Fair Program
1 fields intersperse over the farm’s 510 desire for a simpler way of living in acres, the settlement areas take on harmony with these same patterns a traditional rural community form. of agrarian life has brought people Family homesteads with gardens, of a vast range of social, cultural and fruit trees, poultry and small animals ethnic backgrounds to the community: complement a cluster of distinctive artists, craftsmen, college lecturers, handcraft workshops serving the philosophers, professors, lawyers, community’s craftsmen and their accountants, medical professionals, apprentices—furniture makers, black- physicists, auto mechanics, law smiths, potters, weavers and others. officers and firefighters, seminary The community farms the land instructors, carpenters, landscape with draft horses—from plowing and architects and city planners, as well disking to seeding, cultivating and as public school administrators harvesting the field crops—using and teachers, computer operators, only natural farming methods. The secretaries and more—all who have rich river bottom land supports fields embraced the nonviolent Christian of corn, hay, sweet sorghum, oats, life of the community. Down through wheat and sweet potatoes, as well as the years, sinking roots in an ongoing About the Fair & fruit orchards and individual family relationship with the land has taught vegetable gardens. Year-round, the everyone in the community much Homestead Heritage community’s horses, cattle and sheep and given them a new perspective. Thank you for joining us for our over 40 years ago as a small inner- pasture on this fertile river bottom Whether farming and gardening, thirtieth annual Homestead Fair! city mission in New York City, has land, grazing in the open pastures in preserving food, raising homes and Three decades ago, our community dedicated its efforts over the last fall and winter and under the shade of community buildings, doing chores, held its first craft fair to celebrate four decades toward restoring and the pecan grove in summer. Dairy cows playing horseshoes, taking walks or the end of the harvest year and to preserving traditional patterns and milk goats supply milk and cream, swimming in the bordering Brazos provide a venue to share with our for family and community living— which families drink fresh and make River, young and old alike form closer friends and neighbors the crafts, patterns for homesteading, self- into yogurt, butter and (everyone’s family and community relationships skills, accomplishments and life of our sufficient farming, gardening and favorite summer treat) hand-cranked as lives are woven together. Christian community. Our first fair home schooling, together with other sorghum pecan ice cream! All through The work of this community is presented a rough collection of crafts, homestead crafts and practical skills. the year, families raise a wide variety ultimately to craft lives, weaving a couple of food booths, a handful of Homestead Heritage is neither a “living of poultry, with chickens, ducks, geese together people of diverse back- eager, singing children with guitars, history museum” nor a “reenactment” and turkeys waddling and strutting grounds, not into a uniformity, but banjos and recorders, and drew a few stage. Quite to the contrary, it is, in the through the yards and underbrush. into a unity of vision and purpose—a hundred people. It has now grown far most literal sense, a “real life” effort, The seasonal cycles of agrarian community—where lives are mutually beyond our expectations to become established as an actual working farm life, a meter not of the community’s pledged to serve one another. To this an event that draws tens of thousands devoted to recapturing the heritage of design but of a larger one, a given one, end, lives are lived daily at Homestead from across the country and the globe! community life in a land-based culture. provide a mooring and a rhythm for Heritage in grateful and careful Our Christian community, begun While dense woods and agricultural the whole life of the community. The consideration of all that God has given. 2 3 also enjoy a ride on a pony or horse. you through the upper pastures to our For children of all ages, we offer Make- scenic Brazos River Valley overlook Your-Own projects, including beeswax and back. candle dipping, felting, making soap Adults ...... $6 balls, learning to cross-stitch, shaping Kids ...... $4 a wooden spatula and many more. Family ...... $20 Outdoor Food Pony Rides ...... $7 Throughout each day we offer tasty And Much More! food at our outdoor concession booths You’ll also find artwork, children’s and kiosks. Try a sizzling beef sausage- writings, children’s books, Homestead on-a-stick or a spicy grilled chicken Farms specialty foods, solid wood gordita. Sample our fresh sourdough furniture, letterpress printing, a baked pizza baked in a brick oven or try one goods sale, audiovisual presentations and more! Fair Activities of our specialty flavors of ice cream. At the Homestead Fair there’s Christmas shopping. We have General Info Ongoing Demonstrations something for everyone to enjoy, from hundreds of handcrafted gifts and First Aid Kits: Throughout the day we have ongoing