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Sponsors and Partners 4 Welcome to the Bell County Expo! Hands-On & Extended Workshops 6 Mother Earth News Stage 8 The Mother Earth News Fair team is excited to kick off our 2020 event series here in Belton, Texas! By the time the Fair wraps up on Sunday, we hope Building and Energy Stage 9 you take away a wealth of knowledge and resources to help guide you on your Grit Stage 10 path to self-reliance. The Livestock Conservancy Stage 11 I am particularly excited about hosting some very special guests for the Modern Homesteading Stage 12 first time. Marty Raney has been a champion for helping individuals and Natural Health Stage 13 families embrace the “simple life” for decades. When he was presented with Organic Gardening Stage 14 the opportunity by the Discovery Channel to star in a TV show, he knew immediately that he wanted to use it to highlight his vast experience of rugged Real Food Stage 15 homesteading in an effort to inspire folks to embrace the lifestyle. I look Saturday Schedule 16 forward to hearing more about his life story during his keynote on Saturday and hope you do, too!

Sunday Schedule 17 Justin Rhodes and his family are permaculturalists and seasoned homesteaders who have documented their Map 18 practices on their 75-acre farm near Asheville, North Carolina. They share those experiences on their YouTube channel under his namesake. Most of the videos are tender, thought-provoking, inspirational, and informative, SustainableModern Homesteading Agriculture Stage Building and Energy 20 Stage Stage all at the same time. For details on meeting Justin and his wife, Rebekah, along with our other YouTube-star Kids’ Treehouse Stage 21 guests in person, check out Page 29. Exhibitor Demonstrations 23 Exhibitors by Name 24 Like last year, you will also find several “Hands-On” workshops where participants can learn new practical, money-saving skill sets. We believe that one of the best ways to learn is by doing, and our nationally Exhibitors3606 by Location3602360336043605 3601 3600 28 Sustainable renowned experts will show you how. Create your own mozzarella, learn about using CBD and other essential Marketplace Agriculture 31 oils, discover the ancient yarn-looping technique of nålbinding, or take a deep dive into backyard poultry Stage management and more! A limited number of tickets are available to these special sessions at the entrance of The 3402 3302 AssemblyLEGEND Hall. Livestock 3700 3401 3301 Conservancy 3400 3300 Stage 3201 3101 Programming 3000 I would like to extend my personal thanks to the many supportive organizations that have invested their time 3200 3100 and effortSpecial into joining us at this event, and the many innovative exhibitors who have chosen to participate. WORKSHOPS 6 Programming 3506 3502350335043505 3501 3500 Special thanks to these contributing sponsors for making this event possible: Frontier Co-op, Hoover’s Hatchery,Animals Mann Lake, Manna Pro, Premier 1 Supplies, Taproot Magazine, Wise Women Botanicals, and

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Mother Earth News Fair 5 HANDS-ON AND EXTENDED WORKSHOPS Take part in these limited engagements aimed at fostering practical, money-saving skill sets. The best way to learn is by doing, and our nationally renowned experts show you how. PLUS you take what you make! Space is limited! Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the entrance of the Assembly Hall. See map on page 18. (Note: Sessions with identical titles are repeat sessions, included to accommodate more attendees’ schedules.)

DIY Skin Care Using Clay DIY Magic Mozzarella The Beginner’s Guide to Living Easy American Elderberry Health Elena Mercurio – Frontier Co-op (Saturday Morning Session) Off the Grid Cordial (Saturday Session) Making your own skin-care products is Gianaclis Caldwell – Pholia Farm Creamery Gary Collins – The Simple Life Joey Los – Joey’s Birdhouse a lot easier than you think it might be. Dairy expert Gianaclis Caldwell shows you Are you tired of the daily grind? Are you Terry Durham – River Hills Harvest Dive into a lively and interactive session how to make mozzarella, stretch it, and eat wanting to get off the grid, but don’t know An amazing immune-boosting herbal about the many wonderful uses of natural it, all in one hour! where to start? With Gary Collins’ expert remedy, elderberry health cordial offers products and essential oils. Learn the $25 | Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. advice and workbook (included), you’ll support during cold and flu season and is benefits of clay, herbs, skin-care oils, and not only save time and money, but be beneficial throughout the year. Learn to essential oils. Then, make your very own able to plan your project with a sensible, make your own cordial, and leave with a clay mask to take home! This workshop is straightforward approach. bottle you’ve made. sponsored by Frontier Co-op. $35 | Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. $25 | Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. $15 | Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Natural First-Aid Kit: Fire cider Natural First-Aid Kit: Natural First-Aid Kit: Using CBD and Essential Oils Nicole Telkes – Wildflower School of Crafting your own bitters Green healing salve Safely and for Health Botanical Medicine Nicole Telkes – Wildflower School of Nicole Telkes – Wildflower School of Connie Jacoby – Wise Women Botanicals A traditional, vinegar-based herbal remedy, Botanical Medicine Botanical Medicine Learn all about CBD and how to use it to fire cider is used most commonly when Bitters are a traditional remedy for Make your own natural first aid! Nicole make essential oil creams for daily health dealing with respiratory infections (but it digestive issues, but they have dozens of Telkes guides workshop participants and skin care. Naturopath Connie Jacoby has a dozens of other uses). Learn the ins other uses (including breaking up fats in through making their own green salve. brings 25 years of nursing experience to and outs of making the remedy, and go the body and stabilizing blood sugar). This traditional herbal remedy provides the world of natural health. Prepare and home with your own jar! Learn the ins and outs of making the topical wound care. Participants learn the take home an assortment of care items $25 | Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. remedy, and go home with your own jar! ins and outs of making the remedy, and for your own wellness. This workshop is $25 | Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. they go home with their own jar! sponsored by Wise Women Botanicals. $25 | Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. $25 | Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Take all three Natural First Aid Kit classes for only $60, a 20% discount!

Create an Herbal and Citrus Nålbinding for the Beginner Make Your Own Hard Cider DIY Magic Mozzarella Apothecary Garland Carla Tilghman – Ogden Publications Christopher Shockey – Storey Publishing (Saturday Afternoon Session) Melissa Caughey – Tilly’s Nest Nålbinding is an ancient yarn-looping You’ve heard the saying “an apple a day Gianaclis Caldwell – Pholia Farm Creamery With Melissa Caughey’s help, you can technique found all over the world, from keeps the doctor away,” but did you Dairy expert Gianaclis Caldwell shows you create a garland complete with dried citrus Denmark to Egypt to Peru. Learn this know you can get some of those same how to make mozzarella, stretch it, and eat and a variety of greenery. This versatile easy technique that just requires a wooden antioxidant benefits in a pint of your own it, all in one hour! decorative item is a fun way to dry herbs, needle and yarn to make scarves, hats, hard cider? Hear all the tips and tricks for $25 | Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. and you can even hang it in the kitchen mittens, and socks. This workshop starts re-creating your favorite commercial hard to access dried ingredients you want with pictures and some history and then cider at home, starting with your first cider to incorporate in recipes. The finished teaches you the basic stitch (with lots of from this class. garland measures approximately 6 feet long help and conversation about how to make $25 | Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. and will last for months with proper care. many warm items). $25 | Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. $25 | Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m.

