About Mike and Barb Haigwood

Mike and Barbara Haigwood bring decades of hands-on experience in homesteading, land stewardship, and sustainable living. From gardening and livestock care to resource management, their work reflects a deep commitment to living simply, responsibly, and in harmony with nature.

Having homeschooled their children, they continue to share that same spirit of curiosity and self-reliance through engaging, skill-based education. Whether teaching the art of sourdough making or guiding classes on raising and processing chickens, the Haigwoods exemplify that true preparedness grows from purpose, patience, and a genuine love for the land.

About Debra Probert 

Debra Probert is a retired CPA, former controller, and plant manager. She is currently Chairman o The Alderson Institute LLC, a research and educational consultancy. Her career included leadership roles with GE, Owens Corning, and Berkshire Hathaway's Marmon Group. She is the recipient of the 1996 U.S. Army Commander's Award for Public Service at Fort Leavenworth and the 2019 Owens Corning Slayter Innovation Award.

Outside the corporate world, Debra is a farmer's wife, gardener, food preservationist, seamstress, and lifelong advocate for practical skills and intergenerational knowledge. Her work focuses on continuity, stewardship, resilience, and helping households and communities preserve the knowledge, skills, and values needed to endure disruption and pass capability to the next generation.

About Ben Davidson

The world is shifting quickly. Natural cycles are intensifying, systems are showing stress, and many people feel uncertain about the future. Ben Davidson, creator of the Space Weather News YouTube channel, has spent over a decade researching and sharing the data behind space weather, earth changes, and disaster cycles in a mix of updates and deeper dives.

Whether it's a powerful solar flare, a coronal mass ejection (CME), aurora updates, or geomagnetic storm warnings, the channel provides expert analysis, real-time forecasts, and historical context for our star’s activity., with visualizations, data, explanations and insights into how space weather ties into everyday technologies and natural phenomena.