Melissa K. Norris is a fifth generation homesteader and founder of MelissaKNorris.com and the popular Pioneering Today podcast. With her books, website, videos, podcast, and social media, she reaches more than a million people each month to help them learn simple, modern homesteading skills for a healthy and self-sufficient life. She lives with her husband, two kids, and a plethora of farm animals in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state.