Feature Homestead Mompreneurs
Photo credit Ilissa Altis Courtesy of Cylon Rolling Acres
The Homegrown Hustle
Inside the Lives of Women Balancing Motherhood & Homestead Businesses
By Maggie MacHale
From coast to coast, homesteading is a calling for many. For some, it’ s a hobby; for others, a way of life. In between, a growing number of women are balancing entrepreneurship with motherhood, true“ mompreneurs.” They’ re raising families while running businesses rooted in the land they live on. While these women represent just a glimpse of that lifestyle, their stories offer a well-rounded look at the inspiration, challenges and rewards that come with it.
Kristina Guidroz
Kristina Guidroz, co-owner of Guidroz Family Farm, blends motherhood with hands-on homesteading and small-scale agriculture. A 4-H and Future Farmers of America( FFA) alum, she developed a passion for farming and self-sufficiency early on. Her family produces most of their own vegetables, eggs, poultry and honey, specializing in Coturnix quail and selling hatching eggs nationwide, along with local produce, honey, pickled and freeze-dried quail products and handmade soap.
Leslie Svacina
Leslie Svacina, owner of Cylon Rolling Acres in Deer Park, Wisconsin, raises goats, grass-fed lamb and produces maple syrup while managing a diverse homestead. With a background in FFA, a degree in agriculture and experience in agribusiness marketing, she turned her upbringing in entrepreneurship into a farming career.
With her husband, she now sells Boer-Kiko cross meat goats nationwide while producing hay, garden crops and wild game for their family.
Bethany Salisbury
Despite growing up in a town setting, Bethany Salisbury’ s passion for ag began through 4-H and FFA. Drawn to homesteading for a more intentional lifestyle, she raises her children immersed in hands-on, self-sufficient living while building a slower, mindful connection to food and nature.
What began as producing for her family naturally grew into a small business, sharing regeneratively raised small proteins, heirloom produce, eggs and cut flowers with the community.
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