young to old. specialty items from which to choose. Please ask the staff in any booth where demonstrations at various locations the nearest first aid kit is, and they Craft Demonstrations Music around the fairgrounds. Stop by, watch will assist you. Each day in the craft pavilion and the Gather under the music tent with and ask questions! Here’s a sampling Food Allergies: demonstration pavilion, you’ll find a us to hear children’s choirs, gospel of some of the many demonstrations. Ask your food server for more info if wide variety of ongoing and scheduled songs, bluegrass music and more each 42 Cheese making at the Brazos you have a specific allergy. craft demonstrations—woodworking afternoon and evening of the fair. Valley Cheese Shop in the Market area Mothers’ Room: with hand tools, pottery, sewing, (end of Halbert Lane) Seminars Mothers’ room with changing tables quilting, spinning, weaving, broom 42 Cheese cave tours in the Market Each hour from 10:00 a.m. until and a quiet place to sit behind the making, basket making, leatherwork area 5:00 p.m., there will be seminars craft pavilion. and more. 1 Leatherwork at the Leather booth on sustainable living skills. These Shuttle Service: 1 Weaving and spinning at the Fiber Agricultural Exhibits presentations last around 40-45 min- We have shuttles running full time Crafts booth At Heritage Farm, our working utes with a few minutes for Q & A at to and from the parking lots. We also 11 Jump rope making at the Jump homestead, watch agricultural the end. Topics range from beekeeping, have a shuttle leaving on the hour Rope booth demonstrations, including draft- raising poultry and making cheese and half hour for the Market area. 1 Broom making in the Broom booth horse farming, cow and goat milking, to presentations on technology and Please meet at location 41 (by the 1 Metal spinning sheep herding with a sheepdog and sustainable culture and reasons to live Blacksmith Shop). 1 Pewter casting in the Metal booth. cider pressing, as well as exhibits on an agrarian-based lifestyle. beekeeping, poultry raising, farm Hayrides & Pony Rides Please stop by any information booth Children’s Activities animals and more. Take a hayride on a hay wagon drawn or ask any fairgrounds staff if there Children love getting up close with by one of our draft horse teams. Allow is anything else you may need. We Shopping baby goats, sheep, puppies, chicks and 40 minutes for these rides, which take hope you have a wonderful time at the While you’re here, plan to do some more in our petting pen. Children can Homestead Fair! 4 5 Jump Rope Area Location 11 Make-Your-Own Jump Rope ...... Any age . . . $13.00 Activities Dog Leash ...... Any age . . . $13.00 Boats & Woodworking Location 2 Make-Your-Own projects are educational and fun for kids of all ages! You can Tool Tote ...... Age 5 and up . . . $12.00 purchase individual tickets at each of the project areas or a $30 bundle of tickets Wooden Spatula ...... Age 5 and up . . . . $8.00 for $25 at the entrance to the Make-Your-Own tent 3 and at the Gristmill 36 . Toy Sailboat ...... Any age . . . $14.00 Open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pottery – open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m Location 39 Make-Your-Own Tent Location 3 Wheel-Thrown Pot ...... Age 10 and up . . . $25.00 Dip a Candle ...... Any age . . . . $2.00 Intermediate Candle Set ...... Age 12 and up . . . . $6.00 Pinch Pot ...... Age 4 and up . . . . $5.00 Coil Pot ...... Age 4 and up . . . . $5.00 Leather Key Fob ...... Under age 6 must be with an adult . . . . $4.00 Did You Know Signs Leather Bookmark . . . . . Under age 6 must be with an adult . . . . $6.00 Leather Coin Pouch . . . . .Under age 6 must be with an adult . . . $10.00 & Treasure Hunt Leather Dog Collar . . . . .Under age 6 must be with an adult . . . $12.00 We’ve posted “Did You Know” fact signs throughout the fairgrounds. They are Cross-Stitch Bookmark ...... Age 5 and up . . . . $4.00 grouped into three categories: Traditional Craft, Homesteading & Agriculture, Woven Basket ...... Under age 8 must be with an adult . . . . $7.00 and Homemaking & Kitchen Skills. These banners offer a small sampling of Watercolor ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $8.00 Spin Yarn on a Drop Spindle ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $4.00 inspiring, fun and informative facts about sustainable agriculture, craft skills Knitted Headband ...... Age 7 and up . . . . $6.00 and more! Finger-Knit Hair Scrunchie ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $3.00 Hot Pad ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $8.00 Homesteading Homemaking Traditional Craft Woven Coaster ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $6.00 Colorful Felted Ball ...... Any Age . . . . $5.00 Hand-Sewn Keepsake Bag ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $3.00 Hand-Sewn Tissue Holder ...... Age 6 and up . . . . $3.00 Beginning Embroidery Sampler with Hoop . . . Age 6 and up . . . . $6.00 Letterpress Printed Bookmark ...... Any age . . . . $1.00 Add your name for $1 more Soap Ball ...... Any age . . . . $5.00 Sheaf of Wheat Spoon Crosscut Bow Saw Blacksmithing Location 37 Brass Spoon ...... Any age . . . . $5.00 Treasure Hunt Rules: Homestead Gristmill Location 36 On one sign in each of the three above-mentioned categories, we have hidden a Popcorn Shelling ...... Any age . . . . $4.00 small picture, for a total of three hidden pictures. Rolled Oats ...... Any age . . . . $4.00 Find all three pictures and correctly identify them to the cashier at the hay-bale maze Homestead Farms Barn Location 31 (Location 17 ) and receive a free day pass to the hay-bale maze! Limit one per family. Sorghum Caramel Apple ...... Any age . . . . $4.00 6 7 P P Lot B 32 Restrooms ATM Homestead P 31 33 P P Lots 34 Lot A D P Parking Lot Food Information Picnic Area 30 Fine Crafts & 29 Mothers’ Room FairHeirloom Skills 35 28 11 12 36 9 39 27 19 P P 10 Lot G
