I left Charlottetown for a rural homestead and it changed my idea of work-life balance and food
Erin Gillespie always wanted to start up a homestead someday. When opportunity knocked, the idea of moving her life and her business to the country seemed impossible at first.
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![Erin Gillespie threw herself into homesteading in 2016. A person with pigtails holds a garden tool. A garden can be seen in the background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7115368.1707941503!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/erin-gillespie.jpg)
Erin Gillespie always wanted to start up a homestead someday. When opportunity knocked, the idea of moving her life and her business to the country seemed impossible at first.