program guide - Mother Earth News Fair

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PROGRAM GUIDE
OCTOBER 25-26, 2014
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TOPEKA, KAN.
CONTENTS
A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
Sponsors and Partners
Mother Earth News Stage
Grit Stage
Mother Earth Living Stage
Organic Gardening Stage
Real Food Stage
Renewable Energy Stage
Seed Stage
The Livestock Conservancy Stage
Utne Reader Stage
Saturday Stage Schedule
Sunday Stage Schedule
Map
Off-Stage Demonstrations
Kids Treehouse Stage
Fresh Food Options
Exhibitors
Exhibitors by Location
Marketplace
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Dear friends,
Thank you for helping us launch our first Mother Earth News Fair
in Topeka, Kansas! Your enthusiasm is the reason for this event and we
appreciate your passion and your participation.
We are excited about bringing the Fair to our own backyard right here in
the Midwest. We’re especially eager to host an event in the capital city for
the first time.
Every day we hear from folks all over the world who have great ideas for
helping to solve the sustainability puzzle, and we always look forward to
getting together at the Fairs to share ideas in pursuit of this common goal.
I would like to extend my personal thanks to the many supportive organizations that have invested their time
and effort in support of this event, and the many innovative entrepreneurs who have chosen to participate. Major
sponsors this year include Agrilicious, Botanical Interests, Capital City Nissan, Coconut Bliss, Colorado Yurt,
Cromwell Solar, Enerhealth, Envirolet, Frontier Farm Credit, Mockingbird Meadows, Nature’s Flavors, Premier 1,
Purina, Split Second Log Splitter and Theo Chocolate.
We are particularly grateful to the extraordinary individuals who are joining us as speakers, including our headliners:
Dan and Don Adams, Ed Begley, Jr., Jessi Bloom, Dan Chiras, Rosemary Gladstar, David Gumpert, Gary Nabhan,
Joel Salatin, David Schafer, and Stephanie Tourles. They represent some of the most influential and visionary minds
and we are honored to share their commitment to sustainability and conscientious lifestyles.
WORKSHOPS 7-15, 21
Enjoy your weekend!
Sincerely,
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Albany, Ore., June 6-7 NEW LOCATION!
West Bend, Wis., August 8-9 NEW LOCATION!
Seven Springs, Pa., Sept. 18-20
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 24-25
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Booths #4601-#4603
Earthineer is a social site for sustainable
living: gardening, preserving and canning,
seasonal cooking, beer and wine making,
beekeeping, crafts, keeping livestock,
homesteading, and everything in between.
Whether you’re an accomplished gardener,
an orchardist, a small-scale farm, a
homebrewer, or a beginner looking for
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you with people who share your interests.
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Booths #4614 and #4615
Purina Animal Nutrition is a national
organization serving producers, animal
owners and their families through
more than 4,700 local cooperatives,
independent dealers and other large retailers
throughout the United States. With an
uncompromising commitment to animal
excellence, Purina Animal Nutrition
conducts industry-leading R&D initiatives
that create and sustain a valued portfolio
of complete feeds, supplements, premixes,
ingredients and specialty technologies for
the livestock and lifestyle animal markets.
Headquartered in Shoreview, Minn.,
Purina Animal Nutrition is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Land O’Lakes.
www.purinamills.com
Booth #2315
Agrilicious.org is at the heart of the food
movement, providing an exciting way to
participate in the local food experience,
while expanding the family-to-farmer
connection. A resource for all things
local food (and gardening!) – individuals,
families, farmers, restaurants, grocery
and meal delivery services, distributors,
educators and experts all come together
through Agrilicious to share ideas, connect
and make a difference! Don’t miss their
online show “In Search of Food” featuring
Joel Salatin!
www.agrilicious.org
Booth #4511
Botanical Interests is a family-owned
business founded in 1995. It offers
more than 500 dependable varieties of
certified organic, heirloom, non-GMO,
untreated and responsibly produced hybrid
vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Their goal
is to inspire and educate so you can create
beautiful and successful gardens. Their
packets contain a wealth of information,
inside and out. Seeds are available for
purchase at independent garden centers,
gourmet grocers and health food stores
throughout the United States.
www.botanicalinterests.com
Envirolet® by Sancor waterless and
low-water composting toilets are an
environmental and economical sanitation
solution for your cottage, cabin, home,
pool cabana, farm, yurt, basement,
workshop and more. The modern
Envirolet® FlushSmart series is the most
advanced line of composting toilets
available. They are ideal for slab-level
installations because they can flush up,
down and around corners up to 70 feet
away using only 0.2L per flush. They
convert waste to compost on site using
the Automatic Six-Way Aeration™ process.