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1. Craft Pavilion Sewing & Quilting Baskets Fiber Crafts Brooms Woodworking Kai Tea Writing Gallery Leather 19. Sheepdog & Horse Training Pottery Metalworks 10. Food Court B 20. Off-Grid Tiny Home Pretzels Fresh-Cranked Ice Cream 21. Red Seminar Barn 34. Red Wagon BBQ 2. Toy Boat Making & Woodworking Street Food Pasta 35. Fiber Crafts Barn Indian Tandoor Shakes & Lattes 22. Ploughshare Seminar Room 3. Make-Your-Own Activities Brick-Oven Pizza 23. Donuts & Kettle Corn 36. Homestead Gristmill 4. Craft Demonstration Pavilion Desserts & Specialty Drinks 24. Homestead Baskets 37. Blacksmith Shop 5. Bookstore 11. Jump Ropes and Dog Leashes 25. Brazos Valley Cheese 38. Cafe Homestead Books Music An Exodus Video Presentation Videos Art Gallery 26. Rope Making Seminars Curriculum 12. Live Music Tent 39. The Potter’s House 6. Soap & Candles 13. Animal Pens 27. Barn Raising 40. The Barn – Gift Shop 7. Homestead General Store & Poultry Petting Zoo Sheep Shearing Dairy Goat Station 28. Herb Garden & Essential Oils 41. Market Area Shuttle 8. Seeds 14. Beekeeping 29. Pony Rides 9. Food Court A Sabor de México 15. Milk Barn 30. Hayrides 42. Market Area Street Tacos & Mexican Corn 16. Greenhouse 31. Homestead Farms Barn Aquaponics Greenhouse Mediterranean Cuisine Cheese Shop Soup & Salad Ice Cream 17. Hay-Bale Maze 32. Apple Cider Pressing Homestead Market Homestead Burgers Beverages 18. Horse-Farming Demonstration 33. Nachos & More Homestead General Store 8 9 Time Event Location 1:00 An Exodus Video Presentation ...... 38a Schedule of Events Planning to Homestead? The Necessity of Proper Farm Design & Planning . 21 Building a Child’s Character 38b Time Event Location Horse Farming ...... 18 9:00 Harnessing Draft Horses ...... 18 Bread Making ...... 7 9:45 Cotton Preparation & Spinning 1 1:30 Barn Raising 27 10:00 Forging a Utility Knife 4 2:00 Sheepdog—Herding Sheep ...... 19 Goat Care ...... 13 Flax Preparation and Spinning ...... 4 Spinning Cotton on a Tahkli ...... 1 Cold-Process Goat’s Milk Soap ...... 6 Sustainable Gardening 21 Beekeeping Seminar 21 Small Homestead Energy Alternatives 38a Lacto-Fermentation ...... 7 Cheese Making ...... 7 Pine Needle Basket Making ...... 1 10:15 Spinning Cotton on a Charkha 1 2:30 Afternoon Music ...... 12 10:20 Sheep Shearing 13 Sheep Shearing ...... 13 10:30 Goat Milking ...... 13 3:00 Sustainable Poultry—An Introduction ...... 7 Cotton Preparation and Spinning off the Point ...... 1 Aquaponics on the Family Homestead 21 10:40 Sheepdog — Herding Sheep ...... 19 Metal Spinning a Copper Vessel ...... 4 10:45 Cotton Spinning on a Spinning Wheel 1 4:00 Changing Our Minds: The Impact of Digital Technology ...... 38a 11:00 Barn Raising 27 Rope Making ...... 26 Lip Balm Making ...... 6 Foot-Powered Lathe ...... 4 Relief Wood Carving ...... 4 Horse Training—Colt Starting ...... 19 Spinning Wool on a Drop Spindle ...... 1 Goat Care ...... 13 Soil Restoration and Composting ...... 21 Nonviolence: A Challenge to Today’s Christianity ...... 38b Why Live in Community? ...... 38b Creative Writing ...... 22 Broom Making ...... 1 Food Preservation ...... 7 Sourdough Bread Making ...... 7 Keeping Your Laying Flock Productive 13 Living Whole: The Challenge to Contemporary Values 38a Collecting and Storing Water for the Small Homestead . . . . . 21 11:15 Combing, Carding & Spinning—the Short- & Long-Draw Methods 1 4:30 Historic Buildings Tour ...... 15 Introducing Baby Chicks to the Brooder 7 Goat Milking ...... 13 11:30 Mini Barn Raising for Kids ...... 27 Essential Oil Distilling 28 Farrier—Horse Hoof Care 37 Color-Swirled Cold-Process Soap 6 12:00 Traditional Cooked Soap 6 4:40 Farrier—Horse Shoeing ...... 37 Getting Started with Poultry ...... 21 5:00 Metal Spinning a Pewter Vessel 4 Food Sustainability—GMO versus Heirloom Seeds 7 Poultry Housing, Feeders, Waterers and Poultry Discussion . . . 7 A Culture of Healing ...... 38b Purifying Water Using Sustainable Methods 21 Throwing and Firing Raku Pottery ...... 4 5:15 Cow Milking 15 12:15 Horse Training—Colt Starting ...... 19 5:20 Sand Casting ...... 37 12:40 Rope Making ...... 26 7:00 Evening Music ...... 12 Sand Casting ...... 37 1:00 Woodworking with Hand Tools 4
