About us
About the Hurst Haven Homestead
Hurst Haven was never meant to be a hobby.
It started with a conviction.
We are four generations living, working, and building together on one piece of land in North Carolina.
Two parents.
Five children.
Two grandparents.
One great-grandparent.
We didn’t inherit farmland.
We didn’t grow up homesteading.
We’re building it from scratch.
It Started With a Conviction
Why We Started
This isn’t a lifestyle trend for us.
It’s legacy work.
We looked at the world our children are growing up in and knew we wanted something different.
We wanted them to know where their food comes from.
We wanted them to understand hard work, stewardship, responsibility, and what it means to build something real.
Something that produces, feeds, teaches, and lasts.
So we planted roots.
Why We Started
This isn’t a lifestyle trend for us.
It’s legacy work.
We looked at the world our children are growing up in and knew we wanted something different.
We wanted them to know where their food comes from.
We wanted them to understand hard work, stewardship, responsibility, and what it means to build something real.
Something that produces, feeds, teaches, and lasts.
So we planted roots.
What We’re Building
Hurst Haven is a working homestead being built in real time.
Today, we steward:
2 dogs
3 cats
6 Jumbo Coturnix quail
13 rabbits
100+ chickens and counting
Each season brings new lessons.
We’re learning soil health, developing breeding programs, managing pasture rotation, studying feed efficiency, and building sustainable systems step by step.
We don’t claim to have it all figured out.
We’re committed to learning, improving, and sharing what works.
Why we Share It
We are first-generation homesteaders building a four-generation legacy.
And we’re documenting the journey because knowledge grows when it is shared.
If we can learn it, so can you.
If we can build it from nothing, another family can too.
Hurst Haven exists not only to grow food, but to help rebuild practical life skills and bring families back to the table—one homestead at a time.