Jill Winger

Jill Winger is the founder of The Prairie Homestead, one of the foremost homesteading websites since 2010. She is dedicated to helping others learn how to grow their own food and live a more fulfilling, old-fashioned life.

In 2019, she published her best-selling cookbook, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, which was an Amazon Editor’s pick and won its category in the 30th Annual Reading the West Book Awards. Her second book, Old-Fashioned On Purpose, will publish with Harper-Collins in September 2023.

Her practical and authentic style of teaching and storytelling has won the hearts of millions of homesteaders across social media and through the top-ranked Old Fashioned on Purpose podcast, which has amassed over 5 million downloads since its inception.

Jill and her family also run Genuine Beef Company which ships grass finished beef nationwide, as well as the historic Chugwater Soda Fountain. She has been featured in Urban Farm, Farm & Ranch Living, COWGIRL magazine, Forbes, The Epoch Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wyoming PBS, and People.