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The Call To Farms podcast is dedicated to the pursuit of self-sufficiency, self reliance, and sustainability. Tim and Sophia Eng are a military family, both born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and are self-taught first generation regenerative farmers who are building a homestead in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Their multi-generational family have been actively homesteading on a 60-acre piece of land. This podcast is dedicated to their journey and is a call for others to join them in pursuing self sufficiency, self reliance, and sustainability.
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Episode 104: Moving Your Family to Real Food with Christine Muldoon
We flew to Dallas to sit at Christine Muldoon’s kitchen table, where she served us picanha (Tim’s favorite cut, the one we only ever order at Brazilian steakhouses), sourdough zucchini bread, and a Caesar salad with dressing she made from s
Episode 103: Impactful Life Lessons After Nearly 30 Years, with Rick Shinn
Nearly 30 years ago, Sophia walked into Rick Shinn’s 9th grade Honors English class at Independence High School in San Jose, her first honors class ever, and within a few weeks he was her favorite teacher. Six months in, he told the class h
Episode 102: How Do You Keep Homesteading Without Burning Out? Justin and Rebekah Rhodes
Justin Rhodes told us, about ten minutes into this conversation, that after 20 years of homesteading they’re burnt out, then admitted it depends on the day, since every other day they’re selling the farm. We recorded this one at the Rhodes
Episode 101: What Bees Can Teach Us About Health, Soil and Homesteading with Kaylee Richardson
What if some of the most useful plants for your family's home apothecary are already growing in your backyard? In this episode of the Call To Farms Podcast, Sophia sits down with Kaylee Richardson of The Honeystead, beekeeper, herbalist, ho
Episode 100: From California to Tennessee and Our New Book!
A huge Thank You to our Listeners!! =) We reached a major milestone with you with Episode 100. This podcast grew up right alongside our move from California to East Tennessee. In our 100th episode we look back at how the show changed as we
Episode 99: We Adopted Our High School Teacher & Counselor as Our Parents | A Story of Mentorship, Service & Chosen Family
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." — Henry Adams Some people come into your life as a teacher and never leave. In this deeply personal episode of The Call to Farms, Tim and Sophia sit down in Gilroy,
Episode 98: Return to Ancestral Nutrition w/ Julia Mitchell at Ancestral Supplements
What if the nutritional value of your food begins long before it reaches your plate? In this episode of the Call to Farms podcast, Tim and Sophia sit down with Julia Mitchell, lead educator at Ancestral Supplements, clinical nutritionist, a
Episode 97: How to Build Community When You Move to the Country
Everyone says they want a village—but are we willing to become villagers? In this episode of the Call to Farms podcast, Tim and Sophia share how they built a trusted community after moving across the country from California to rural East Te
Episode 96: Homesteading in 2026 - Land, Water, AI, and Community
After speaking at the Modern Homesteading Conference in Idaho, Tim and Sophie sit down to reflect on the biggest questions they heard from future homesteaders, young families, retirees, and land buyers across the country. In this episode, t
Episode 95: Real Food for Busy Families with Corey Dunn
Sophia sits down with Corey Dunn of For Nutrient’s Sake for an honest, encouraging conversation about making real food doable for everyday families. As fellow Weston A. Price chapter leaders, Sophia and Corey talk about the gap between idea
Episode 94: What Memorial Day Taught Me About Homesteading, Family, and Freedom
This week, Tim shares a solo episode reflecting on Memorial Day, a recent family trip to North Dakota, and the inspiring people he met at the Prairie Roots Homesteading Conference. From visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Badland
Episode 93: Why Serious Homestead Buyers Should Not Sit Out This Market
In this May housing market and homestead update, Tim and Sophie share reflections from their trip to the Prairie Roots Homesteading Summit in North Dakota, where they keynoted alongside Justin and Rebekah Rhodes and spoke with their childre
Episode 92: What Every Veteran Should Know About the VA Loan
If you served our country, you earned this benefit, and it may be one of the most powerful wealth-building tools available to veterans today. In this episode of the Call to Farms Podcast, Tim and Sophia Eng break down the truth about the VA
Episode 91: The Art of Clabber with Katya Luniova
What if milk was never the problem?In this episode of the Call to Farms Podcast, Sophia sits down with Katya Luniova to explore a forgotten tradition that challenges everything we’ve been taught about dairy.Most of us grew up hearing that m