6 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com HANDS-ON AND EXTENDED WORKSHOPS Take part in these limited engagements aimed at fostering practical, money-saving skill sets. The best way to learn is by doing, and our nationally renowned experts show you how. PLUS you take what you make! Space is limited! Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the entrance of the Assembly Hall. See map on page 18. (Note: Sessions with identical titles are repeat sessions, included to accommodate more attendees’ schedules.)

Easy Oyster Mushroom Cultivation for Raising Chickens for Eggs and Meat Figuring Out Your Homestead Details Growing, Using, and Enjoying Luffa Beginners (Saturday Session) Extended Workshop Cyndi Ball – Ogden Publications Janice Cox – Natural Beauty at Home Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain Alison Martin – The Livestock Conservancy Is life on the homestead may taking more You may be surprised and delighted to Learn to cultivate your very own oyster Jon Alden – Hoover’s Hatchery from your pocketbook than it provides learn that luffa sponges can easily be grown mushrooms at home! Find out how to Bill Sadler – Manna Pro for your pantry? With the overwhelming in your home garden. Plant seeds to take use ordinary household or farm waste and In this interactive session, learn the number of choices in homesteading, it can home, create a bar of luffa soap, make a jar turn it into edible mushrooms in just a few common-sense basics of setting up for a be difficult to know where to begin. Get of soothing luffa sugar scrub, and decorate weeks. All participants take home small breeder flock. This session includes hands- your questions answered and collaborate a market tote using luffa gourd slices. Each starter cultures and growing substrates to on instruction for handling chickens. on ideas with Cyndi Ball. You’ll also take attendee also receives a signed copy of begin their cultivation journey! Sponsored by Manna Pro and Hoover’s home a copy of her workbook. Janice’s new luffa workbook. $25 | Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. Hatchery. $35 | Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. $35 | Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. $25 | Sunday 9:00-12:00 p.m.

Easy American Elderberry Health Backyard Poultry Processing Easy Anti-inflammatory Snacks DIY Mead Cordial (Sunday Session) Matt Wilkinson – Hard Cider Homestead Shawna Coronado – ShawnaCoronado.com Jereme Zimmerman – Joey Los – Joey’s Birdhouse Robert Ruppel – Yardbird Chicken Pluckers Learn about an anti-inflammatory diet that Chelsea Green Publishing Terry Durham – River Hills Harvest Learn how to turn your dreams of chicken benefits those who suffer from diabetes, Experience the simplicity of capturing An amazing immune-boosting herbal farming in your own backyard and heart disease, arthritis, allergies, asthma, and cultivating wild yeast for creating remedy, elderberry health cordial offers processing your own food into a reality. and chronic pain. Hear why snacks can be your own wild-fermented mead. Jereme support during cold and flu season and is Discover the humane and efficient way important for anti-inflammatory food plan Zimmerman discusses techniques and beneficial throughout the year. Learn to to process your poultry, a solution perfect success, and create a toasty snack recipe recipes for myriad flavoring and alcohol- make your own cordial, and leave with a for those who choose to do it themselves. that you can take home. Then discover level possibilities, then participants create a bottle you’ve made. This workshop is sponsored by Yardbird smart tips for amazing anti-inflammatory jar of mead to take home. $25 | Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. Chicken Pluckers. Located in Expo Hall. snacks that the whole family can enjoy, $25 | Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 | Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. and take home Shawna’s cookbook. $35 | Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Easy Oyster Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners (Sunday Session) Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain Learn to cultivate your very own oyster mushrooms at home! Find out how to use ordinary household or farm waste and turn it into edible mushrooms in just a few weeks. All participants take home small starter cultures and growing substrates to begin their cultivation journey! $25 | Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m.

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5 Cool Mushroom Cultivation Top 10 Springtime Herbs for Central Texas Redefining the American Dream Projects for Hot Southern Climates Nicole Telkes – Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine Marty Raney – Homestead Rescue Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain Have you ever wondered what herbs to grow or be on the lookout Marty Raney hosts Discovery Channel’s Homestead Rescue, Did you think it was too hot or dry to grow mushrooms in the for in Central Texas during spring? And what does "spring" airing Thursday nights. Marty was raised off-grid and by age 18, South? Tradd Cotter covers several easy methods of cultivating actually mean in the Deep South? Herbalist and author Nicole he ventured to Alaska, continuing an off-grid lifestyle. Marty edible mushrooms, composting with fungi, and recycling Telkes guides you through her top 10 herbs for springtime. She and his wife, Mollee, have raised four children, and after 45 years household and farm waste. Tradd is a microbiologist, professional covers growing considerations, food, medicine, and more. Her in Alaska, the Raneys have established a legacy of adventure. mycologist, and organic gardener who has been tissue culturing, focus is on propagating herbs that are more bioregional in focus The Raneys are currently carving their new homestead out of the collecting fungi, and cultivating both commercially and into your gardens. Telkes' list comes from more than two decades Alaskan mountainside. They have redefined The American Dream experimentally for more than 22 years. of foraging and gardening with native and weedy medicinal plants and what it means to live simply and live well through hard work. Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. in Central Texas. Marty shares tales of adventure and inspirational anecdotes for Book Signing Sat. 11:00-11:30 a.m. Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. building a better homestead and a better life. Book Signing Sat. 12:30-1:00 p.m. and Sun. 3:00-3:30 p.m. Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Natural Beekeeping That Works Start Your Journey on the Simple Life, Stacked with Flavor: How to build an anti- Leo Sharashkin – Horizontal Hive Live Off the Grid, and Change Your Health inflammatory meal plan fueled with a flavor explosion Keeping bees can be simpler than growing tomatoes. Learn the Gary Collins – The Simple Life Shawna Coronado – www.ShawnaCoronado.com tested methods that allow you to add any number of hives to Wondering if an off-grid lifestyle is right for you? Scared that it'll Scientific evidence points to how a lifestyle of eating anti- your farm or garden with minimal cost. Start with free local bees be too challenging for you and your family to handle? Author and inflammatory foods can lessen and even eliminate inflammation that are resilient and productive, choose a hive model that is bee- speaker Gary Collins literally wrote the book on how to transition in the body that is often blamed for a variety of diseases and friendly and requires minimal management, and let the bees do to a life off the grid. After almost a decade of walking the walk, disorders. Find out how to add tremendous flavor to your diet, the rest. Leo Sharashkin packs this visually rich presentation with he's sharing his successes and failures alike so you can lead a how to negotiate plate portions, what foods are the most anti- practical information that you can easily apply in both rural and simple life without missing out on creature comforts. Using his inflammatory, and how to safely meal prep. Author Shawna urban settings. Leo is the founder of HorizontalHive.com and techniques, he’s helped countless clients build a better body, and Coronado teaches how to live a lifestyle filled with delicious editor of Keeping Bees with a Smile, a comprehensive resource on now he’s here to turn your wellness goals into a reality. whole, natural foods that will help your family stay healthy, lose natural beekeeping. Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. weight, feel better, and have more energy. Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Book Signing Sat. 6:00-6:30 p.m. and Sun. 11:00-11:30 a.m. Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Book Signing Sat. 3:00-3:30 p.m. and Sun. 11:00-11:30 a.m.

