Shannon Hayes
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ShareThe author of Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture, Shannon lives and works with her family on Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate New York.
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What We Learned From Swimming With Leeches
by Shannon Hayesposted Jul 25, 2012 - The appearance of “bloodsucking parasites” in one farm family’s pond got them thinking: How could we be so comfortable with our natural world, yet paranoid about harmless—and helpful—creatures in it?
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The Audacity of Acting Out: What Our Kids Can Teach Us
by Shannon Hayesposted Jul 10, 2012 - In a society where we are taught not to call out absurdity where we see it, how can we learn to speak up?
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One More Benefit of Local Food
by Shannon Hayesposted Jun 28, 2012 - A farmer sings the praises of having non-farmers close at hand.
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The Other Side of Gainful Unemployment
by Shannon Hayesposted May 31, 2012 - The downsides of doing it all.
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The Perks of Being Gainfully Unemployed
by Shannon Hayesposted May 18, 2012 - Is job security real security? Shannon Hayes makes the case for diversifying your income.
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Radical Homemaking … In the South of France?
by Shannon Hayesposted Apr 18, 2012 - Shannon Hayes: Do radical homemaking and foreign travel mix?
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When It Comes to Kids, Is Climate a Four-Letter Word?
by Shannon Hayesposted Feb 27, 2012 - When and how should we talk to kids about the dangers of climate change? One mother's take.
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My Prices Are Not Too High: A Farmer Fires Back
by Shannon Hayesposted Jan 30, 2012 - Shannon Hayes: Why are my prices higher than those at the supermarket? Glad you asked.
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Reclaiming Christmas, Radical Homemaker Style
by Shannon Hayesposted Dec 21, 2011 - Shannon Hayes: Can you take on consumerism without being a Scrooge?
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From the Farm to the Occupation
by Shannon Hayesposted Dec 07, 2011 - Shannon Hayes on taking farm politics to Occupy Wall Street...and talking about the politics of Occupy in her farming community.
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Farmers, Foodies, Radical Homemakers: Time to Occupy Wall Street
by Shannon Hayesposted Dec 02, 2011 - Shannon Hayes: I’m usually content to live a life of protest, but the time has come to take my protest to the street.
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Toilet Paper Preparedness vs. True Resilience
by Shannon Hayesposted Nov 02, 2011 - What I learned from the hurricane: Real emergency preparedness has more to do with community than canned goods.
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Radical Homemakers vs. the Hurricane
by Shannon Hayesposted Aug 30, 2011 - Shannon Hayes reports from Schoharie County, New York, which was hard-hit by Hurricane Irene.
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Saying Goodbye to the P.O.
by Shannon Hayesposted Aug 09, 2011 - Thousands of small-town post offices are on notice for closure. Radical homemaker Shannon Hayes on what that will mean for the communities who love them.
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Can You Be a Radical Homemaker With an Unsupportive Partner?
by Shannon Hayesposted Jul 07, 2011 - Shannon Hayes: What happens when one member of a couple wants to live a new kind of life—but the other doesn't?
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