10 11 Time Event Location 10:00 Small Homestead Energy Alternatives ...... 38a Presenter: Paul Wieboldt Learning how to meet our energy needs more sustainably requires a paradigm shift in how we view energy’s role in our life. This seminar offers a fresh perspective on energy usage and an introduction to small-scale, renewable energy sources and zero-energy alternatives, including details of an off-the-grid home project. Sustainable Gardening ...... 21 Presenter: Hannah Wiley An introduction to producing your own healthy food in your own back yard or on your own farm, naturally and sustainably. Cheese Making ...... 7 Presenters: Cary Jennings & Rebekah Nolen Watch a gallon of milk become mozzarella in this one-hour session as you learn what it takes to make your own soft and hard cheeses at home, with either cow or goat milk. 11:00 Why Live in Community? ...... 38b Presenter: Dan Lancaster In an age seen by sociologists as increasingly marked by radical forms of individualism, is a community life built on close, personal relationships really plausible? Is it even desirable? What are the risks involved, and why take them? Seminars Based on the book Why We Live in Community by Blair Adams, this seminar will explore the motivation behind the Homestead community and provide a The seminars at the fair are out of our personal efforts to build framework for approaching questions about Christian intentional community. presented by The Ploughsharea sustainable life in a voluntary, Soil Restoration and Composting ...... 21 Institute for Sustainable Culture, integrated community setting. The Presenter: Butch Tindell which is the educational branch of the personal rewards of those efforts, God’s creation has an incredible capacity for healing and restoration. In Homestead Heritage community. It is along with the interest expressed and this presentation we will show examples of land restoration projects that are astounding and inspiring. We will then illustrate some simple methods, dedicated to perpetuating a sense of requests made by so many others, led including composting, that you can utilize in your own garden or farm to restore intentional community, which includes us to launch The Ploughshare in order or increase the health and vitality of the soil and grow wholesome, nutrient- dense food for your family. rediscovering the knowledge and skills to share our knowledge and experience 7 that can provide for essential human with any who want to learn. Sourdough Bread Making ...... Presenter: Theresa Glueck needs (both socially and spiritually, In the past 21 years, The Plough- Come learn the particular steps in baking sourdough bread from your own as well as materially) on a sustainable share has taught over 15,000 students kitchen with your own utensils and ingredients. basis. The Ploughshare is bringing from all across the U.S. and several Living Whole: The Challenge to Contemporary Values 38a these all-but-lost arts, both of life foreign countries. The Ploughshare Presenter: Dr. Kay Toombs and work, within the reach of people holds classes and workshops year- In this fast-paced, task-oriented world, with its emphasis on autonomy and independence, it is not always easy to feel a sense of wholeness, especially when interested in discovering a fulfillment round on traditional craft skills, faced with the challenges of illness and aging. We will explore how taken-for- that comes from participating more gardening and homesteading, and granted cultural values shape these experiences, discuss how best to promote healing (wholeness), reflect on the important task of caregiving, and consider directly and personally in providing homemaking and kitchen skills. For how a radically different perspective and shift in values transforms the meaning their essential needs in an agrarian more information on our classes, visit of illness and caregiving. culture. Our teaching facilities have, sustainlife.org. over the last third of a century, grown 12 13 Time Event Location Time Event Location 12:00 A Culture of Healing ...... 38b 3:00 Aquaponics on the Family Homestead ...... 21 Meeting the Challenges of Special-Needs Children in the Context of Community Presenter: Josiah Sherman Presenter: Amanda Lancaster Aquaponics, as we know it today, is a new and perhaps novel method of food Lifetime member of Homestead Heritage and home-schooling mother of an production that has piqued the interest of many people. In this seminar we autistic child shares her experiences and explores how an integrated community will present an overview and explain some of the benefits and drawbacks of an life can bring wholeness, meaning and healing to special-needs children—and aquaponics food production system. We will also consider its place on the family to us all. homestead. Getting Started with Poultry ...... 21 Sustainable Poultry—An Introduction 7 Presenter: Joe Claborn Presenter: Joe Claborn Raising chickens and other poultry is an important step for the family homestead Once you’ve begun to raise poultry, another important question is how to raise or small farm. In this seminar, we’ll discuss some of the basics and what it takes them more sustainably. This brings up questions like: Where should I get the to get started. poultry that I plan to raise? What are some of the considerations and the trade- offs of getting them from mail order sources, local or regional hatcheries, or even Food Sustainability—GMO versus Heirloom Seeds . . . . . 