Getting back to the farm

A photographer quits her day job to reconnect with her roots

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Spring piglets wait for their daily slop.
(Image credit: Amelia Fletcher)
The open road.
(Image credit: Texas)

Spring piglets waiting for slop.
(Image credit: Fayetteville, Arkansas)

John in his camper on the mesa.
(Image credit: New Mexico)

A fellow volunteer.
(Image credit: Bastrop, Texas)

A laying hen.
(Image credit: Willits, California)

Jackets in a farmhouse doorway.
(Image credit: Pownal, Maine)

Freshly laid eggs.
(Image credit: North Carolina)

Ira leading dairy cows home from the pasture.
(Image credit: Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Peeling and winnowing black beans.
(Image credit: Taos, New Mexico)

Freshly picked heirloom tomatoes.
(Image credit: Poenal, Maine)

A new baby chick.
(Image credit: Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.