No plumbing or septic is involved and the
toilets are easy to install.
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Booth #4611
Premier1 has been providing electric
fence, electric netting, sheep, goat and
poultry supplies plus expert advice for
almost 35 years! Speak with one of their
consultants at the booth and pick up their
informational poultry, equipment and
fencing catalogs.
www.premier1supplies.com
The Split Second Log Splitter is a
product line manufactured by Agri-Fab®
Incorporated, a Sullivan, Ill., Company.
Agri-Fab® is the leading manufacturer of
lawn and garden tractor attachments in
the United States. Designed by Agri-Fab’s
employees, who heat their homes with
wood, the Split Second Log Splitter takes
the time and back pain out of splitting.
It is Agri-Fab’s focus to build quality
and durability into the products they
manufacture, each made with the very best
components to ensure lasting performance.
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the politics and practice of sustainable living
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Capital City Nissan is specialized in
selling fuel efficient, ultra-low emissions
vehicles since 2004. They started selling
LEA, a full electric vehicle in 2011. They
were the first to offer a free public charging
station in Topeka for all electric vehicles.
Currently they have two of them installed
at their location. Capital City Nissan
service department has two EV master
technicians on staff and keep fully stocked
parts department to service their vehicles.
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Farm Credit, ACA, is a borrowerowned cooperative financial institution
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Booth #4612
Johnny’s Selected Seeds offers products
that include vegetable seeds; medicinal
and culinary herb seeds; flower seeds;
cover crops, farm seed and pasture mixes;
fruit plants and seeds; and high-quality,
problem-solving tools and supplies. They
ship throughout the United States as well
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from small to large, to suit the needs of
home gardeners and small growers as well
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infused honeys. They believe you should
eat your medicine, not take it! Their
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make that possible for everything from
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Are We Winning the Energy Wars
Against Coal, Nuclear and Oil
Companies?
Dan Chiras – The Evergreen Institute
Will solar and wind become
economical and reliable sources of
energy of the future? Is there
enough renewable energy to power
our future? Can these intermittent
sources of energy provide our 24-hour-a-day energy
demand? Or are our efforts to promote renewable
energy technologies futile against the powers that
control the world’s energy system? Are we destined to
live in a world of severe climate change, energy wars and
economic hardship? Come here what internationally
renowned solar and wind expert Dan Chiras has to say
about this timely topic.
Saturday 10:00-11:00
Book signing Saturday 11:00-11:30
Beautiful and Abundant: The
MOTHER EARTH NEWS community
and its vision for the future
Bryan Welch – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Mother Earth News’ positive
message brings together a
community of working visionaries.
In his award-winning book,
Beautiful and Abundant: Building
the World We Want, Mother Earth News publisher
Bryan Welch explores the power of human visualization
and offers an engaging and practical method for
building a collective vision of human sustainability one
person – and one endeavor – at a time.
