Aust and K got into homesteading by baby steps — literally. They were living in a third story apartment and eating Taco Bell, minding their own business, when their first baby...
Aust + K’s Homesteady Journey
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Our Most Unique CoolBot Build Yet: Matt Aderhold’s Silo
Matt Aderhold transitioned from his career in residential homebuilding construction to inside sales of construction equipment about six years ago. Now he manages a large rental...
For the Love of Seeds – ECHO Teaches Sustainable Farming + Provides Crops to Global Network
Holly Sobetski started working with ECHO as an intern in 2005, enrolled in their fourteen month agricultural internship program for recent college graduates. The program is...
Holy Cow! Prairie Pure Cheese Uses CoolBot To Store Tasty Products
Brian Gerloff, along with his wife Carole, is one of the managing partners of a little company called Prairie Pure Cheese, based about fifty miles outside Chicago in Belvidere,...
Booch Life – Amanda Matson + Chris Bourgeois of TapShack Stoked On CoolBot PRO
Amanda Matson and Chris Bourgeois quit their tech jobs a couple years ago and opened TapShack in Ocean Beach in San Diego. And they did it all “debt, loan, and investment free.”...
Fermentation + CoolBot – Salt And Savour Owner David Edmonson Uses DIY Refrigeration to Perfect Sauerkraut Flavor & Freshness
David Edmondson arrived at a point in his life where it was time to make some personal dietary changes. In doing so, he taught himself a lot about nutrition and the benefits of...
Tiny Farm Duluth: Eddy Gilmore’s Midlife Crisis Success Story
Eddy Gilmore has led a fairly interesting life. In fact, you can read about it in his book The Emancipation of a Buried Man, in which he vividly describes growing up as a child...
Alyssa Sager Transitions From Tech to Flowers With CoolBot
Alyssa Sager is pretty much brand new to the floral industry. Nothing about her professional background might have alluded to her current line of work. She’s bounced around a lot...
Lost & Found: CoolBot Helps Lost Bear Brews Owner Nick Hegge Transform Garage Into Microbrewery
Nick Hegge has been homebrewing his own beer for about a decade. At first, he would work out of his kitchen with a bucket, but his hobby quickly expanded to take over his whole...
Swedish Rancher/Physics Professor Now Most Popular Guy In Town, Thanks to His CoolBot WIC
Peter Nordlander relocated from Sweden to the United States in 1986, first working for IBM in New York before ultimately ending up in South Texas, where he works as a physics...