If I Can Homestead, So Can You How to Maintain Trees Cooking of the West: Justin Rhodes – Abundant Permaculture for Maximum Health and Production History of the chuck wagon then and now By documenting their homesteading lifestyle on their popular Using Cost-Effective Natural, Organic Techniques Kent Rollins – Kent Rollins Cowboy Cooking YouTube channel, Justin Rhodes and his family have taught and Howard Garrett – Dirt Doctor Kent Rollins has been featured on popular food programs inspired millions of people to grow their own food. Justin is a Howard Garrett is recognized as one of the leaders in the research, including “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” “Chopped Grill successful homesteader who grows most of his own food, but education, and promotion of natural organic products and Masters,” and “Cutthroat Kitchen,” as well as “CBS Sunday that’s not always been the case. He and his wife grew up unlikely practices. Hear about natural, organic tree-planting techniques Morning.” He and his wife, Shannon, host a popular YouTube to live "the good life." Learn how they overcame common in detail: why they work better, why dramatically exposed root show where each week subscribers tune in to learn about cast problems homesteaders face, and gain plenty of tools and flares are important, and how to expose flares properly so trees can iron and Dutch oven cooking, grilling, live fire cooking, and the inspiration to keep you growing. resist pests and reach their potential. Howard explains the use of history of the West. In this presentation, Kent explores the past Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. natural, organic techniques and products that are effective (and of the chuck wagon and its significance in shaping the West. He save water and money). He also provides pruning information, also shares stories and pictures of cooking for traditional working including proper techniques. ranches today with his 1876 Studebaker chuck wagon. Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Book Signing Sat. 4:30-5:00 p.m. & Sun. 3:00-3:30 p.m.

8 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com BUILDING AND ENERGY STAGE Making Cob: How to build with mud I Built My Cob House and So Can You! DIY Composting Toilet and Bin Restoring Antique Tools for Modern Use Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Cat Taylor – Cob Hill Natural Building School Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Justin Mairot – The Good of the Land Learn how the dirt under your backyard can be Hear how Cat Taylor built her 2,200-square- Almost half the water you use in your house In the modern age of mass-produced tools, turned into beautiful buildings, benches, pizza foot, two-story house in northeast Texas. gets flushed down the toilet, wasting water, quality sometimes takes a back seat, but ovens, and much more. The possibilities are She teaches the steps you can take to have a energy, and valuable nutrients that could superior tools have survived from a time limited only by one's imagination! Be prepared mortgage-free home of your own! In addition be going back into your garden. To be truly when skilled craftsmen and engineers created to get muddy. to sharing natural plaster recipes (such as plaster sustainable, we need to recycle everything. We the best-designed tools and implements ever Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. made with horse manure), Taylor dispenses also need to compost all organic materials, such manufactured. Restoration specialist Justin building tips to help you get started! as food scraps and yard waste, returning the Mairot from The Good of the Land explains Build Your Own Wood-Fired Pizza Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. nutrients to the Earth. That includes humanure, how to bring these incredible relics back to life Oven from Dirt the nutrient-rich excretions human societies for use in your home shop. Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud The $6,000 Foxhole Earthship produce in massive quantities each and every Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Help turn a pile of mud into a wood-fired pizza Ted Brinegar – Foxhole Homes day. Chris "Uncle Mud" McClellan shows oven! See how easy it is to do this in your own See how Foxhole Homes is building Earthship- how to build a safe, low-cost, odor-free, and Low-Cost Insulation backyard. Be prepared to get muddy. inspired self-heating and self-cooling tiny highly effective humanure composting system, from Cardboard and Foil Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. houses for displaced veterans for under $6,000. consisting of a sawdust toilet and compost Ted Brinegar – Foxhole Homes Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. bin. This system works well in homes, cabins, See how Ted Brinegar of Foxhole Homes Kids Can Build with Sticks and Mud cottages, and even camping spots. It can also be saves thousands of dollars and avoids a lot Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Build a Rocket Mass Heater used in emergencies. of environmental damage using repurposed Play in the mud with Uncle Mud and friends. Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. cardboard and firebreak foil instead of foam Use clay, straw, and sticks to build little houses See how you can turn a pile of old bricks and insulation for his Earthship-inspired tiny and sculpt beautiful objects from your wild mud into a super-efficient woodburning heater Kids Can Build with Sticks and Mud houses. imagination. This is a "hands-in" workshop: for your house or cabin. Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. hands and feet squishing and mixing and Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. Play in the mud with Uncle Mud and friends. making a big mess. Talk about how we can use Use clay, straw, and sticks to build little houses these same materials to build benches, ovens, Building with Mushroom Mycelium: Mortar- and sculpt beautiful objects from your wild and even houses. You can use the water at this and adhesive-free projects imagination. This is a "hands-in" workshop: workshop to wash off with, but be prepared to Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain hands and feet squishing and mixing and get dirty and have fun. Some mushrooms have a tensile strength more making a big mess. Talk about how we can use Saturday 1:00-1:30 p.m. than 800,000 times their weight, are fast- these same materials to build benches, ovens, growing, and the mycelium is not flammable. and even houses. You can use the water at this Paired with a good R-value, portability, and workshop to wash off with, but be prepared to affordability, using fungi in natural building get dirty and have fun. materials could be the future. Tradd Cotter also Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m. covers other promising projects, including an outdoor oven! Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Book Signing Sat. 11:00-11:30 a.m.