7 hatching them myself? Can I produce on my own homestead the food that my birds will need? What are some ways to do this? We’ll explore questions and Presenters: Randy & Terri Brim topics like these in this seminar. Learn what is happening to thousands of seed varieties from recent generations, the importance of seed saving and how to save seed from your own family garden. 4:00 Collecting and Storing Water for the Small Homestead . . . 21 Presenter: Pat Chesney 1:00 Bread Making ...... 7 An introduction to sustainable water essentials for the homestead and small Presenter: Melissa Yantis farm with an emphasis on collecting bulk water, rainwater catchment, water An inspiring seminar on the ease of baking bread from whole grains in your own storage and water delivery. Topics will include calculating the water needs of kitchen, using utensils and ingredients you already have. the homestead and how to determine available rainwater according to specific locations. Building a Child’s Character 38b Presenter: Amanda Lancaster Creative Writing ...... 22 A discussion of the interfacing relationship between education and child rearing, Presenter: Amanda Lancaster home-schooling mother and advisor Amanda Lancaster shares practical advice on Find your own buried talents in writing by taking this one-and-a-half-hour how to use the “windows” of opportunity in a child’s learning and development class and seminar. Discover how modern technology has altered our perspective to build their character as well as to teach academic skills. She will include a brief towards research, study and communication, both written and verbal. presentation on how to use the Building Christian Character curriculum for both child training and education. Nonviolence: A Challenge to Today’s Christianity . . . . . 38b Presenter: Evan Birdsong Planning to Homestead? 21 The Homestead community traces its spiritual roots back to the heavily The Necessity of Proper Farm Design and Planning persecuted, yet nonviolent and peace-loving, Anabaptist movement begun in the Presenter: Butch Tindell 1500’s. What is the perspective that has caused these reformers to tenaciously Many people who desire to homestead launch out on the journey with great reject all forms of violence for over 500 years, and how might this perspective enthusiasm but without a “map” or plan, only to later find that they have “lost be relevant still today? Drawn mainly from Blair Adams’s book, Nonviolence: their way.” In this seminar we will present an overview of the design process, A Challenge to Today’s Christianity, this seminar will discuss how and why the showing how you can develop a beautiful, productive and sustainable homestead. issues of violence and nonviolence still present crucial questions for the serious Christian—questions that ultimately reach to the core of the Christian faith. 2:00 Beekeeping ...... 21 Changing Our Minds: The Impact of Digital Technology 38a Presenter: Tim Tittley A seminar on the need for keeping bees as an essential part of a homestead, as a Presenter: Dr. Kay Toombs source for both honey and pollination. Each year there is an exponential increase in the availability of digital technology (internet, smartphones, tablets). We will share research on how Lacto-Fermentation 7 these technologies are changing the way we think and radically altering our Presenter: Sarah Wiley relationship with nature, with reality and with each other, and consider the effects of this unprecedented change on the lives of the young and on our efforts An introduction to making your own lacto-fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, to build sustainable, caring communities. as a means of food preservation that provides naturally occurring health benefits.
14 15 Time Event Location 4:00 Keeping Your Laying Flock Productive ...... 13 Presenter: Matthew Pressly In this workshop, we’ll explore how to raise and maintain a productive egg- laying flock. Among other things, we’ll discuss care, raising replacement layers, culling and the question of: How do I know which hens are laying well and which ones aren’t? Food Preservation ...... 7 Presenter: Diane Tindell An overview of the essential skills of canning, drying, freezing and fermenting food. 5:00 Poultry Housing, Feeders, Waterers and Poultry Discussion . 7 Presenter: Matthew Pressly In this seminar we will look at the pros and cons of various housing, feeding and Food watering solutions. We plan to leave the last 25 minutes for discussion. Bring us your poultry questions, and we’ll discuss them. This is not your average fair fare! We prepare all the foods from scratch here at Purifying Water Using Sustainable Methods ...... 