By Documenting Her Adventures, Solo Female Rancher Hopes to Inspire More to Embrace Homesteading

Feeling disconnected after years of living in the big city, Emmie Sperandeo finally found peace and belonging as a rancher amid the mountains of Montana.
By Documenting Her Adventures, Solo Female Rancher Hopes to Inspire More to Embrace Homesteading
Emmie Sperandeo photographed while working on a bison and Angus ranch on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, 2022. Wes Walker
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A herd of cattle roaming under the wide expanse of a Montana sky is a far cry from throngs of cars honking their way through rush hour traffic in Portland, Oregon. But that was where Emmie Sperandeo once found herself, commuting to and from work twice a day from Monday to Friday. As the symphony of frustrated horns reached a crescendo, Sperandeo had an epiphany.

“This is not what I want to be doing with my life,” she thought.

Ryan Cashman
Ryan Cashman
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Ryan Cashman is a writer, father, husband, and homesteader. He lives in the foothills of southwestern New Hampshire with his wife and four children.