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Mother Earth News Fair 9 GRIT STAGE Soil Detox and Management for Natural Simplify Your Homestead Plan Raising Honeybee Queens women. Take 30 minutes to relish being part of Organic Growing of Hemp and Other Cyndi Ball – and Making Royal Jelly a community! Medicinal and Culinary Crops National Ladies Homestead Gathering Leo Sharashkin – Horizontal Hive Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m. Howard Garrett – Dirt Doctor Are you overwhelmed by the myriad of choices In addition to producing honey, any beekeeper Howard Garrett explains how a simple program in homesteading? Not sure where or how to get can multiply honeybee colonies for their Food Production with Container of soil detox and increased biological activity started? Or is the homesteading lifestyle taking own use and for sale. Rear a few queens or a Gardens and Wicking Beds works better in every way. He shows how his more from your pocketbook than it's providing thousand using simple time-tested methods, Jack Spirko – The Survival Podcast management program can result in a 40 to 50 for your pantry? This workshop provides and you'll never have to buy bees again. Raising Hear how to construct wicking containers percent reduction in water use, while detoxing a simple planning tool to help make your superior disease-resistant stock is exciting as well as standard containers gardens, and the soil for purity in the finished crops. He also homesteading dreams a practical reality. and profitable. Choose from several natural find out about proper soil mixes and fertility answers audience questions on pests, plants, Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. methods, with every step clearly explained. regimes. Jack Spirko covers planting in layered and procedures. 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Hear about diseases and other things to be an understanding of their natural nutritional, they come by day or by night, by ground or by Learn how to take advantage of their instincts cautious of. Find out about the advantages and emotional, and physical needs. With holistic sky, predators pose a threat with which every to smoothly integrate them into your farm and disadvantages of chickens, turkeys, ducks, and care and a bit of troubleshooting training, you chicken keeper must deal. This presentation flocks. guinea fowl. can keep your goats and sheep in great shape ... aims to empower you. Learn about the most Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. with almost no vet bills! common chicken predators, how to identify Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. them with evidence left behind, and how to Re-energizing Youth in Agriculture: The Chicken Handling Book Signing Sat. 3:00-3:30 p.m. keep your flock safe. Pick up practical advice, necessity of 4-H club and the FFA Alison Martin – The Livestock Conservancy simple tips, and DIY tutorials to protect your Kaelyn Starkey – Galiceños of Suwannee Learn to handle chickens in ways that result Advantages of Heritage Breeds in flock. 4-H Club and the National FFA Organization in lower stress for the birds while ensuring Commercial Goat and Sheep Enterprises Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. are the founding support beams of they’re treated safely and securely. The Livestock Richard Browning Jr. – Book Signing Sun. 11:00-11:30 a.m. the agricultural community, and their Conservancy’s Alison Martin demonstrates The Livestock Conservancy disappearance is why agriculture is falling. how to hold a chicken so that it remains Meat goat production is a non-traditional How to Speak Chicken Hear how we, as a community, can help their comfortable, content, and secure (and remains animal industry that has experienced Melissa Caughey – Storey Publishing resurgence. calm, without trauma). Whether you’re just tremendous growth in the last 25 years. Sheep Do you have backyard chickens? Do you Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. starting out or have been raising poultry for production has shown recent signs of renewed name them? Do you consider them pets? Get years, make sure you’re handling your birds the interest for small farm meat production. a glimpse into why your chickens do what Smaller Cows for Smaller Farms: Reducing right way. 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Even so, more than 130 plants for your garden and be Kent Rollins – Kent Rollins Cowboy Cooking Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. knowing the right questions to ask from built for under $100. The larger system can feed Enjoy Kent Rollins’ stories as he explains the beginning or (even after) can save you a family of four every day, year-round. All from the cowboy way of life through cooking Camp Skills from Your Homestead to the thousands of dollars (if not tens of thousands). a 2-by-4-foot print! for traditional working ranches from his Backwoods That May Just Save Your Life! The School of Permaculture's Nicholas Burtner Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. 1876 Studebaker chuck wagon. He goes Matt Stephens – Homestead Hustle offers professional advice on how to look at over the basics of cast iron and answers the Matt Stephens takes audiences on a journey landscape in a way that benefits your future The Top 10 Things I Learned from the Great most common questions about it, covering from the farm into the backcountry in this decisions. He also discusses an online assessing American Farm Tour everything from seasoning to cleaning and workshop. A homesteader's way of life is all tool that remembers and organizes a property's Justin Rhodes – Abundant Permaculture buying tips. about developing skills, and adapting them to information. What would you do if you weren’t afraid? After Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. different situations can keep us alive. You might Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. years of homesteading, the Rhodes family secure a tarp to cover the last of the winter's hay dared to ask that question. The answer led to Community Folk Dance and then secure that same tarp to cover yourself a 50-state tour of the nation's greatest farms. Emily Abel – Emily Rainbowface, Dance Caller overnight when your goats decide to take a Here are the key takeaways. They will change This workshop is an immersive experience in vacation. What do you do when you run out the way you look at your farm, while inspiring which participants delve into folk dance as a of matches? Strike a fire! When your butcher you to “just plant,” where you are. holistic way of connecting with others. The knife is dull, what do you do? How would you Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. dances involve brisk walking movement and sharpen it without your favorite gadgets? Matt physical contact with others. The more folks Stephens leads this adventure that takes skills Integrating Animals into Agriculture attend, the more dances everyone can do! All from the home into the forest. 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Mother Earth News Fair 13 ORGANIC GARDENING STAGE PRESENTED BY MOTHER EARTH GARDENER Summer Planting for an Abundant Fall giant tomatoes, and lots of fun and unusual greens to try this year, including some that dozens of your favorite garden varieties. He and Winter Harvest plants. Leave this talk with fun project ideas bridge the mid-summer gap between the cool, also covers the details of pollination, isolation Ira Wallace – Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (sunflower house!) and fun plants (exploding prolific spring and fall salad seasons. techniques, and the importance of preserving A bountiful fall and winter plan starts in the seed pods, anyone?) that can help draw young Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. genetic diversity. This workshop includes live heat of summer. Learn how to plan, create, and people (and adults) into gardening. Book Signing Sat. 11:00-11:30 a.m. demonstrations of seed-saving techniques, and produce garden bounty all year. 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5 Cool Mushroom Top 10 Springtime Redefining the Natural Beekeeping Start Your Journey on Mother Earth Cultivation Projects for Herbs for Central Texas American Dream That Works the Simple Life, Live News Stage Hot Southern Climates Nicole Telkes Break Marty Raney Leo Sharashkin Off the Grid, and (Page 8) Tradd Cotter Change Your Health Gary Collins

Making Cob: Build Your Own Kids Can Build with I Built My Cob House The $6,000 Foxhole Build a Rocket Mass Building and How to build with mud Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Sticks and Mud and So Can You! Earthship Heater Energy Stage Uncle Mud & Family from Dirt Uncle Mud & Family Cat Taylor Ted Brinegar Uncle Mud & Family Uncle Mud & Family (Page 9)