Herbs for Long-Lasting Health:
Experience well-being and
celebrate every stage of life
Rosemary Gladstar – Storey
Publishing
Using herbs and simple common
sense practices, you can restore and
maintain vitality ... whatever your
age. Rosemary Gladstar discusses
herbs used around the world that
have earned a reputation for improving and maintaining
energy, vitality and health. She addresses special
considerations concerning those in their “sageing years,”
including herbs for improving eyesight, digestion, bone
health and sexual well-being. She shares her favorite
herbs and recipes for longevity and well-being.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Food Chain Restoration: Climate
change, pollinators and
sustainable fruit production
Gary Paul Nabhan – Edible Baja
Arizona and University of Arizona
This workshop focuses on how
climate change and industrial
agriculture have created a perfect
storm for pollinators, triggering the
risk of food chain collapse. The solutions to this
dilemma come from practices that farmers and orchard
keepers are already innovating, including planting
insectary, forming hedgerows in and near fields to create
alley cropping, or pollinator-friendly forages beneath
low-chill fruit and nut trees.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Herbal Remedies for Pain Relief
Stephanie Tourles – Storey Publishing
Come hear author, herbalist and
licensed holistic aesthetician
Stephanie Tourles discuss soothing
herbal remedies that will help ease
the pain associated with backache,
arthritis, headaches and sore, stiff
muscles, from her latest book
Hands-On Healing Remedies. She’ll highlight 15 herbs to
promote blessed pain relief, comfort and healing. Learn
how these aromatic, topically applied herbal remedies
are made and used. Samples will be available for
everyone to experience. A question and answer session
will follow, if time allows.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
I’m From the Government and
I’m Here to Help
David Gumpert – Chelsea Green/
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense
Fund
David E. Gumpert assumes the
identity of a high-ranking
government official on food policy,
and uses that format to provide a
history and rationale for government efforts to deny
food rights. The official explains government reasoning
for denying people access to raw milk, opposing
labeling of GMOs, favoring Big Ag corporations and
obstructing sustainable agriculture. At once humorous
and overbearing, this official challenges the audience to
look at the struggle over food rights in a new light.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Live Poultry Processing Demo
David Schafer – Featherman
Equipment; Joel Salatin – Polyface
Farms
Learn everything you need to know
about humane chicken slaughtering
from experts David Schafer of
Featherman Equipment and Joel
Salatin of Polyface Farms, including
handling, bleeding, scalding,
plucking and eviscerating. Honor
the bird and hone your stewardship
skills in this live, hands-on
demonstration. Please note that this
workshops starts at 9:30 and will
last an hour and a half.
Sunday 9:30-11:00
Book signing Sunday 5:00-5:30
What the Cluck?! Getting Started
on Gardening With Chickens
Jessi Bloom – N.W. Bloom EcoLogical
Landscapes
Come learn the basics of how to
integrate chickens into your garden,
starting with chicken raising myth
busters and moving on to designing
habitat for them (and you) to
benefit from. Jessi Bloom, best-selling author of
Free-Range Chicken Gardens, also shares her favorite top
10 chicken garden plants!
Sunday 11:30-12:30
DIY Solar Panels
Dan and Don Adams – Earthineer
We all would like to be off the grid,
but the costs for solar panels are
prohibitive ... or are they? Follow
Dan and Don Adams through their
latest project: building solar panels!
They’ll discuss the steps they took,
the decisions they made, and how
they trimmed thousands off the price by building their
own. This presentation has been updated with their
current projects, including flexible panels and DIY
monitoring solutions.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Live Simply So That Others Can
Simply Live
Ed Begley Jr. – Envirolet
Ed Begley Jr.’s empowering and
humorous message on sustainable
living includes stories about
everything from his 1970 electric
car to helpful hints on picking the
low-hanging fruit of energy savings.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Heretics Unite
Joel Salatin – Polyface Farms
Mother Earth News Fair visitors
are part of an integrity living
tsunami that threatens Wall Street
and governmental orthodoxy. That’s
a good thing. Modern American
orthodoxy assumes that the Dow
Jones Industrial Average is far more
important than dancing earthworms. That exports are
more valuable than functional aquifers. That food
convenience is far more important than food
knowledge. That health comes from drugs and personal
satisfaction comes from Hollywood entertainment.
Heretics question all of these axiomatic untruths. This
hard-hitting but humorous performance by farmer,
author and entertainer Joel Salatin identifies these
outrageous orthodoxies, explains the heresy antidote,
and calls for all of us to chart a different path for
integrity living.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
GRIT STAGE
Cooking With the Power of the Sun
Paul Munsen – Sun Ovens International
Learn how to harness the sun’s power to cook,
dehydrate and purify water, and be better prepared
for emergencies. See how practical and easy it is to
use the sun to bake, boil and steam foods. Hear
about the many economic, health and
environmental benefits of cooking with the sun.
Learn how to harness the sun’s power to cook,
dehydrate and purify water, and be better prepared
for emergencies. See how practical and easy it is to
use the sun to bake, boil and steam foods. This
workshop covers solar cooking, solar dehydrating,
solar water pasteurization and hard-boiling eggs
without water. In addition, hear about solar
cooking around the world, and discover the many
economic, health and environmentalbenefits of
cooking with the sun: You save costs, enjoy
greattastes and nutritional benefits, and you’ll
never burn dinner again!
