It has become a common morning sound on the Prasad homestead: crowing roosters outside, joined by the clamour of mom of five Christina Prasad sparking up the wood stove. She fixes breakfast—wholewheat waffles—after an early morning workout. The kids hustle to the table.
All the commotion marks the start of another school day on the farm.
Nine years ago, when Christina and her husband, Nilesh, still lived in Calgary, they made the big decision to homeschool their children. In 2021 they made another big decision: to move to New Brunswick and homestead.
Moving from the relatively cosmopolitan city to a plot near Fredericton, a quaint capital with a small-town feel, the Prasads are fulfilling their dream of raising their own food to achieve self-sufficiency….