Shannon Hayes

Did you or someone you know opt to sidestep a traditional career track to put your family and the planet first? For my next book project, I am looking to meet and profile folks who have learned to live on less in order to take the time to nourish their family and the planet through home cooking, engaged citizenship, responsible consumption and creative living. Enlightened homemakers can be male, female or two people sharing the role, full or part-time. Click on the link below to send me an email and tell me about yourself or someone you know. Please put "enlightened homemaker" in the subject heading. Thanks!

Shannon Hayes farms and travels the world studying great food, agriculture, and rural living. Armed with a keen palate, a ton of degrees in sustainable agriculture, years of culinary experience and a hearty appetite, she is on a mission to convince the world that we can save the planet, one bite at a time. Her articles, essays and columns have appeared in Yankee Magazine, Adirondack Life, Kaatskill Life, Graze, Farm To Table.org, as well as on Northeast Public Radio. She has been a featured guest on numerous radio talk shows around the country, and her first book, The Grassfed Gourmet, is available through Eating Fresh Publications, 10 Speed Press, or through grassfedcooking.com. The Farmer and the Grill is available through grassfedcooking.com (simply follow the link at the top of this page).

Shannon, her husband Bob Hooper and their daughter Saoirse live in Schoharie County, New York where they work with her parents, Jim and Adele Hayes, on Sap Bush Hollow Farm . The family raises all-natural grassfed lamb, beef, pork, and poultry.

Shannon holds a BA in creative writing from Binghamton University, and a masters and Ph.D. in sustainable agriculture and community development from Cornell University.