You’re Invited to the 2025 Farm & Family Homesteading Expo!

Looking for a wholesome family event before summer winds down? We’ve got just the thing.

Join us at the 3rd Annual Farm & Family Homesteading Expo — a weekend full of hands-on demos, great food, and real-life skills you won’t learn on YouTube.

🛠️ Blacksmithing, cheese making, soapmaking, carving, woodworking, and more
🐐 Petting zoo, pony rides, chick incubators, and story time for the kids
🎤 Keynotes by Joel Salatin and John Kempf
🍗 BBQ Chicken on Saturday at Noon
🥞 Pancake breakfast Saturday morning
📚 Educational seminars on composting, butchering, small-scale farming, and home gardening

Admission:

• $15 pre-registered

• $20 at the door

• Kids 16 & under: FREE

📍 17171 Newcomb Road, Middlefield, OH 44062
Friday, Aug. 8: 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday, Aug. 9: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

🎟️ Pre-register by mail or come on out and pay at the door!

Keynote Speakers

Joel Salatin

American farmer, author, lecturer at Polyface Farm in VA
Topics:

• Creation-Object Lessons of Truth

• Principles of Ecology

John Kempf

Agricultural speaker, crop health consultant, founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture
Topics:

• Home Orchard Management

• Raising Medicinal Quality Food

• Healthy Home & Gardening

Enjoy our Menu Featuring

Locally Grown & Naturally Produced Food Selections
Lunch Stand will be open Friday from 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM and all day Saturday!

🥞 Pancake Breakfast
Saturday Morning

🍗 BBQ Chicken
Saturday at Noon

Educational Seminars

• Vermicomposting – by Squirrelwood Farms

• Small Farming Topic – by Ralph Rice

• The Benefits of Biochar – by Ohio Valley Biochar

• Chicken Butchering Demo – by Joel Salatin & Bud Miller

• New! Children’s Topic: The Benefits & Care of Small Animals – by Teacher Abner Miller

Children’s Activities

• Petting Zoo

• Incubator with Chicks

• Pony Rides

• Story Time with Daniel Miller

Activities & Hands-On Demonstrations

Practical Skills with Basic Hand Tools for Farm & Homestead

Presented by: The Artisans of Colonial Homestead

• Blacksmithing Demonstration

• Weaving Demos

• Soapmaking

• Baking with Sourdough

• Cheese Making

• Carving Demonstration

• Shoe Making Demonstration

• Green Woodworking Demonstration

• Baking Demonstration