Episode 90: What You May Not Know About Soil, Health and Food with David Stelzer of Azure Standard
What if the food you trust the most is not actually nourishing you?Not because it is fake, but because something essential has been lost long before it ever reaches your table.In this episode of Call to Farms, we sit down with David Stelzer
Episode 89: The Spring Shift in Housing, Fuel, and Food Right Now
After 8 weeks off the mic, we’re back and a lot has changed. This episode was recorded just a week and a half ago and already the landscape is shifting again. Mortgage rates have started to improve. The Strait of Hormuz opened, then closed
Episode 88: Beef vs Dairy Cows with Janelle Anderson
There is a difference between liking the idea of homesteading and living a life where animals depend on you every single day. In this episode of Call to Farms, Sophia Eng sits down with Janelle Anderson of Haven Farmstead for an honest conv
Episode 87: You Don’t Have to Wait for Retirement to Start Homesteading
What if you did not have to wait until retirement to live the life you want. What if homesteading did not mean quitting your job, going off grid, or putting your dreams on hold until your kids are grown. In this episode of the Call to Farms
Episode 86: Winter Storms, Interest Rates, and the 2026 Housing Market Update
Winter storms, market shifts, and major decisions all collided at once, and this episode is a reminder that homesteading is about preparation, adaptability, and stewardship when life feels uncertain. In this episode of the Call to Farms Pod
Episode 85: Regenerative Homesteading in North Dakota with Daniel Stenberg
Most people assume regenerative farming and homesteading cannot work in places where winter lasts half the year and conventional agriculture dominates the landscape. In this episode of The Call to Farms Podcast, Tim and Sophia Eng sit down
Episode 84: Securing Your Homestead with Infinite Banking and Cash-Flow Strategy with Kurt Berry
What does it really mean to secure your home, your homestead, and your family’s future? In this special episode of The Call to Farms Podcast, Tim and Sophia Eng sit down with their trusted financial advisor and friend, Kurt Berry of Stillwa
Episode 83: From Rest to Readiness How to Plan Your Home and Land for the New Year
A new year does not mean starting from scratch. It means building wisely from where you already are. In this episode of Call to Farms, Tim and Sophia reflect on the transition out of a Sabbath year of rest and into a season of intentional r
Episode 82: What 2025 Taught Us About Money, Land, and Raising Resilient Families
As 2025 comes to a close, we are sitting down for an honest, unfiltered conversation about what this year really demanded of our family. This was not a year of shortcuts or easy wins. It was a year that asked more of us financially, emotion
Episode 81: Off-Market Listings in Tennessee and Virginia
In this episode, Tim and Sophie open the vault. They are sharing a curated selection of off-market homestead properties in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. These are land and homes that are not publicly listed and are being share
Episode 80: Debt Consolidation and Buying a Home in Today’s Market
In this special midweek episode of The Call to Farms Podcast, Tim and Sophie sit down to share a timely December housing market update and the real conversations they are having every day with families across the country. This episode goes
Episode 79: Intention, Bread, and the Hungry Ghost with Jonathan Stevens
What does it mean to devote your life to one thing and do it with care, humility, and soul? In this episode of The Call to Farms, Sophie sits down with Jonathan Stevens, baker and author of Hungry Ghost Bread, the award-winning book that is
Episode 78: 20 Years After West Point with Tim Eng (Part 2) - Taking a Different Path
In this powerful continuation of Tim’s return to West Point, he takes listeners deeper into the halls, fields, and memories that shaped him as a young cadet. Revisiting these places twenty years later opened up a surprising reflection on pu
Episode 77: Sea Minerals, Soil Health and Real Food Nutrition with Michael Sileck of Baja Gold Salt Co. and Sea-90 Ocean Minerals
Is the salt in your kitchen actually nourishing your body, or quietly doing damage? In this episode, Sophia interviews Michael Sileck, Chief Mineral Officer at Baja Gold Salt Company and Sea-90 Ocean Minerals, to uncover the truth about sal
Episode 76: 20 Years After West Point with Tim Eng (Part 1)
When Tim Eng, a West Point graduate, Iraq veteran, and now “The Homesteading Agent,” returned to the U.S. Military Academy for his 20-year reunion, he thought it would be just another family trip. But standing once again on those storied gr
Episode 75: October Housing Market & Homestead Update
As the seasons shift, so does the pace of life on the homestead and in the housing market. In this end-of-October update, we’re talking about what it means to slow down with purpose: harvesting the last of our livestock, drying up our dairy
