Starting back in the 1960s, growing numbers of young people in these United States of America starting dropping out. Turned off by mainstream society, they turned their backs on career advancement, corner offices and getting ahead. Instead, many of these back-to-the-landers opted for buying land, building cabins and growing food. Many set up shop here in Missouri and started homesteading in the heartland.

In this episode of Mo’ Curious, we meet four homesteaders whose lives overlapped around a shared purpose, making music and forest protection. An earlier episode focused on a homesteader family who now have multiple generations living on that land.