It is an act of infinite optimism.
— Gilda Ragner
My name is Mia and I am a mother, a business owner, a homesteader, a farmer, and a wife. These are not all the things that define me, but they are the parts of myself that I tend towards when I think about where I am in life, and what I am building towards. My husband and I started Crump Family Farms in 2018 in central Virginia. We live on 3.5 acres with 7 chickens, 2 dogs, and 1 baby girl. We work to cultivate a life we love, a life in which we have as much time together and time outside as possible. We can often be found in our garden, where we grow the majority of the vegetables our family eats. We are currently learning to can and jar produce, and to store root vegetables.
On this blog, I will share stories from the homestead, tails (sorry…) from the farm, adventures of motherhood, and my journey as a woman in agriculture and a female business owner. I believe in sharing stories and our human connection to each other, to the food we eat, and to the earth. My daughter is a warrior, an angel on earth, and I will share her inspiring story on this blog as well, because she is my “WHY”. She is the reason I do what I do, she reinforces my belief in good food from the earth, and in shopping local and small to shop morally.
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