The True American Spirit: Distilling liquor at
home, safely AND legally
Victoria Redhed Miller – New Society Publishers
Currently, distilling liquor without a license is
illegal in most countries, including the United
States. This talk covers the basics of distillation, as
well as a brief history of liquor licensing in
America. Victoria Redhed Miller discusses her
experience going through the Washington State
licensing process and shares her vision for the
future of home distillation in America. A handout
and plenty of question-and-answer time will be
included.
Mycoremediation of Home and Farm Waste
Tradd Cotter – Mushroom Mountain
Mushrooms native to your area of the United
States are also well-adapted to filter, stun and
destroy pathogenic bacteria that accompany failing
septic systems, manure holding ponds, and even
pet waste runoff. Learn how these mushrooms
perform these miraculous tasks and how to
develop a living barrier or filtration system that is
customized to fit your needs. This talk focuses on
simple biomass expansion techniques, basic site
engineering, and species of mushrooms that can be
used for mycoremediation projects at home or on
the farm.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Beginning Beekeeping
Matt Reed – Bee Thinking
Learn about getting started in beekeeping using
natural beekeeping methods, including the use of
foundationless Langstroth, top bar and Warre
hives.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Aquaponic Gardening: Growing fish and
vegetables together
Sylvia Bernstein – The Aquaponic Source/New
Society Publishers
Aquaponics is a revolutionary combination of the
best of aquaculture and hydroponics—and an
amazingly fun and easy way to raise fish together
with organic vegetables, greens, herbs and fruits.
Aquaponic systems are much more productive and
use up to 90 percent less water than conventional
gardens. Other advantages include no weeds, fewer
pests, and no watering, fertilizing, bending,
digging or heavy lifting! Anyone interested in
taking the next step toward self-sufficiency will be
fascinated by this entertaining, practical, accessible
gardening method.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
How to Find the Perfect Survival Retreat
Marjory Wildcraft – Grow Your Own Groceries
This workshop is for those who are looking for a
location that has the natural resources needed to
maintain a good lifestyle for an extended period;
years, decades, or perhaps generations. It covers
three simple steps to finding your perfect retreat,
the top nine regions (and why they are chosen by
most preppers), the four biggest threats that must
influence your decision on where to relocate, the
biggest mistake you can make when first thinking
about your retreat and how far from town your
retreat should be located.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Shrooming Off the Grid
Explore great ways to enhance a current
mushroom production system or create a
revolutionary food system concept of your own.
This presentation covers low-tech and no-tech
methods for high-yielding edible and medicinal
mushroom cultivation with a low-to-no carbon
footprint. Tradd Cotter also speaks about solar
pasteurization, mycelial magnification procedures,
disaster relief modules, utilizing indigenous and
invasive plants, mycovermiculture, and circular
and perpetual food systems designs.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Fall Vegetable Production
Pam Dawling – Twin Oaks Community
Learn how to optimize production by choosing a
suitable combination of warm weather crops, cool
weather crops and cold-hardy crops. Hear seasonal
tips on dealing with hot weather, followed by
information on dealing with cold weather, as well
as advice on scheduling late summer and fall
plantings, thoughts about season extension and an
introduction to winter hoophouse growing.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Pond Management Dynamics
Kenneth Rust – Kasco Marine
Ponds and small lakes are a dynamic web of
ecology. Pond management choices will affect
several other parts of the pond’s ecology and
behavior. This presentation will touch on the
major components of managing ponds on your
property: aquatic plants, erosion, stocking, algae
and raising healthy fish.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
DIY Aquaponics
Dan and Don Adams – Earthineer
Aquaponics combines aquaculture, for raising fish,
and hydroponics, for growing plants. Join
Earthineer’s Dan and Don Adams in their latest
DIY project. This presentation covers the basics,
and you learn how to build your own starter
systems.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Beekeeping Basics
Becky Tipton – Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers’
Association
Want to be a beekeeper? Learn the best beekeeping
practices for successful bee husbandry in the
Midwest. The speakers discuss the merits of
keeping bees, the equipment needed and location
considerations. They provide an overview of the
first year in beekeeping, taking you quickly
through equipment needs on through extracting
your harvest. The Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers’
Association presents research-based techniques
used by their Master Beekeepers. Their crew has
more than 125 years of beekeeping know-how.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
MOTHER EARTH LIVING STAGE
Wild Food, Wild Medicine
Linda Conroy – Moonwise Herbs
Join forager and herbalist Linda Conroy of
Moonwise Herbs for this fun and interactive
presentation. Conroy shares harvesting and
preparation techniques for a wide array of wild
plants, and she presents information about the
healing and nutritional value of common and not
so common plants. Leave inspired and ready to
forage for wild food and wild medicine.
