Faith, mindset and hard work were the focus of agricultural consultant Deana Imhoff’s presentation during the Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference. She described ways small daily choices and determination helped her grow from a struggling single mother to the owner of a thriving 100-acre farm.Her story was one of learning to rebuild a life from the ground up.“Picture this, it’s about midnight, 1995. I’m sitting on a porch stoop of an old farmhouse where I lived with my husband, two little girls, ages two and three, sleeping nicely inside,” said Imhoff. “I’d been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I’m a young, 27-year-old mom, and my drunk husband has just left to get with his girlfriend permanently. I’m sitting there just lost and I’m thinking at that point, what am I going to do?”Her session, titled “From Porch Stoop to Sprawling Pastures,” was held at Kim Gore’s 414 Company in downto...