Soil Detox and Make More Money Women Building Simplify Your Seed Swaps and Seed Emma’s Cool Crops Management for on Your Farm with Agribusinesses Homestead Plan Libraries: How to build Emma Biggs Grit Stage Natural Organic Agritourism Cyndi Ball Cyndi Ball sustainable communities (Page 10) Growing of Hemp ... Matt Stephens by sharing seeds Howard Garrett Ben Cohen The Livestock Keeping a Mixed Chicken Handling Chickens Q&A Holistic Goat and Advantages of Heritage Backyard Chicken Conservancy Poultry Flock Alison Martin The Livestock Sheep Health Breeds in Commercial Predators and How to Cindy Gibson Conservancy Gianaclis Caldwell Goat and Sheep Keep Your Flock Safe Stage Enterprises Melissa Caughey (Page 11) Richard Browning Jr. Modern Homescale Indoor The Top 10 Things I Integrating Animals Cowboy Cooking and Community Folk Homesteading Hydroponics Learned from the Great into Agriculture Cast Iron Dance Jack Spirko American Farm Tour Meredith Leigh Kent Rollins Emily Abel Stage Justin Rhodes (Page 12)

Wellness for All: Plant- Garden Fruits and GROW UP! Elevate Maximize Your Grazing Garden Herbs and Natural Health based health, naturally Vegetables for Health Your Garden Beds and Lauri Celella and Flowers for Health and Stage Connie Jacoby and Beauty Stop Being a Pain in Christine Martin Beauty (Page 13) Janice Cox Your Own Neck Janice Cox Shawna Coronado

Summer Planting for Square-Foot Gardening: Gardening with Emma Growing Heirloom Companion Planting Organic an Abundant Fall and How to get started Emma Biggs Alliums and Other Old Time Break Gardening Stage Winter Harvest Wayne Schirner Tim Miller Gardening Tips (Page 14) Ira Wallace Mike Nocks

Whole Hog Butchery Let’s Talk Tempeh: The Fundamentals of Brewing Beer for the Fearless Pressure Real Food Stage Meredith Leigh Learn to make your Smoking Modern Homesteader Canning (Page 15) own tempeh Jake Levin Jereme Zimmerman Victoria Redhed Miller Kirsten and Christopher Shockey Introduction to The Grass-Powered Shocking Uses and Tips Business Basics for How and Why to Sustainable Permaculture Gardening Farm: Rotational for Electric Fences Farmers Create a Community Agriculture Nicholas Burtner Grazing ... Joe Putnam Judith McGeary Meat Buying Club Stage (Page 20) Shawn and Beth Meredith Leigh Dougherty

A Kid’s Guide to Cooking with Kids Can Build with Fungi in the Classroom Soil and Seeds, Sprouts Basic Homestead Knot- Kids’ Treehouse Keeping Chickens Micro-greens Sticks and Mud Tradd Cotter to Success Tying Melissa Caughey Chef Irma Uncle Mud & Family Un-Included Club Youth Matt Stephens Stage (Page 21) [Building and Energy Stage] Leaders

Space is limited! Purchase hands-on and extended workshop passes at the entrance of Assembly Hall. See the map on Page 18.

DIY Skin Care Using Clay The Beginner’s Guide to Using CBD and Essential Nålbinding for the Easy Oyster Mushroom Hands-On Elena Mercurio Living Off the Grid Oils Safely and for Health Beginner Cultivation for Beginners Workshops A $15 Gary Collins Connie Jacoby Carla Tilghman Tradd Cotter (Page 6) $35 $25 $25 $25

DIY Magic Mozzarella Easy American Elderberry Create an Herbal and Make Your Own Hard DIY Magic Mozzarella Hands-On Gianaclis Caldwell Health Cordial Citrus Apothecary Garland Cider Gianaclis Caldwell Workshops B $25 Joey Los, Terry Durham Melissa Caughey Christopher Shockey $25 (Page 6) $25 $25 $25

Natural First-Aid Kit: Natural First-Aid Kit: Natural First-Aid Kit: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Extended Fire cider Crafting your own bitters Green healing salve Lavender Breakfast Workshops Nicole Telkes Nicole Telkes Nicole Telkes Janice Cox $25 (Page 6) $25 $25 $25

16 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE SUNDAY SCHEDULE HOURS: Sunday 9:00-5:00 p.m. STAGE NAME 10:00–11:00 a.m. 11:30–12:30 p.m. 1:00–1:30 p.m. 2:00–3:00 p.m. 3:30–4:30 p.m. Stacked with Flavor: How to If I Can Homestead, So Can How to Maintain Trees Cooking of the West: Mother Earth build an anti-inflammatory You for Maximum Health and History of the chuck wagon News Stage meal plan ... Justin Rhodes Break Production ... then and now (Page 8) Shawna Coronado Howard Garrett Kent Rollins

Building with Mushroom DIY Composting Kids Can Build with Sticks Restoring Antique Tools for Low-Cost Insulation from Building and Mycelium: Mortar- and Toilet and Bin and Mud Modern Use Cardboard and Foil Energy Stage adhesive-free projects Uncle Mud & Family Uncle Mud & Family Justin Mairot Ted Brinegar Tradd Cotter (Page 9)

Raising Honeybee Queens Women and the Need for Lunchtime with the Ladies Food Production with Small-Engine Equipment: Grit Stage and Making Royal Jelly Community Homestead Gathering Container Gardens and Basic maintenance and Leo Sharashkin Cyndi Ball National Ladies Homestead Wicking Beds common repairs (Page 10) Gathering Jack Spirko Victoria Redhed Miller

The Livestock How to Speak Chicken How and Why to Add Re-energizing Youth in Smaller Cows for Smaller Conservancy Melissa Caughey Guineas to Your Farm Agriculture: The necessity of Farms: Reducing cow size to Cindy Gibson 4-H Club and the FFA increase productivity Stage Kaelyn Starkey Richard Browning Jr. (Page 11) Modern Homesteading Q&A Camp Skills from Your Recycling in Your Landscape Professional Land Homesteading Marty Raney Homestead to the Tim Miller Assessment Stage Backwoods That May Just Nicholas Burtner Save Your Life! (Page 12) Matt Stephens

An Introduction to Primal Air to Water, Zero Growing Elderberry for Natural Support for Seasonal Natural Health Living and Eating ... Food Waste, and Seed Health and Profit Allergies Stage Gary Collins Sustainability Terry Durham Nicole Telkes (Page 13) Randy and Terri Brim

Break Sun Growing Common Trials and Tribulations of a Seed Saving 101: How to Edibles in Urban Organic and Uncommon Greens for Teenage Tomato Grower save your garden seeds Landscapes Gardening Stage Summer Salads and More Emma Biggs Ben Cohen Steven Biggs (Page 14) Ira Wallace

Making Homemade Bread a Smoked Sausage Production Make Mead Like a Viking Fermenting Vegetables Real Food Stage Regular Part of Your Family Demonstration Jereme Zimmerman for Preservation, Gut (Page 15) Victoria Redhed Miller Jake Levin Health, and ... Flavor Kirsten and Christopher Shockey

Creating Your Own Farm Temporary Fence Strategies New Laws for Local Food Water for Free: Captured Sustainable Airbnb for the Beginning Grazier Producers and low-pressure stock water Agriculture Matt Wilkinson Shawn and Beth Dougherty Judith McGeary systems Stage (Page 20) Shawn and Beth Dougherty

Making Soap Balls Kids Kraut! Kids Can Build with Sticks DIY Backyard Bird Treats Soil Layer Dessert Kids’ Treehouse Connie Jacoby Christopher Shockey and Mud Janice Cox Un-Included Club Youth Uncle Mud & Family Leaders Stage (Page 21) [Building and Energy Stage]

Space is limited! Purchase hands-on and extended workshop passes at the entrance of Assembly Hall. See the map on Page 18.

