Newsletter — Spring 2024
The Spring newsletter is mailing and should start arriving in mailboxes this week. If you’re not already on our print newsletter mailing list, you can sign up for free here. “God…
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Rory
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Rory Groves moved his family from the city to the country several years ago to begin the journey towards a more durable way of life. Rory and his wife Becca now reside in southern Minnesota where they farm, raise livestock, host workshops, and homeschool their six children. He is the author of Durable Trades: Family-Centered Economies That Have Stood the Test of Time.
Power Down: Quiet Focus on Your Real Life
Power Down Week is April 21-27, 2024 Join along and Power Down with your family! Two years ago we ran our first “power down” experiment at the Grovestead. After years…
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Reflections from Our First Power Down
Join us April 21-27 for a Power Down week this year! Read more about it here. Reprinted from The Grovestead Newsletter, Summer 2022 Becca: To understand it, you need to…
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Now Printing! The Family Economy
We are very happy to announce that Rory’s newest book is printing and will be available very soon! The Family Economy: Discovering the Family as It Was Designed to Work…
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How Much to Grow?
We’ve come a long ways in 10 years. The majority of days now we are eating full meals right out of our farm: lamb steaks with asparagus, fried eggs and…
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Newsletter — Fall 2022
“There’s Just So Much to Learn…” Becca aptly puts it in her article Patience over Panic. This is what we are reflecting on ten years into this homesteading adventure, but…
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