Adrenal Health: Fertility, menopause, sleep
and beyond
Dawn Combs – Mockingbird Meadows
You may have heard a lot about these once
little-known glands over the past couple years.
Whether you are male or female, they are very
important in the maintenance of hormonal
balance and so much more. Learn how to keep
them healthy with whole food and whole
plant strategies.
Book signing Saturday12:30-1:00
Cold & Flu: Remedies for symptom relief
Joanne Bauman – Prairie Magic Herbals
Discuss herbs to boost immunity, support the
respiratory system and nourish wholeness. This
class focuses on herbs to prevent (and deal with)
cold and flu. The remedies are simple,
cost-effective, and can be purchased or save money
by gathering, growing or making these winter
remedies. Learn ways to remedy colds, infections,
fever, aches and pains, cough, lung congestion and
other respiratory issues, sore throat, and diarrhea.
Participants become familiar with a wide variety of
preparations, including tinctures, teas, syrups,
chest rubs and steams. Learn how adaptogens help
our bodies adapt and boost immunity (astragalus,
schizandra, eleuthero root).
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Acupressure for the Whole Family
Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO – Seven Winds
Institute
Acupressure is a needle-less way of stimulating
points on the Chinese acupuncture meridians,
reducing pain and improving circulation to the
associated internal organs. Using gentle pressure
on specific points, you can stop headaches, curb
nausea, relieve sinus pressure, improve digestion,
soothe anxiety and address menstrual cramps.
Practice using acupressure on yourself to
experience the immediate benefits of acupressure.
Correctly applied, acupressure is safe and effective
for people of all ages.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
DIY Herbal First Aid
Join herbalist and wilderness first responder Linda
Conroy for this inspiring presentation. Whether
preparing for a backcountry experience or dealing
with everyday life, this information will provide
participants with an overview of what to include in
an herbal first aid kit. The items discussed will help
you feel more confident in dealing with basic
injuries and ailments.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Flu Prevention and Treatment Tips
David Christopher, M.H. – School of Natural Healing
David Christopher teaches about the three top
herbs for flu prevention (echinacea, garlic and
elderberry), giving the background and the
properties of each herb and why they are effective
against the flu. He teaches the cold sheet
treatment, providing step-by-step instruction and
explaining why it is effective. Learn why a fever
isn’t always bad, how to handle a “healthy fever,”
and what it is actually doing for the body ... as well
as what nutrition a person should be feeding the
body during this time.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Herbal Remedies That Work
David Christopher, M.H. – School of Natural
Healing
The top diseases, cardiovascular health, cancer and
diabetes will be discussed. Insight will be given
about the condition the body is in when it is at
one of these diseased states and about herbal
remedies to assist the body into going back to a
pLAce of healing and health. Some of those
remedies will include proper nutrition and exercise
and well as different herbs that can help cleanse,
nourish and heal the body.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
MagnifiSCENT Mints as Medicine
The magnifiSCENT Mint family is easy to grow
and filled with aromatic, beneficial plants that
both stimulate/warm and sedate/cool. Come and
see, smell, taste, and learn about the many uses of
mints in teas, bath and body, cooking, and
medicinal health benefits. Mints are wonderful to
have on hand during cold/flu season. They are
helpful for respiratory ailments, sore throats,
cough and sinuses; fighting bacteria and germs;
and lowering fever. Other mints can help aid
digestion, calm and relax us, help us sleep and
relieve pain. Mints can also ease menstrual cramps
and frayed emotions, supply calcium, and ease hot
flashes. Mints covered include peppermint and
spearmint, basil, sage, rosemary, lavender, thyme,
oregano, bee balm, skullcap, motherwort, hyssop,
catnip, lemon balm and ground ivy. Save a mint
by having mint in your herbal medicine chest!
