her Mock Mill for grinding flour, I like to scope out her favorite kitchen tools and gadgets because they’re usually such smart kitchen investments.

# 4 Becky from Acre Homestead

Becky is an incredible meal prepper that has really mastered the art of bulk processing and batching her food. And she has such a fresh approach in the kitchen.

How I found Becky

Cooking projects that others might think are unfeasible, Becky manages to accomplish in an afternoon.

I believe this is actually how I found Becky on YouTube… I was searching for meal prepping motivation!

By taking on cooking projects that include cooking a month’s worth of food in one day and recording the whole thing from start to finish, it’s really changed my perspective on what’s possible.

And while she certainly didn’t invent the concept of meal prepping, I don’t know anyone else that meal preps with so much energy and gusto.

I love that Becky is committed to making healthy food convenient for her family as well, so she’ll do somewhat unconventional things like have a dozen or so ceramic lasagna casserole dishes so she can freeze her homemade lasagna directly in the pan.

Although this is somewhat unusual, it makes me wonder about “normal” things we do as Americans such as spending an inordinate amount of money on takeout food.

If there are ways to make healthy home-cooked food work for your family, why not give it a whirl?

Marci Ferrell from the Thankful Homemaker

Is homemaking making a comeback? I think so. 

And Marci Ferrel, from the Thankful Homemaker, is certainly doing her part to highlight the importance of our homemaking efforts and she does so through a Christian lens. 

Although she’s not technically a homesteading farm mom, she’s a mom and a homemaker and has endless advice that can help any farmomma along in her homemaking journey.

I firmly believe that homesteading and homemaking go hand in hand.

How I found Marci

I’m a newer listener to the Thankful Homemaker podcast. It was actually a friend from church that recommended her podcast (which can be found on Spotify) to me.

And I have found her content to be full of wisdom and helpful nuggets.

What is especially refreshing is to listen to homemaking content from a seasoned homemaker with grown kids.

For some reason, I find that this allows her to bring more of a mentoring perspective that I really enjoy.

After all, houses get messy. Groceries get eaten. And when it’s 5 o’clock everyone’s hungry all at once.

And so, I think we all can see how homemaking really is an art form and there are ways to approach it that can make life easier or harder. 

By being spirit led, it helps us to remember the spiritual significance of our homemaking efforts, and we can approach our daily “to-dos” with a light, warm, and joyous heart. 

It takes a village

I hope we can get more mommas sharing their experiences with homesteading, homemaking, and healthy living. I’m inspired by all of these “farmommas” and hope I can do my part to contributing to this conversation.

The African proverbial wisdom that “it takes a village” to raise a child can be extended to moms too. Just like children, mothers need to be mothered, too.

We all need each other and I’m grateful that this is one of the benefits of our internet age… that it’s easier to than ever to connect (once we’re willing to put ourselves out there). 

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