About this episode

Ben and Hannah Yoder discuss the benefits of homeschooling within a farm community, emphasizing curiosity and self-sovereignty.

Ben and Hannah Yoder run Savage Mountain Farm, a 150-acre diversified, full-diet CSA on the Pennsylvania–Maryland line, rooted in Amish–Mennonite heritage and natural methods, raising produce, mushrooms, and pastured livestock while blending regenerative farming with homeschooling, community engagement, and a family-centered lifestyle. Farmer Stories pulls the best conversations from The Regenaissance archive - real voices from American farmers on the systems, economics, and communities shaping food and land in the US. Timestamps 00:00:00 Why they homeschool 00:01:30 School as fear, not learning 00:03:00 Preserving curiosity over teaching content 00:05:30 Disconnection from food as root cause 00:06:30 Age segregation & lost intergenerational culture 00:08:00 No screens - kids who can entertain themselves 00:10:00 Modeling self-sovereignty on the farm 00:11:30 Owning your day - the case for farming Connect with Savage Mountain: Website Instagram Follow the tour on YouTube

People in this episode

Guests: Ben Yoder, Hannah Yoder

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• regenerative farming
• community engagement
• intergenerational culture
• self-sovereignty
• curiosity

Keywords

• homeschooling
• farming
• community
• curiosity
• self-sovereignty
• intergenerational
• CSA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Savage Mountain Farm, Amish–Mennonite

Places: Pennsylvania, Maryland

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