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Chasing the Blues Away: Herbs for anxiety,
stress and depression
Rosemary Gladstar – Storey Publishing
Stress has become a hot topic in our frantic world
as more and more people fall under the gray spell
of depression, anxiety and stressful living.
Thankfully, herbs and an “herbal way of life” offer
an effective solution to the stresses of everyday
living. They remind us to slow down, smell the
roses, to dig a little deeper and keep our hands in
the dirt, while also providing our body with
essential nutrients that are necessary for the health
of the nervous system. In the process, they fortify
and strengthen our nervous systems, calming and
grounding us. This discussion covers favorite
nervine herbs and specific therapies that are deeply
calming and relaxing.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Virtual Medicine Walk
Self-sufficiency is at our feet almost every day if
we begin to know the weeds that grow in
abundance. Come on a virtual walk to learn what
can be used for general health, what must be
maintained for our soil and pollinators, and what
is just plain tasty!
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Book signing Saturday12:30-1:00
Essential Oils for Home Health Care
Institute
Essential oils are incredibly potent forms of plant
medicine. One drop of an essential oil is roughly
equivalent to 30 cups of tea! Explore 10 essential
oils and how to use them safely and effectively for
common first aid and health care conditions.
Learn which oils are appropriate to use for
children and infants and how to use essential oils
in a variety of forms.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
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ORGANIC GARDENING STAGE
Saving Seeds From Fall Produce
Grant Olson – Seed Savers Exchange
In the days before seed catalogs, collecting and
saving seeds for the next year’s garden was
essential. Today, seed saving plays a critical role in
preserving rare, heirloom varieties and the garden
heritage they represent. Join Seed Savers Exchange
to discuss the process of saving seeds from garden
fruits and vegetables (tomatoes, squash, peppers,
melons, beans and more), and learn how to
participate in this backyard preservation.
Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions
Ira Wallace – Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Learn about heirloom garlic and perennial onion
varieties, from planting to cultivation and
harvesting at home. This workshop covers soil
preparation, weed control, disease prevention,
harvesting, curing, and storage requirements for
adding these culinary essentials to your garden.
More Biochar Solutions
Albert Bates – The Farm, Summertown, Tenn.
In The Biochar Solution, Albert Bates discussed the
process of soil creation discovered by indigenous
peoples 8,000 years ago, and how to bring that
practice into your organic garden or farm today.
Now he describes new discoveries of how biochar
can be used to improve the health of livestock,
reduce odors in stock barns, reduce costly
antibiotics, store energy, filter water, improve
digestion and much more. He will describe how to
make, prepare and “turbocharge” your biochar to
get the most from it.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Grow a Sustainable Diet
Cindy Conner – New Society Publishers
Cindy Conner combines her experience with
GROW BIOINTENSIVE® Sustainable
Mini-farming with what she’s learned through
study and practice in organic gardening, soil
building and nutrition since her first garden in
1974. Learn how she has put it all together in a
way that works for her and get valuable tips for
growing your own sustainable diet. Her book
Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to
Feed Ourselves and the Earth is new in 2014.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Managing Your Homegrown Food Supply
Barbara Pleasant – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Wouldn’t it be great to eat from your garden every
day of the year? Learn proven, low-energy
strategies for growing, eating, storing and
preserving your homegrown veggies and fruits
from someone who is doing it, award-winning
garden writer and Mother Earth News
Contributing Editor Barbara Pleasant.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Restoring Pollinators to Farms in a Time of
Rapid Climate Change
Gary Paul Nabhan – Make Way for Monarchs
Gary Paul Nabhan draws from his book Growing
Food in a Hotter, Drier Land to suggest how
farmers, gardeners and orchard keepers can
support healthy populations of native bees and
butterflies in a time of climate uncertainty.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Seed Starting Simplified
Learn tips and timing for starting vegetable and
herb seeds indoors, transplanting, growing on, and
hardening off the young plants. Learn time tables
for planting vegetables direct from seed and how
you can extend your season with repeat or periodic
plantings.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Creating Life in Your Soil
Dale Strickler – Star Seed
We have historically thought of soil as merely an
inert medium into which we pour water and
fertilizer to make our crops grow, and we thought
that they grew better if we did our best to kill all
the nasty fungi and bacteria that were surely out to
kill our crops. What we are now coming to realize
is that a soil with a strong, healthy microbial