21 our Homestead Farms kitchens, using fresh, wholesome ingredients. Many of Presenter: Pat Chesney This seminar continues the introduction to sustainable water essentials with an the items are crafted using whole grains ground at our Gristmill and all-natural emphasis on water purification. Methods covered include the slow-sand filter, chicken and grass-fed beef. ozonation powered by solar energy, boiling, distillation and pasteurization. A functioning slow-sand filter which provides 200 gallons of pure water per day is on display. Homestead Burgers 9 Homestead Burger Basket ...... $9.50 Lettuce, tomatoes, onions & pickles (with or without cheese) —served with your choice of fries Junior Burger Basket ...... $6.50 Cheddar cheese, pickles, ketchup—served with your choice of fries Spicy and Sweet Basket ...... $11.50 White cheddar cheese, fried jalapenos, caramelized onions, sriracha mayonnaise—served with your choice of fries Southwest Burger Basket ...... $11.50 Pepper jack cheese, avocado, turkey bacon, cilantro, chipotle ranch —served with your choice of fries Hatch Green Chili Burger Basket ...... $11.50 Pepper jack cheese, green chilies, mustard—served with your choice of fries Beef Sausage-on-a-Stick ...... $5.00 Mild or jalapeno Homestead Burger ...... $7.00 Specialty Burger (Spicy & Sweet, Southwest, Hatch Green Chili) $9.00 Junior Burger ...... $4.00 French, Sweet Potato or Smash Fries ...... $3.00 Seasoned Fries ...... $3.75 16 17 Mediterranean Cuisine 9 Street Tacos & Mexican Corn 9 Falafel Pocket Sandwich ...... $9.00 Taco Plate (4 Tacos) ...... $10.00 Shawarma ...... $9.00 Beef Barbacoa or Chicken al Pastor Shawarma Salad ...... $9.00 Mexican Roasted Corn ...... $3.00 Mediterranean Chicken Sandwich ...... $7.00 Combo (4 Tacos, 1 Corn & Drink) ...... $15.00 Hummus & Pita Plate ...... $5.00 Aguas Frescas ...... $3.00 Tabouli ...... $2.00 Pineapple Limeade, Hibiscus (Jamaica)
Sabor de México 9 Chicken Gordita ...... $6.00 Indian Tandoor 10 Chicken Gordita Plate ...... $8.00 Butter Chicken Curry ...... $8.00 Served with Beans & Rice Chicken Tikka Masala ...... $8.00 Soft Taco—Beef or Chicken ...... $4.50 Veggie Korma Curry ...... $7.50 Soft Taco Plate ...... $6.50 Garlic Naan ...... $3.00 Served with Beans & Rice Samosas (2) ...... $5.00 Carne Guisada Plate ...... $8.50 Served with Beans & Rice Brick-Oven Pizza 10 Bean & Cheese Burrito ...... $2.50 whole slice Chicken Chipotle Chimichanga Plate (served after 4:00) $10.00 Cheese Pizza ...... $14.00 . . . .$4.00 Served with Beans & Rice Beef Pepperoni Pizza ...... $16.00 . . . .$5.00 Chicken Chipotle Chimichanga ...... $8.00 Grilled Veggie Pizza ...... $16.00 . . . .$5.00 Tamales Spinach Alfredo Pizza ...... $16.00 . . . .$5.00 • By the plate—comes with 3 Beef Tamales, Beans & Rice . . . . . $8.50 Pasta 10 • 3-pack ...... $6.50 Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo ...... $8.00 • 1/2 dozen ...... $9.50 Served on Homemade Pasta with Italian Breadstick • 1 dozen ...... $17.00 Fettuccine Alfredo ...... $6.50 Side Orders Served on Homemade Pasta with Italian Breadstick • Rice or Beans ...... $2.50 Chicken Caesar Salad ...... $6.00 • Sour Cream or Cheese ...... $ .75 Served with Italian Breadstick Side Caesar Salad ...... $4.00
Beverages 9 Orange Juice ...... $2.00 Bottled Water ...... $1.00 Natural Sodas ...... $2.00 Bottled Iced Tea ...... $2.00
18 19 Soup ’n’ Salad 9 Desserts 10 Quart Cup Bowl Cherry Turnover ...... $3.00 Tortilla $12.00 . . . $4.00 . . . .$6.00 Apple Turnover ...... $3.00 Jalapeño Sweet Potato $12.00 . . . $4.00 . . . .$6.00 Cinnamon Roll ...... $3.00 Mushroom Barley ...... $12.00 . . . $4.00 . . . .$6.00 Crepes – 2 Blueberry or Strawberry ...... $4.00 Chicken Velvet ...... $12.00 . . . $4.00 . . . .$6.00 Cupcake – Chocolate or Carrot ...... $2.75 Chili $12.00 . . . $4.00 . . . .$6.00 Chocolate Chip Cookie ...... $1.00 Dinner Salad ...... $4.00 Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie – Sugar & Gluten-Free ...... $4.00 Baked Potato Bar ...... $4.50 Baked Potato and Chili ...... $6.00 Specialty Drinks 10 Fresh Eggnog ...... $2.50 Pretzels 1 Fresh-Ground Coffee ...... $2.50 Fresh Pretzels ...... $3.50 Island Coconut Tea ...... $2.50 Salt • Cinnamon Sugar Cream Earl Grey Tea ...... $2.50 Pretzel Dog ...... $4.00 Caramel Latte ...... $3.00 Pretzel Dog (3 Pack) ...... $10.00 Hazelnut Cream Latte ...... $3.00 Bottled Water ...... $1.00 Hot Cocoa ...... $3.00 Natural Sodas ...... $2.00 Hot Peppermint White Chocolate Drink . . . . . $3.00 Hot Apple Cider ...... $2.00 Street Food 10 Breakfast Baja Burrito (served until 11:00) ...... $5.00 Beef Corn Dog ...... $5.00 Beef Hot Dog ...... $5.00 Chili Dog ...... $6.00 Onion Tangle ...... $4.00 Fried Jalapeño Rings ...... $4.00 Mexican Chicken Cheese Empanada Meal – Gluten-Free $7.00 Topped with a green chili gravy, sour cream and garnish
20 21 Fresh-Cranked Ice Cream 10 Red Wagon BBQ 34 Fresh-Cranked Ice Cream ...... $3.50 Smoked Brisket or Chicken Plate ...... $14.00 Vanilla • Sorghum Pecan Served with Beans & Potato Salad Maple Waffle Cone ...... add $1.00 Chopped Brisket Sandwich & Chips ...... $8.00 Bottled Iced Tea ...... $2.00 Ice Cream 9 Homemade Ice Cream Nachos 33 Strawberry • Cookies ’n’ Cream • Maple Pecan • Vanilla Nachos ...... $5.00 Sorghum Pecan • Chocolate • Tropical Sorbet Deluxe Nachos ...... $7.00 Strawberry Nonfat Frozen Yogurt Single Scoop ...... $3.50 Homestead Gristmill 36 Double Scoop ...... $5.00 Yogurt Granola Parfaits ...... $4.00 Maple Waffle Cone ...... add $1.00 Malawach—Yemenite Flat Bread ...... $4.00