Growing, Using, and Enjoying Backyard Poultry Processing Easy Oyster Mushroom Hands-On Luffa (Expo Building) Cultivation for Beginners Workshops A Janice Cox Matt Wilkinson, Robert Ruppel Tradd Cotter (Page 6) $35 $20 $25

Figuring Out Your Homestead Easy American Elderberry Easy Anti-inflammatory Snacks DIY Mead Hands-On Details Health Cordial Shawna Coronado Jereme Zimmerman Workshops B Cyndi Ball Joey Los, Terry Durham $35 $25 (Page 6) $35 $25

Extended 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Workshops Raising Chickens for Eggs and Meat Alison Martin, Bill Sadler, Jon Alden (Page 6) $25

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2200 2100 19002000 17001800 1500 Real Food Stage i Expo Building Mother Earth News Fair 19 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE STAGE Introduction to Permaculture Gardening fence and how does it work? What happens when Creating Your Own Farm Airbnb rabbits, a major expansion to the cottage food Nicholas Burtner – School of Permaculture grass touches the energized wires in a fence? What Matt Wilkinson – Hard Cider Homestead law, permit fee caps for farmers market vendors, Learn the basics of designing and building about when an animal touches the wires? How Take advantage of both the scenic environment special provisions for sampling at farmers an ecosystemic permaculture garden. In this do you succeed (or fail) with electric netting? of your farm and the interesting, creative markets, and a local health department better workshop, the School of Permaculture's This presentation is sponsored by Premier 1 farming activities that you practice on a daily communications bill. Learn about the new Nicholas Burtner teaches how low-work Supplies. basis. Matt Wilkinson guides you through the opportunities for local food producers, and methods can allow you to grow abundant and Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. development of a farm Airbnb, which includes bring your questions on these new laws (and the nutrient-rich foods (while working with nature, a compost-heated outdoor shower, a compost pre-existing ones) that affect farmers, ranchers, instead of against it). When you think about it, Business Basics for Farmers toilet, and recycling existing home structures. and local food producers of all types. why work so hard? Understand the benefits of Judith McGeary – Farm and Ranch Freedom Learn how to assemble such a living space, Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. letting the pros (nature, that is) do the work! Alliance as well as the techniques used to market and Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Should you form a corporation? What sort advertise it. Water for Free: Captured and low-pressure of insurance do you need? Can you legally Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. stock water systems The Grass-Powered Farm: Rotational Grazing have volunteers working on your farm? Get Shawn and Beth Dougherty – The Sow's Ear for the Homesteader the answers to these and other basic questions Temporary Fence Strategies for the Farm and Pottery Shawn and Beth Dougherty – The Sow's Ear about running a farm or local food business. Beginning Grazier Running out of water is a farm or homestead Farm and Pottery Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Shawn and Beth Dougherty – The Sow's Ear disaster! Explore using nonelectric and captured Grazing is the tool that puts land improvement Farm and Pottery livestock water systems to add resilience and food production in immediate reach of How and Why to Create a Community Meat Pick up the basics of temporary livestock to your intensive grazing and gardening both neophyte and experienced homesteaders. Buying Club fencing with Shawn and Beth Dougherty systems. Through diagrams, photographs, and Explore the principles, tools, and methods of Meredith Leigh – New Society Publishers (authors of The Independent Farmstead). discussion, examine low-tech methods for management-intensive rotational grazing on the Barriers abound for the average consumer when Whether you want to raise bantams or Boers, catching thousands of gallons of roof water small scale with the authors of The Independent it comes to sourcing and affording well-raised turkeys or Toggenburgs, Dexters or Dorpers, and runoff, developing springs and seeps, and Farmstead: Growing Soil, Biodiversity and meat. One of the most viable solutions for the Doughertys provide dozens of tips for fast, accessing ponds and streams for in-paddock Nutrient-Dense Food with Grassfed Animals and communities and neighborhoods, especially convenient, versatile patterns perfect for holistic stock water and for pasture and garden Intensive Pasture Management. in very urban or food apartheid areas, is to grazing of whatever farm animals you're raising. irrigation. Walk away with the confidence to Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. cooperate and develop a community meat They lead an hour of hands-on learning and implement nonelectric and captured water use Book Signing Sun. 12:30-1:00 p.m. buying club. Author, farmer, butcher, and demonstrations that equips attendees with the on your own farm or homestead. advocate Meredith Leigh helps interested confidence and tools to go home and become Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Shocking Uses and Tips for Electric Fences individuals or groups with the design and graziers! This presentation is sponsored by Book Signing Sun. 12:30-1:00 p.m. Joe Putnam – Premier 1 Supplies maintenance of a buying club. She covers Premier 1 Supplies. Electric fence is known far and wide for its sourcing, understanding carcass terminology, Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. ability to contain livestock such as cattle, sheep, and working with butchers, farmers, and Book Signing Sun. 12:30-1:00 p.m. and poultry. But it also keeps out animals, processors. She also discusses cut sheets, pricing, whether they’re coyotes looking for a quick regulation, and cooking tips. New Laws for Local Food Producers meal, rabbits sneaking carrots from the garden, Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. Judith McGeary – Farm-to-Consumer Legal or feral hogs making a pit stop in your yard. Book Signing Sat. 11:00-11:30 a.m. Defense Fund Joe Putnam covers the many uses of electric The Texas Legislature adopted five new bills fence for grazing, containment, and deterrence. that help small-scale, local food producers He answers such questions as: What is electric in 2019: on-farm processing for poultry and