population will be much more drought tolerant,
more disease resistant, and much more fertile than
than the typical cropland or garden soil. This
workshop covers methods to promote a healthy
microbial population in our soil and the benefits
that can be derived from it.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Can the Sweet Corn
Hank Will – GRIT Magazine
While most folks are focused on sweet corn for
homestead growing, heirloom flint, flour and dent
corns are much more versatile and arguably more
practical in the garden or small field plot. Most are
easy to grow, some have incredibly short growing
seasons, some are highly drought tolerant, and all
offer a multitude of uses. Join Grit Editor-inChief Hank Will as he walks you through the
process of raising, harvesting, using and storing
this “a-maize-ing” crop on a homestead scale.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Organic Gardening for Newbies – Avoiding
Beginner Mistakes
For new gardeners, the first three seasons are
especially challenging because there is so much to
learn. Which mistakes are you most likely to
make, and how can you avoid them? Mother
Earth News Contributing Editor Barbara
Pleasant, award-winning author of Starter Vegetable
Gardens, explores the top 10 pitfalls for organic
gardening newbies, and shares proven strategies
for success.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Build Your Own Community-Adapted Seed
Saving Project
Renata Christen – Seed Savers Exchange
Seed swaps, seed libraries and seed banks are just a
few examples of Community Seed Projects. Join
Seed Savers Exchange to learn how to start a
successful seed saving group in your region. Seed
saving collaboratively increases your community’s
resilience, grows more biodiversity in your
neighborhood, and offers direct peer-to-peer
support in sharing seed to save seed. This
workshop offers working examples, helps you
troubleshoot, and provides the tools you need to
get started.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
REAL FOOD STAGE
How to Milk a Goat, Make Raw Milk Cheese,
and Stay Out of Jail
Elizabeth Rich – Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense
Fund
Learn strategies for effective and sanitary hand
goat milking to produce milk that is not intended
for pasteurization. Join us as we make chèvre, feta
and ricotta. During the demonstrations, hear
discussions about regulatory trends for raw milk
cheesemakers; legal distinctions between cheese
production for private vs. public consumption;
and enforcement case studies.
Introduction to Fermentation
Jennifer Kongs – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Jennifer delvea into the history and health benefits
of fermented foods, provide you with some
science as to how fermentation works, and pass
around show-and-tell examples of fermented
products from her own kitchen. This workshop
finishs up with a sauerkraut-making demo and
time for questions!
Can Do Easy Canning
Nan K. Chase – Storey Publishing
Discover how safe, easy and economical it is to
preserve food and beverages by canning. A
well-stocked pantry, and canning ensures that no
one runs short of food even during paralyzing
blizzards, power outages, or other disruptions. And
this proven method helps cut energy use and curb
global pollution: Why drive to a grocery store
when you already have your favorite foods as close
as your cupboard! Canning the surplus cuts waste
when you have an extra large harvest, and provides
a way to combine and preserve your best crops in
imaginative ways.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Milling Your Own Flour
William Rubel – Writer
Using history as a starting point, this workshop
offers an introduction to the range of artisan flours
that you can produce with a stone mill and a basic
set of sieves. This workshop is appropriate for
home bakers and small artisan bakers who are
looking to increase their control over the taste and
texture of their breads and growers looking for
ways to add value to their grain crop. You will
leave the workshop understanding how to prepare
grain for your mill, the difference between
single-pass and multiple-pass milling, and how to
use a basic set of sieves in combination with
single- and multiple-pass milling to create a wide
variety of flours of distinction.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Cheesemaking for the Homesteader: Using
plants instead of rennet to make cheese
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Want to make your own cheese, but don’t have a
calf ’s stomach on hand for rennet? Nature provides
us with many other options. Learn which plants
can be used to coagulate milk for home
cheesemaking, when they can be gathered, how to
prepare them most effectively, and which types of
cheeses can be made in this way.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Piecing Out Poultry: Chicken cut up and
sausage demonstration
Rosanna Bauman – ANCO Poultry Processing DBF
Bauman’s Cedar Valley Farms
In this workshop, a local chicken processor
demonstrates seven ways to piece out poultry,
followed by grinding a chicken breakfast sausage.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
How to Cook With Tea
Paula Winchester – Paula Winchester Enterprises,
LLC and Twelve Winds Tea Company
Learn about using a rice cooker for simple recipes,
mortar and pestle to blend herbs, tea, and seeds
to make Lei Cha. Taste prepared items.
