Stephanie Jadrnicek is an award-winning columnist and journalist. She writes for The Journal, a newspaper based in Seneca, South Carolina. Her passion for sustainability stems from her roots in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where her family taught her to grow, can, and preserve the precious things in life. Over the last twenty years, she has played the role of assistant, critic, muse, and guinea pig in Shawn’s farming experiments. Shawn and Stephanie live in Anderson, South Carolina, with their daughter, Sage.