Lisa Kivirist embodies the growing "ecopreneuring" movement: innovative entrepreneurs who successfully blend business with making the world a better place. With her husband, Lisa is co-author of Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life, capturing the American dream of farm living for contemporary times. Her latest release, ECOpreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits, is a compact, dynamic toolkit for a fresh approach to entrepreneurial thinking, blending passion for protecting and preserving the planet with small business pragmatics. A national advocate for rural women's issues, Lisa leads the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Rural Women's Project, raising the voice of women in agriculture and farm-based businesses by providing networking, training and support, aiming to increase media and public awareness of issues of female farmers and rural entrepreneurs. Lisa runs the award-winning Inn Serendipity Bed and Breakfast in southwest Wisconsin, completely powered by renewable energy and considered amongst the "Top Ten Eco-Destinations in North America." Her culinary focus on local and seasonal cuisines—with most ingredients traveling less than 100 feet from her organic gardens to B&B plates—earned recognition in publications from Vegetarian Times to Country Woman and inspired her cookbook, Edible Earth: Savoring the Good Life with Vegetarian Recipes from Inn Serendipity. In addition to feature writing for publications such as Hobby Farm Home, Mother Earth News and Wisconsin Trails, Lisa regularly blogs for Green Options and is the lead writer for Renewing the Countryside, a nonprofit organization showcasing rural entrepreneurial and agricultural success stories. Lisa also penned Kiss Off Corporate America: A Young Professional's Guide to Independence.