Pipestem Creek
Keeping nature in mind, Ann Hoffert's handcrafted creations are made of natural ingredients.  Combining her love to garden and an inherent creative talent, her business has continued to grow, and she continues to learn lessons along the way. 

Mac Watson
Santa Fe, New Mexico · By Charlie Laurel The story of adobe building is as old as dirt – as old as sun-baked mud bricks, and almost as widespread as human beings themselves. “Eighty to ninety percent of the structures in the world that people live in are earthen structures. It’s only in the Western, developed countries that we’ve forgotten how to use this material,” Mac Watson says.

Jack Ehrhardt
Kingman, Arizona · By Charlie Laurel Jack Ehrhardt and his contracting company, ACE Builders, built the first “Earthship” in Arizona for a client in Dewey in the early 1990s. An Earthship is a self-sustaining, passive solar home made from used tires packed with dirt, cans, bottles, and other discards. The home was designed by architect Michael Reynolds of Taos, New Mexico, and features solar electric power, rainwater roof collection, and indoor graywater garden planters that filter wastewater while growing food and flowers.

Hendricks Farms and Dairy
Telford, Pennsylvania . Attracting customers from seven states surrounding its Pennsylvania base, Hendricks Farms and Dairy, owned by Trent and Rachael Hendricks, leverage the power of diversification of both customers and the products they produce from all-pastured-livestock, growing a livelihood that yields healthy food for their family and customers while caring for their land and livestock.

Earthen Path Organic Farm
On 14 acres in the hill and coulee country above the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, a seasonal dance with the forces of nature takes place.