20 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com KIDS’ TREEHOUSE STAGE A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens Fungi in the Classroom Making Soap Balls DIY Backyard Bird Treats Melissa Caughey – Storey Publishing Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain Connie Jacoby – Wise Women Botanicals Janice Cox – Natural Beauty at Home Chickens make wonderful first pets for families. Ever wonder what kind of projects with Use your imagination to create fun shapes of A great way to get your kids to appreciate Kids can learn plenty keeping chickens: mushrooms you and your children can start at soap with scents or no scent at all. nature and have fun outdoors is bird-watching. life skills and life lessons, responsibility and home or in school? Part show and part hands- Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m. This pastime is one of life’s simple joys for all the value of chores, caring for and showing on demonstration, this workshop features ages. Learn to make simple seed treats using compassion toward animals, and more. Melissa many cool experiments that are practical for Kids Kraut! all-natural ingredients and slices of luffa gourds Caughey shares tips, stories, her own successes teaching recycling and composting of home Christopher Shockey – Ferment Works with Janice Cox, author of the newly released and failures, as well as some of today's best and school waste byproducts using mushroom Kids love to make and eat sauerkraut. Vegetable workbook Beautiful Luffa. Take your treats techniques for keeping chickens. Learn the spawn. Participants make and take home a fermentation is one of the oldest, and perhaps home to hang in your backyard or give as a gift. basics and get the inside scoop on how to small mushroom fruiting kit they make from the most healthful, food preparation (and Discuss some common birds and their habits. enhance the experience for you, your family, shredded paper or cardboard, as well as a living preservation) methods. This rediscovered Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. and your flock. culture! culinary art is easy and safe, making it a Book Signing Sat. 12:30-1:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. wonderful, accessible way for even the youngest Book Signing Sun. 11:00-11:30 a.m. Book Signing Sat. 11:00-11:30 a.m. “chefs” to begin participating in the preparation Soil Layer Dessert of their family’s nourishment. And that is Un-Included Club Youth Leaders Cooking with Micro-greens Soil and Seeds, Sprouts to Success empowering. This workshop is a hands-on Learn about the soil layers in the most delicious Grown by the Un-Included Club Un-Included Club Youth Leaders program in which kids can taste some fresh, way. Children can use ingredients to create Chef Irma – Un-Included Club Learn about urban agriculture from the Un- raw sauerkraut and then make their own small a sweet treat that resembles the soil layers, Join Chef Irma as she shares how to safely cook Included Club Youth Leaders! They’re growing batch to take home and ferment. Stop by at this including green coconut for the grass! yummy and nutritious micro-greens at home! superfoods and using them to grow healthier. drop-in-style session and enjoy the fun. Space Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m.. They showcase what they have learned, and you is limited. can see what they’re accomplishing with their Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m. Kids’ Zone Activities Kids Can Build with Sticks and Mud knowledge. Ongoing throughout the weekend, stop by the Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Saturday 3:30-4:30 p.m. Kids Can Build with Sticks and Mud Kids’ Activity Area next to the Kids’ Treehouse Play in the mud with Uncle Mud and friends. Uncle Mud & Family – Uncle Mud Stage to participate in interactive activities for Use clay, straw, and sticks to build little houses Basic Homestead Knot-Tying Play in the mud with Uncle Mud and friends. children of all different ages that encourage and sculpt beautiful objects from your wild Matt Stephens – Homestead Hustle Use clay, straw, and sticks to build little houses healthy eating, living, and a love for reading! imagination. This is a “hands-in” workshop: Bind it tight, bundle it up, and keep it secure. and sculpt beautiful objects from your wild Hosted by the Un-Included Club and other hands and feet squishing and mixing and Matt Stephens shows what knots to use and imagination. This is a “hands-in” workshop: local youth organizations, your family will find making a big mess. Talk about how we can use where to use them. Should you use braided or hands and feet squishing and mixing and a variety of resources for living better one step these same materials to build benches, ovens, twisted? Should you use cotton, nylon, sisal, or making a big mess. Talk about how we can use at a time. and even houses. You can use the water at this poly? Learn which cordage to use in different these same materials to build benches, ovens, workshop to wash off with, but be prepared to situations, depending on actual workloads. and even houses. You can use the water at this get dirty and have fun. Located at Building Practice tying functional homestead knots for workshop to wash off with, but be prepared to and Energy Stage. your next project and take your example home. get dirty and have fun. Located at Building Saturday 1:00-1:30 p.m. Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m. and Energy Stage. Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m.

Preparedness Demonstration Area

A place to find and share information to prepare for a life emergency Brought to you by The Texas Preparedness Group Located in the Expo Building (See map on Page 18 or visit our information desk in the Expo Building for more details)

Surviving a Man-made or Natural Electromagnetic Moringa: The Miracle Tree Pulse (EMP) David and Melodee Eishen David and Melodee Eishen Sunday 11:00-12:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00-10:00 a.m. Shallow Water Wells Building a Personal Emergency Kit David and Melodee Eishen James Vanzant Sunday 11:00-12:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00-11:00 a.m. HAM Radio Why the Crazy Weather TexasMike David and Melodee Eishen Sunday 12:00-1:00 p.m. Saturday 11:30-12:30 p.m. PainEraser, the Ultimate Survival Tool Introduction to Preparedness T J Gray Hill Country Preppers Sunday 1:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday 12:30-2:00 p.m. Natural Mental Health Basic Fermentation of Vegetables and Fruits Mary Dilling David and Melodee Eishen Sunday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Easy to Make Fire Starters Getting Home During an Emergency Mary Dilling James Vanzant Sunday 3:00-4:00 p.m. Saturday 3:00-4:00 p.m.

How Raising Heritage Pigs Can Help Save Your Bacon Harry Allbright Sunday 9:00-10:00 a.m.

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For details and a schedule stop by the Sheep to Shawl Fiber Demonstrations located in the Expo Building. See map on pages 18-19.

