Sustainability and self-sufficiency is more than a passion for us, it's a lifestyle. From our tiny house and 5-acre permaculture farm just outside of Nashville, we've dedicated our lives to living in a way that balances the needs of ourselves, our community, and the wild species we share this space with. 
Matt Hundley is a Permaculture Designer and regenerative farmer with a unique background in homesteading and food production. At the age of 12, he began working alongside migrant workers in the berry fields of Oregon. Following in the footsteps of generations of foresters and farmers, he explored many aspects of agriculture and agroforestry. Before he turned 18, he'd worked on tree farms, horse stables, market-garden farms, campgrounds, hay farms, a community store, and as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. 
​Following an interest in health, he enlisted in the National Guard as a Healthcare Specialist upon graduation. After a three-year stint, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music. From there, he spent the next 5 years touring the small towns and honky-tonks on the backroads of America. It was in these travels that he saw a grim picture of rural America in its struggling small towns and dying agricultural economies. He set out on a quest for answers, and discovered the growing field of permaculture and Bill Mollison's Permaculture Design Course. He began intensive studies into all things related to regenerative agriculture and began working on organic farms in Tennessee. After purchasing a degraded property covered in thousands of pounds of trash, he spent 2 years restoring the land and started Hollowtop Farms on the site. In 2020, Matt began designing properties ranging from tiny RV lots to 300 acre farms to sustainably produce diverse foods while helping homesteaders design lives of self-sufficiency and resilience.
Raised on the outskirts of a small town in the corn belt of Indiana, Gabby Hundley has long had a passion for healthy communities, physical fitness, and telling the stories of rural America. Her journey with solving her own health issues at a young age imbued her with a heart for helping others build healthier lives. After receiving a bachelors degree in journalism and political science from Indiana University, she started a local hometown newspaper, Saturday Shelby. In 2016, she moved to Nashville to work as a freelance writer, marketer, and content creator. In 2018, she founded Marketing By Gabby, a marketing agency serving entrepreneurs, small business owners, creatives, farmers and homesteaders with coaching, consultations, and campaign development. In 2019, she fell in love with a 5-acre former cow-pasture in the hills of Middle Tennessee and began her homesteading journey. As an avid runner, she dubbed the homestead Marathon Acres and began building a small house and learning to garden and process her own food. The site became the new home of Hollowtop Farms, which Gabby and Matt continue to develop as an example in regenerative agriculture.