Heidi Barr

“As the cold wind blows and the leaves start to fall, I am reminded that there is no renewal without the passing away that punctuates all things in a human life.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“That’s the thing about living on the earth – we humans can make all sorts of decisions and plans, but at the end of the day, the earth always gets the last word.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“A visit to the family farm in spring means witnessing growth and challenge and beauty and stillness all rolled into one.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside

“So even though Grandpa's life has closed its final chapter, the story that he embodied continues each time we take a handful of dirt to check moisture levels or turn our head at the sound of the wind shifting directions before a storm. It lives on as we give thanks for the abundance that we have, whatever it looks like. It lives on in every decision we make that puts someone else first.”
― Heidi Barr, Prairie Grown: Stories and Recipes from a South Dakota Hillside