Ballerina Farm is Ready to Reintroduce Herself [Video]

Here are the things Hannah Neeleman, who goes by the name Ballerina Farm online, wants to discuss.

First, she is the mother of eight children and she loves it. In a time where the difficulty of American parenthood is at the forefront of the cultural conversation, Neeleman genuinely finds joy in raising her kids, a joy she tells me that she wants to publicly exude in order to inspire, not shame, other parents.

Second, she is a business owner. An entrepreneur raised by entrepreneurs, Neeleman gets the most animated when she discusses the working farm that she and her husband, Daniel, built from scratch over the past several years. In 2017, the couple bought property in rural Utah and started a business selling meat, baked goods, and homeware, and it is flourishing (the brand declined to share exact numbers). Its popularity is largely due to Neeleman’s wild success on social media; she’s amassed nearly 20 million …