The food you remember, made for the life you live.
Remington Roots brings together more than 300 dependable family recipes, practical kitchen wisdom, and stories from the land.
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Sara Hageman Schenck
Feed your people. Keep the stories. Care for what lasts.
I’m Sara, a fourth-generation Indiana farmer, author of the upcoming cookbook Remington Roots, and owner and managing broker of Hageman Realty. This is where I share the food, land, stories, and practical know-how that shape my life.
Hello from west-central Indiana
I started cooking for a crowd at fourteen, when my dad asked me to make dinner for ten business clients. I did, and I loved every minute.
Since then, I’ve fed holiday tables, houses full of guests, and dove-hunt weekends with fifty to a hundred people. I’ve learned how much a good plan matters, why a stocked freezer is an insurance policy on hospitality, and how food can make people feel cared for before anyone says a word.
I’m from Remington, Indiana, and now live on a farm in Waynetown with my husband, Shad, and our two kids. Faith, family, and the land shape how I live, and hospitality is where I put all three to work. This site is where all of those parts meet.
The work looks different.
The roots are the same.
Whether I’m gathering family recipes, setting a table for a houseful, or helping a family make decisions about farmland, I keep coming back to what matters: care for what has been entrusted to you, use it well, and leave something worth carrying forward.
Recipes, full-table know-how, and stories worth keeping.
Come for something good to cook. Stay for practical hosting ideas, farm life, family stories, and the lessons that tend to show up while everyone is gathered around the table.
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Stewarding the ground beneath it all.
I’m the owner and managing broker of Hageman Realty, the fourth generation of my family to lead the farmland brokerage. We help landowners and buyers make informed decisions about land, its use, and what comes next.
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There is always room for five more.
That is how it worked at Grandma Ethel’s table. No matter how many people were already seated, five more could walk through the door and find plenty to eat.
It is still a pretty good way to think about food, family, work, and life.
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