Fair Program
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.
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