Visiting the ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Homestead in South Dakota | Eater

"As I pulled up the drive to Good Earth Farm near Lennox, South Dakota, I found a beautiful quarter‑section micro‑farm and animal sanctuary run by Nancy and Jeff Kirstein that houses more than 30 rescued animals—from a piglet named Kevin to a miniature bull, goats, chickens, geese, and heritage‑breed pigs—and occupies land that had been an original late‑1800s homestead. The Kirsteins shifted from a CSA that once had about 450 members to an agritourism model after financial and physical strains, buying a massive outdoor pizza oven for twice‑weekly pizza nights topped with farm produce (including locally sourced bison and farm‑grown onions), planting rows of zinnias to greet visitors, and leaning on a built‑in audience even as they adapt after catastrophic 2024 flooding that submerged fields and destroyed beehives. Their pivot has eased some pressures: Jeff took a day job while Nancy tends animals and the farm, and the agritourism nights have become a popular way for locals and newcomers from nearby Sioux Falls to experience the land." - Amy McCarthy