Shakes & Lattes 10 Cafe Homestead 38 Milkshakes - 16 oz ...... $5.50 Hot Drinks ...... $3.00 Vanilla • Coffee (Decaf) • Strawberry • Chocolate - 16 oz ...... $3.50 Chillers Donuts & Kettle Corn 23 Mocha Frappé • Orange Julep • Piña Colada Harvest Spice Cake Donut (each) ...... $1.00 Coffee - 12 oz ...... $1.50 Donut a la Mode ...... $4.00 Regular • Decaf Apple Spice Ice Cream ...... $3.50 Iced Coffee(Decaf) - 16 oz ...... $1.50 Vanilla Ice Cream ...... $3.50 Craft Espressos - 10 oz ...... $3.50 Donut Holes (Bag) ...... $3.00 Café Americano • Cappuccino • Café Affogato Fresh Kettle Corn Hot Cocoa - 12 oz ...... $3.00 Regular ...... $5.00 Large ...... $8.00 Cinnamon Roasted Nuts Pecans • Almonds • Cashews Single Cone ...... $4.00 2 Cones ...... $7.00 Hot Apple Cider ...... $2.00 Hot Cocoa ...... $2.00 Fresh-Ground Coffee ...... $2.00 Bottled Water ...... $1.00 Natural Sodas ...... $2.00 Bottled Tea ...... $2.00
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Dimensions: 8’ x 10’ – 80 sq. ft. $3,900 Start ’em young! Kids love getting to help raise their own miniature barn. Crafted from western red cedar and utilizing traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, this timber-framed playhouse will provide years of rich, enjoyable memories. Price is for the frame only. Barn raising is at 11:30 each day. 27
Barn Raising
Join us for a traditional barn raising! We will need as many hands as possible as we raise a historic, hand-hewn timber frame barn from the mid-nineteenth century using traditional tools and techniques. After having withstood the elements for centuries in the northeast states, we carefully take down these unused buildings and bring them back to Texas to restore them. They are then used for the frames of many of our craft shops, as well as for houses around the country and the globe. Come lend a hand and learn the ancient art of timber-frame barn raising. 27
24 25 “The Lower East Side of Manhattan was a sort of dead end—a no-hope place for a lot of people. And of all the dark places that they could have come to, it was one of the very darkest.”
An Exodus So begins an interview with Barry Hersh, a native of the Lower East Side, as he recalls how A Journey toward a Culture of Life Blair and Regina Adams came to “Hell’s Kitchen” in 1973 and founded the ministry that ultimately birthed the agrarian community of Homestead 1973 - 2013 Heritage. Through engaging interviews with dozens of community members, this fast-moving, documentary-style feature tells the story and vision of Homestead Heritage. Humorous anecdotes, powerful personal testimonies and insightful commentary all come together with archival photographs and contemporary video to convey a sense of the journey. In addition to the historical chronology, brief segments of the film are dedicated to particular facets of life The Inspiring Story of at Homestead Heritage to help bring greater understanding into the motives behind their an Amazing Journey unique cultural “exodus.” from 'Hell's Kitchen' in “We were all these folks living in the slums and ex- New York City to the city dwellers . . . . But we did it! And if we could do Fields of Central Texas it, then everybody—and anybody—could do it.” – interview with founder Blair Adams
Shown at 1:00 each day 38a Approximate run time: 1 hour 9 minutes
DVDs FOR SALE IN THE BOOKSTORE 26 27 Heritage Forge The ringing sound of the smithy’s hammer pounding the anvil often floats throughout the craft village. The blacksmith pumps the bellows, and soon normally immovable iron glows red-hot, becoming malleable. The smith then transforms the raw material into an amazing array of products, from wrought-iron tables and beds to ornate chandeliers, as well as many tools such as axes, scythes, woodworking tools and much more.
Heritage Furniture Solid-wood construction, hand- cut joinery, steam-bent wood, hand- Homestead Craft Village carved details and much more. Open year-round, Monday Our community’s woodworkers through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. carefully employ centuries-old craft to 6:00 p.m., the Homestead Craft skills to produce award-winning Village at Brazos de Dios showcases custom furniture sold throughout a community of craftsmen who have North America, featured in fine returned, not to the past, but to woodworking magazines and selected the enduring values exemplified for the permanent collection of the in handcraftsmanship. True craft U.S. White House. requires more than skill: it expresses the craftsmen’s care and concern, their personal investment in everything Homestead Fiber Crafts they do. You can visit all the shops of Carding wool, combing cotton or The Potter’s House our craft village, watch our craftsmen beating flax begins the processes used From a clump of clay to beautiful, work, even attend classes to learn craft through the generations to transform spectacularly glazed vases, bowls, skills and, in all this, experience with nature’s raw materials into fabrics. dinnerware sets and a variety of other our craftsmen the joy and fulfillment Spinning twists tiny fibers into threads functional and decorative pottery— of returning to craft, the art of work. and yarns that weavers and felters watch this incredible transformation For more information please visit our turn into fabric for rugs, blankets, through the hands of experienced website, homesteadcraftvillage.com. decorative tapestries, clothing and potters. It thrills all who see it! quilts.
