From Pointe Shoes to Pig Pens

At 17, Hannah Neeleman stood on the stage at Juilliard, the youngest of nine children from Utah, chasing a dream carved in satin ribbons and blistered toes. By 22, she was milking cows in Kamas with a newborn on her hip and her husband Daniel by her side. The shift from ballet to barn life wasn’t a detour—it was a calling. Hannah met Daniel during a summer break—three weeks later, they were married. Their shared love for family and faith grounded them as they lived in São Paulo, Brazil, where weekends spent at farm hotels sparked a passion for agriculture. Smuggling goats in their car trunk back to their suburban home became a quirky norm. After moving back to Utah, they searched for land where their children could roam and their dreams could grow. Ballerina Farm was born—not just a name, but a testament to the fusion of elegance and grit, pirouettes and pastures. Every sourdough loaf and every pasture-raised pork cut reflects the rhythm of a life choreographed by hard work, love, and vision.