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22 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com EXHIBITOR DEMONSTRATIONS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY STOP breathing dirty harmful air and paying too Soil Blocking and Seed Starting Bookstore much for less efficient store-bought filters! – Booth Demonstration – Bookstore Chicken Races – Booth #3500 #4112 Shawna Coronado Rent The Chicken Superior Air Quality Discover how beneficial and easy starting your own seeds Come watch and cheer on the hens as they run the race The Green Screen air filter is the Optimum for dust- at home with soil blocker tools can be! Mother Earth track to the finish line, where they win chicken treats! trapping, allergen removal, air flow, Eco-friendly and News and gardening expert Shawna Coronado provide Which breed has your support? cost! Come by our booth for Best Show Special OR go to you with the tools and know-how to save money, grow Saturday & Sunday 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., greenscreenairfilter.com for more info. your favorite varieties from seed, start transplanting, 4:30 p.m. Ongoing and take control. Get your hands dirty, learn about soil mixtures, and see how efficient and simple soil blocking can be. ARTS & CRAFTS NATURAL HEALTH Saturday 11:00-11:30 a.m. Turn Honey Cappings to Useable Beeswax with How to Herb Glycerites with Canner – Booth 24 Hour Compost – Booth #4219 Equipment in Your Kitchen – Booth #1107 #1107 Compostology Dogwood Gardens: Family Guide to Herbs Dogwood Gardens: Family Guide to Herbs Learn how to turn food waste into resource in 24 hours. How to turn your honey cappings into useable beeswax Learn to make a alcohol free herb tincture with glycerin. Reduce your food waste down 85-90 percent and have without expensive equipment. Use what is already in your Old method took 2-6 weeks. Modern Method is finished useable compost in as little as 24 hours. kitchen. and ready to use in hours with a water bath canner, or large Ongoing Saturday 1:00 p.m. pot with lid. Learn the different ratios with fresh herbs or REAL FOOD Design Your Own Soap Ball - Booth #4314 dry herbs. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Heritage Soap Co. Grinding Gluten-free Grains – Booth #4318 Come by and create your own custom color and fragrance Homestead Gristmill blend to add to a soap ball you take home with you. Fun Topical All Natural Pain Relief Using Essential Come watch gluten-free grains being ground into fresh and safe for all ages. Oils – Booth #1708 flour! Homestead Gristmill will explain the milling process, Ongoing MAX PR 35 All Natural Pain Relief health benefits and better flavor you achieve by grinding Try their topical all-natural pain relief using 5 essential oils your grains fresh. combined into one as a spray or roll-on. Fast acting, long Saturday & Sunday 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. MODERN HOMESTEADING lasting without menthol, side effects or pills involved. and 4:00 p.m. Ongoing Bath & Shower Remodeling – Booth#2203 Vitamix – Booth #1303 Bath Expo & Window Expo Vitamix ORGANIC GARDENING Bath Expo will be demonstrating how we install our Watch the Vitamix demonstration to see it’s capabilities bathroom remodels and our window replacements. They Know Your Food Grow Your Potential – Booth to make Smoothies, Salsa, Soup, Sorbet. Taste 2oz free also have a nice video viewing of our services. samples of these as they are made. Ongoing #2006 Ongoing Garden 4 Life by Gardening Revolution Blacksmithing – Booth #5004 Garden4Life educates on its natural grown gardening Grater Demonstration – Booth #1003 Missouri School of Blacksmithing system. We are helping families be more aware and self Garlic Grater with Love sufficient. Blacksmithing Using the grater for fresh garlic, ginger, cheese, nutmeg to Saturday & Sunday 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., Ongoing create healthy options for your diet. 4:00 p.m. Ongoing

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24 www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com EXHIBITORS Deelicious Scrubs & More For Claudia's Sayke Green Mountain Energy Horizontal Hive Booth #1205 Booth #4013 Booth #2109 Booth #2207 www.deeliciousscrubs.com www.forclaudiassayke.com www.greenmountainenergy.com www.horizontalhive.com

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Mother Earth News Fair 27 EXHIBITORS BY LOCATION EXPO BUILDING Gathering 2004 EarthFit 4218 Kai Organic Tea 1500 ROVA 2005 LeafFilter Gutter Protection 4219 Compostology 1501 RidgeCrest Herbals 2006 Garden 4 Life by Gardening 4220 Brim Seed Company 1002 Witching Ours 1507 Atlas Global Energy Revolution 4314 Heritage Soap Co. 1003 Garlic Grater with Love 1602 HempWorx 2007 International Experience 4318 Homestead Gristmill 1007 Empower Yourself for Health 1603 Critter Fence 2008 Green Mantis Hemp 4320 Max Distributing 1102 7th Sacred Sage 1606 ESTROG FAIR TRADE 2009 Hawaiian Moon 4413 The Good of the Land 1103 The Rock Ninja 1607 Sunsoil 2101 Oak Hill Soap 4420 Un-Included Club 1104 Healthy Help 4 U 1700 My Pillow 2102 Wise Women Botanicals 4504 Farm-to-Consumer Legal 1105 Texas Girl Treasures 1701 Eloo by SWSLOO 2104 Norwex Defense Fund 1106 Best Bug Bait 1702 Blue Wave Tech 2105 Sun-Mar 4505 Farm and Ranch Freedom 1107 Dogwood Gardens 1704 Renewal By Andersen 2107 River Hills Harvest Alliance 1203 Wild Wood Shed 1705 Metal Rain Tanks 2108 The Ultimate Gift of Life 4506 School of Permaculture 1204 Xanadu Acres 1706 Agrica 2109 Green Mountain Energy 4507 Austin Sierra Club 1205 Deelicious Scrubs & More 1707 Dirt Cheap Books 2110 Homestead General Store 4508 Azomite – DF International 1207 Dogwood Farm 1708 Max PR 35 All Natural Pain 2200 Red Bud Farm 4510 Centex CBD 1302 Brown’s Bee Removal & Relief 2201 Freedom Farms 4511 Southern Exposure Seed Apiary 1709 Bad Dog Tools 2203 Bath Expo Exchange 1303 Vitamix 1802 Softub 2204 White Harvest Seed 4600 Mother Earth News Network 1306 Cutco Cutlery 1804 Kitchen Craft 2206 My Massage Pillow 1308 Relax Saunas 1806 Milo's Tea Company 2207 Horizontal Hive 1309 Ryker Tools 1807 Juice Plus – Tower Garden 2208 Perma-Guard OUTSIDE 1310 Texas Preparedness Group 1809 Chaffhaye 2209 KSCanuck 1312 The Survival Podcast 1900 Keep Waco Beautiful 2210 Superior Sleep 5000 Uncle Mud 1402 Alimtox 1901 Keep Temple Beautiful 2213 Nopec Pullet-Shut Chicken 5003 Urban Kettle 1407 Beauty by Apothecary 1902 AirHead Composting Toilet Doors 5004 Missouri School of 1409 Coyote Creek Organics Feed 1903 Frontier Co-op 2300 Lone Star Feed Blacksmithing Mill & Farm 1904 Grainmaker 2308 Mann Lake 6001 Buddha’s Brew Kombucha 1410 Cen-Tex Sustainable 1905 Alpha Loading Systems 2310 Manna Pro 6005 Cowboy Solar Communities Partnership 1909 Woodbridge Home Exteriors 2400 Sheep Tractor 6100 Bailey’s 1411 Central Texas Master 2002 Wenzel Lonestar Meat 2408 Wild Bill's Olde Fashioned 6101 Wood-Mizer Naturalist Company Soda Pop 1412 National Ladies Homestead 2003 Big Brazos Sustainable Farm 2410 Yardbird 2412 Hoover's Hatchery FOOD TRUCKS 2504 Safe Haven Equine Rescue 2611 Taproot Magazine Gringo Locos Tacos 3000 C&J Equipment Sales & CNJ Catering Rental Wat tha truck 3100 Premier 1 Supplies 3300 My Favorite Chicken Potato Wagon 3302 Chick Chick Coop Artisan Oven 3500 Rent the Chicken HS Gourmet Food 3501 American Dexter Cattle R & R Eatery Association 3504 CD&J Mini Ranch 3600 Galicenos of Suwannee 3601 Marlin Farms 3603 American Guinea Hog Association 3700 The Livestock Conservancy

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