When my husband inherited rural land, we moved from the Northeast to live off-grid in West Virginia. Our experience has been challenging: I felt lonely at first, and our home requires a lot of upkeep.

Staysha Quentrill is part of a small group trying to revive Appalachia’s tradition of at-home midwifery — in a state where ...

My now-husband Scott and I fell in love while hiking the Appalachian Trail in college — and then spent the next few years fantasizing about a rural, nature-filled, off-grid lifestyle. When we finished ...