28 29 our community. Walk across the well- sandwiches, soups and salads, as worn threshing floor and see hand- well as burgers featuring our own forged iron beds, smell the fragrances renowned, all-natural, grass-fed of handmade soaps, look at hand- beef. Top it all off with one of our turned wooden bowls, appreciate the award-winning homemade pies or fine craftsmanship in award-winning our delicious ice cream, made right pieces of furniture. You’ll also enjoy in our community from all-natural browsing our specially selected books, ingredients. Open Monday through ranging from fine children’s selections Saturday 8:00 to 6:00. to how-to books on many of life’s essential skills. You can also special Homestead General Store order custom-made items from any of Begun in the tradition of the local our craftsmen. general stores that once were the The Gristmill hub of every small rural community, Freshly ground, organically grown Homestead General Store provides grains—wheat, spelt, oats, corn and you with a wide range of quality more. Watch our millers operate the homesteading and sustainable-living water-wheel-driven mill to produce products ranging from canning fine flour for baking. The Gristmill is supplies to garden tools to wood- housed in the 1750’s timber-framed burning stoves! “John Mott Mill.” Purchase fresh flour, Brazos Valley Cheese cornmeal and mixes that produce Brazos Valley Cheese is dedicated delicious breads and pastries. Homestead Market to crafting all-natural, high-quality, Homestead Heritage Market seeks healthy cheese using traditional to provide customers with the finest methods and no artificial flavors, locally sourced, natural and organic preservatives or coloring. Our milk foods. Many of its products are from comes from grass-fed cows that graze local and family-operated gardens, freely on three local Brazos River farms and orchards in central Texas. Valley Jersey/Brown Swiss dairies The butcher shop features a quality that do not use growth hormones or selection of locally raised grass- antibiotics. The high butterfat content fed and all-natural beef and lamb, of this milk makes rich, yellow, creamy authentically pastured chickens Cafe Homestead cheeses that are used by the finest and eggs and high-quality fish. Also Our Cafe offers delicious (and chefs and sold at the best retail shops Gift Barn available are delicious artisan-baked nutritious) meals with both unique in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, The historic, two-centuries- goods, organic milk, butter and cream, recipes and old-fashioned standards Austin and Houston. Every one of our old, hand-hewn “Hope Farm” barn cleaning supplies and more. Open from locally sourced ingredients cheeses is made with raw cow’s milk, contains hundreds of one-of-a-kind Monday through Saturday. wherever possible. Weekly specials and all the hard cheeses are aged in handcrafted items, all produced in provide variety in a menu of our underground cheese cave.
30 31 Homestead Baskets Come visit our basket makers at the Homestead Baskets cabin. Though the shop opened in late summer of 2015, our community’s basket makers have been creating beautiful baskets for over two decades. The shop is located in our historic 1850’s restored log cabin, across from the big red Ploughshare barn. Stop by and see the basket makers at work or browse the beautiful baskets made of pine needles, willow and many other natural materials.
Sponsors For over three decades now we have been able to offer our fair free of charge, made possible by the cheerful volunteering of time and financial support from our small community. During the two days of the fair alone (not counting the scores of thousands of volunteered man-hours in preparation for the fair) there are over 20,000 man-hours of volunteer service! Every one of the 3,300 burgers flipped, the 2.5 tons of potatoes cooked into French fries or the 2,880 tamales carefully wrapped by hand and steamed is done as a labor of love from a member of our community. Every cashier, parking attendant, shuttle bus driver or food server is a volunteer from our community. There is also a substantial price tag for food and food storage, craft production, grounds and buildings preparations, tent rentals, shuttle buses and carts and much more. Obviously, we don’t make this investment back in sales at the fair, but the rewards of sharing a weekend with thousands of our friends from across the country and world more than make up the difference! For decades our community businesses have quietly supported this huge effort, so we are acknowledging their support, as well as other businesses in the Timeless Design surrounding community. Please join us in giving a big “thank you” to all of our volunteers and sponsors! Enduring Craftsmanship 32 Septics
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254.754.9604 36 CafeHomestead.com 37 608 Dry creek Road, Waco, Texas Monday - Saturday 8 to 6 hom estead ristmill Gstone-ground grAIns Most Unique Grocery Store in Central Texas Organic & All-Natural Producers In our restored gristmill, we mill a variety of grains, including wheat, corn, spelt, buckwheat, rice and kamut, Top-Quality Supplement Brands with an increasing variety grown locally. All our grains are Locally Grown and Sourced Products non-GMO and are grown and processed organically or chemical-free. We stone-grind fresh flour and cornmeal daily and use only wholesome, natural ingredients in our mixes. We also grind and mix gluten-free baking mixes.
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Thank you! Thank you for joining us for this time of celebration! We deeply appreciate your support. We hope we have been an inspiration to you and that you have enjoyed your time visiting with us. Please come and visit us again soon. We’re open all year, so you don’t have to wait until next year’s fair!
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