Couple Leave the City and Transition to a Homestead Life in the Mountains to Live Intentionally

Couple Leave the City and Transition to a Homestead Life in the Mountains to Live Intentionally
Courtesy of Jason Contreras
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After receiving a cancer diagnosis, a couple from a city in Southern California gained a new perspective on life and began to question their lifestyle. They then made the huge decision to move to the mountains of North Carolina for a more intentional life. Six years on, they are growing their own food, homeschooling their daughter, and living their dream life.

Jason and Lorraine Contreras, and their daughter, Penelope, currently have a 14-acre homestead in western North Carolina. They have learned to grow the majority of their own food, raise their own meat, improve the land and soil they live on, and thrive without electronic distractions.