IN THE PRESS
Susana Lein and Salamander Springs Farm featured in films, podcasts, magazines, books, blogposts and
conference recordings.
INHABIT film: internationally-acclaimed award-winning permaculture documentary. Premiered at the International Permaculture Convergence in London, UK in 2015, translated into 7 languages.
New Pioneer magazine: "100% Natural: Salamander Springs Farm Practices Permaculture to the Max," p. 40-43, by Jereme Zimmerman, Summer 2019
Cornell Farm Stories: Salamander Springs Farm (Kentucky)
smallfarms.cornell.edu/resources/farmstories/
No-Till Market Garden Podcast with Jesse Frost interview with Susana:
notillmarketgardenpodcast.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Susana+Lein
Also on youtube.com/watch?v=K1tXCP-KXhs
Dirt Pearls documentary film stories on Appalachian female farmers. Trailer for upcoming film (2026): www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdWaAmAEeV4
Central Appalachian Network blogpost: "Salamander Springs Farm: Strengthening Resilience and Self-reliance in Kentucky," www.cannetwork.org/salamander-springs-farm-strengthening-resilience-and-self-reliance-in-kentucky/ (Februrary 2026)
The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann:
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Episode 1538, 2015: "Community Building: Clear Creek (KY) Round Table"
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Episode 1620, 2016: "Making Mead, Natural Building & Permaculture" (Susana starting at 26:30)
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Episode 1806, 2018: on Women Farmers with Karen Lanier (profile of Susana starting at 7:52)
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Broad Impact Permaculture, 2019 (featuring Salamander Springs Farm and other farms)
Food for Climate Podcast with Wade Archer: "Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture," 2020
yaleclimateconnections.org/2016/10/could-carbon-farming-help-the-climate/
Cornell University Small Farms Quarterly: "No-till Organic Relay Cropping at Salamander Springs Farm in Kentucky" by Ryan Maher, 2018
Stone Barns Center, NY: "Case Study of Susana Lein & Salamander Springs Farm:" Successful Farmer Panel, 2015 Young Farmers' Conference
UKY Pike County Extension Service: Guest Speaker for 2026 Appalachian Region Seed Swap! Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm
Kentucky Extension Master Gardeners' State Conference, Keynote Address, Susana Lein: Regenerative Agriculture: Connecting Soil Health and Human Health, September 2025
Mother Earth News magazine: "Salamander Springs: Permaculture Farm in the Appalachian Mountains," April 2014
Hobby Farms magazine, "The Wisdom of Women Farmers: 5 women farmers over 50,"
Pt. 1: Thoughts on Love, July 2019
Pt. 2: Thoughts on Money, August 2019
Pt. 3: Thoughts on Death, September 2019
Based on Oral History Project interviews with Susana Lein at Louis Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Taproot magazine: Inspiration for Makers, Doers & Dreamers: "Keeping an Ear to the Ground," by Kim Kobersmith, Issue 58, July 2023
A Growing Cycle: Kentucky Women and the Earth, 2024 documentary film:
ORGANIC ASSOCIATION of KENTUCKY Conference recordings of Susana's most recent presentations:
Landrace Seed Selection & Saving for Small Farm Resilience (2026): www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDKXGVPzAD0
No-Till Cover Cropping Strategies for Small to Medium Scale Farms (2024): www.youtube.com/watch?v=irsM_9dht0g
Cover Crop Strategies for Small-Scale Farms (2023): www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTuITtMXLGU
Intensive Cover Crop Methods for No-till Production (2022): Field Day at Salamander Springs Farm
PERMACULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Permaculture News:
Salamander Springs Farm: Modern Day Example of No Till Agriculture, November 2017
Finding Value in Waste: A Permaculture Approach to the Excesses of Consumerism, June 2019
INHABIT Permaculture Documentary film announced, May, 2014
Permaculture Design magazine (see Back Issues):
Aug. 2017, p. 25-26, "Create Seed for your Bioregion" (Salamander Springs seed breeding work)
Feb. 2018, p. "No Till Organic Relay Cropping: from Kentucky to New York"
Permaculture Activist (previous name) magazine, see Back Issues):
Issue #82, 2011 p.10-20: "Staple Crops without Tillage"(Salamander Springs' No-till Systems)
Issue #68, 2008: "Saving the Seed Savers" by Kat DeLee, on seed saving at Salamander Springs
Issue #43, 2000: "A Self-Forage System for Chickens" by Susana Lein
OTHER MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS about Susana & Salamander Springs Farm:
ORION magazine:"Altar Call for True Believers," Janisse Ray, September/October 2007 issue
orionmagazine.org/article/altar-calls-for-true-believers/
Kentucky Heirloom Seeds, by Bill Best & Dobree Adams, 2017, Ch. 10: Susana's corn, seed saving at Salamander Springs Farm
Southern Exposure Heirloom Seed Catalog: Featured Seed Grower Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm
Spotlight: Passive Solar Tiny House at Salamander Springs Farm in Kentucky: Watt-a-Light Energy Efficiency, Sept. 2019
Quantum Agriculture YouTube: Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm at Southeast Biodynamic Conference, Oct. 2019
Kentucky Herald Leader newspaper: "Berea Farmer Revives Land" Lexington, KY, Nov. 21, 2009
American Crisis, Southern Solutions, New South Books, Anthony Dunbar, 2008, p. 221 about Susana/Salamander Springs Farm
Mother Earth News magazine: "Salamander Springs Farm," May, 2014
TN Local Food: Seed Keeping Workshop with Susana Lein, August, 2025
Regenerative Agriculture: Combining Indigenous Milpa & Permaculture Practices, 2025 Annual Conference
SE Biodynamics Association: Holistic Farming: Permaculture, Biodynamics, and Milpa, 2025 Annual Gathering
Heritage Food Festival: Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm to Keynote 2025 Festival at Terrapin Hill
Rough Draft Farmstead blogpost: "Salamander Springs"
Tristan's UnKraut blogpost:"Ideas from Salamander Springs Farm," 2022, tristansunkraut.com/ideas-from-salamander-springs-farm
Sustainable Berea, Berea, KY: Community Sustainability Award to Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm, 2021
Cornell University: USA Organic Reduced Tillage Growers Advisory Panel, 2015
Ohio Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects: "Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm to Keynote Cincinnati Regional Permaculture Convergence," Jan. 2017
Courtney's Travels: apprentice blog and photos on Salamander Springs Farm, 2016
Salamander Springs Farm tour, Rick Hayes' film: Solar dehydrator & No-till staple crop systems at Salamander Springs, July 2017
Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Ft. Pierce, FL: Permaculture Workshop at Heathcote with Susana Lein of Salamander Springs
North American Biodynamic Conference: Permaculture workshops with Susana Lein of Salamander Springs Farm, 2014