Shantana Simmon lives in the central Michigan town of Eaton Rapids, where she and her husband run a 30-acre family farm, Tilted Barn, when they’re not working on their other full-time jobs. Shantana and host Michael Whidden met through a program sponsored by Braver Angels, 1:1 Conversations, which allows members to have talks with people who live in communities different than their own.
Shantana talks about, among other things:
*the challenges of farming
*their reasons for getting into farming
*her insights from a politically mixed marriage
*choosing livestock over cash crops
*why you’ll need a very big freezer if you want to order from them
Shantana finds hope in noticing that people on social media seem to be increasingly finding joy and gratitude in everyday beauty like full moons.