About - A Note from Hannah
Hands in the Soil began in 2023, after returning from a self-guided exploration through India and Nepal into traditional organic agriculture.
I witnessed firsthand the ways agriculture has always been one of our most basic and intrinsic connections to this planet. And how farming, in many ways, is simply an expression of that relationship.
There’s something we’ve lost here in Western societies. And I believe it’s what many of us are deeply searching for.
There is a call within us to return to the land.
To remember what it means to be connected to place.
To know how to cultivate food where we live, and to truly care for the lands we inhabit.
For me, it all comes back to agriculture.
Because when you are living in alignment with the Earth, you care for the places you call home.
That care extends to the soil, the water, and the many forms of life that exist alongside you — you understand that your health and their health are deeply intertwined.
India, 2023
When I returned from my travels, I knew I had to tell the stories of those who embody this way of being — whose wisdom is not only under-heard, but too often not even asked for.
There are so many questions about how we heal, how we move forward, how we care for this planet.
In my opinion, the people we should be learning from are those who have been closest to the land, and in many cases, the first to be impacted by its degradation.
I believe farmers belong at the center of every conversation about our future.
I believe our relationship with the land shapes the way we live, love, and connect.
I believe agriculture is more than growing food — it is the foundation of how we relate to this planet.
Thank you for joining me on this journey - I’m so glad you’re here.
“The story of our relationship to the earth is written more truthfully on the land than on the page. It lasts there. The land remembers what we said and what we did. Stories are among our most potent tools for restoring the land as well as our relationship to land.”
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass