Rude studied soil science and organic agriculture at Washington State University, and earned her master of science degree in plant breeding and genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Rude pins responsibility for her move to Kansas squarely on The Land Institute, especially the editor of their magazine, with whom she lives in a house made of mud, straw, and horse manure.
Rude enjoys horticulture, aquaculture, vermiculture, formiculture, and culture in general. She is also very fond of cats.
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