LISA KIVIRIST is an innkeeper of the nationally recognized Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and the sun. With her husband, John Ivanko, Lisa co-authored the award-winning book ECOpreneuring as well as Rural Renaissance. Lisa is a distinguished Food and Community Fellow and leading national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture. She directs the Rural Women’s Project for the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), championing women farmers. Lisa is also a national speaker and a contributor to Hobby Farm Home and Edible Madison. Based on her family’s organic farm in southwest Wisconsin, Lisa can usually be found pickling, parenting or pecking away at the keyboard.
JOHN IVANKO is an innkeeper of the nationally recognized Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast. Together with his wife, Lisa Kivirist, John is a national speaker, marketing consultant and co-author of the award-winning ECOpreneuring as well as Rural Renaissance. He is also the co-author and photographer for six award-winning multicultural children’s books for the Global Fund for Children, including To Be a Kid, Be My Neighbor and To Be an Artist. As a freelance writer and photographer, John contributes to Urban Farm, Mother Earth News, Natural Home, Hobby Farms, Natural Awakenings and E Magazine, among many others. Based in Browntown, Wisconsin, he shares his organic farm with his wife and son, millions of ladybugs and a 10 kW Bergey wind turbine.
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