Receive recipes.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Making Delicious Bread With Sourdough
Starters, Pre-ferments and Yeast
William Rubel – Writer
This workshop covers the history and practice of
fermenting bread with sourdough and yeast. You
will leave this workshop with an understanding of
the history of fermented doughs from pre-history
to today through a presentation of historic texts
and images. You will also leave the workshop with
formulas for making and using a variety of
sourdough starters, pre-ferments, and yeast strains
that you can take with you for use in your kitchen
or bakery. This workshop puts you in control of
the fermentation process and is appropriate for
both home and craft bakers.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Can Do Easy Canning
Discover how safe, easy and economical it is to
preserve food and beverages by canning. A
well-stocked pantry, and canning ensures that no
one runs short of food even during paralyzing
blizzards, power outages, or other disruptions. And
this proven method helps cut energy use and curb
global pollution: Why drive to a grocery store
when you already have your favorite foods as close
as your cupboard! Canning the surplus cuts waste
when you have an extra large harvest, and provides
a way to combine and preserve your best crops in
imaginative ways.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Chocolate: The journey from bean to bar
Cat Gipe-Stewart – Theo Chocolate
Amazing, delicious, mind-bendingly wonderful
chocolate. It’s pure joy in every bite and it comes
from passion. But for Theo, it’s about more than
chocolate. It’s about the land, the people, the
dedication and the interconnected relationships
that bind us all. Join Cat Gipe-Stewart as she
roasts raw cocoa beans for this rare treat of tasting
the transformation of chocolate from bean to bar.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Drink the Harvest: Delightful garden wines
There’s a world of light, bright and delicious
garden wines waiting just outside your door. Learn
how to convert surplus crops of any kind, as well
as wild foraged plant material, into wines that will
last for years in the bottle and provide memorable
drinking with friends and family. Fruits and
berries, flowers and herbs, vegetables and root
crops, grains and even some leaves can be made
into wine. They commonly were in olden times,
and still are in some parts of the world. Home
winemaking requires a minimal investment in
equipment and supplies, and wine “cooks” without
any added energy. This workshop covers
equipment, sanitation and temperature guidelines,
and such processes as racking (clarifying) and
bottling wines.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY STAGE
The No-Mortgage Natural Cottage
Chris McClellan – Natural Cottage Project
Before the Industrial Revolution our ancestors
generally lived in small houses they built for
themselves from local earth, stone, straw and
wood, mainly because the materials were cheap or
free and didn’t require a great deal of specialized
skill. Today’s houses might be bigger and more
comfortable, but they’re also often toxic and
expensive. For all sorts of good reasons, basic DIY
shelter is making a comeback. With a little
guidance, almost anyone can still build their own
home with low-cost natural and scrounged
materials for under $10,000 and opt out of the
industrial building and mortgage rat race.
The Carbon Ranch
Courtney White
The idea of the carbon ranch involves the potential
for removal of carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere through plant photosynthesis and
related land-based carbon sequestration activities
that are both large and largely overlooked.
Strategies and co-benefits include: enriching soil
carbon, no-till farming with perennials, employing
climate-friendly livestock practices, conserving
natural habitat, restoring degraded watersheds and
rangelands, increasing biodiversity, lowering
agricultural emissions, and producing local food.
These strategies have been demonstrated
individually to be both practical and profitable.
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Greensburg, Kansas: From tragedy to triumph
Bob Dixson – City of Greensburg, Kansas
On May 4, 2007, 95% of Greensburg, Kansas,
was destroyed by an EF5 tornado. Following the
disaster, Greensburg has rebuilt as a sustainable
community, with renewable energy production,
and a variety of “green” construction methods.
Greensburg is a great example of how a
community can join together following disaster to
rebuild in a positive way. Come hear Mayor Bob
Dixson give his personal account of survival
and rebuilding.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Seven Steps to a Green, Healthy and
Efficient Home
Doug Garrett – Building Performance &
Comfort, Inc.
Green building and building science are a matched
set. One teaches us about materials and the other
teaches us exactly how to build with them for the
best outcome. Green building tells us how to
select the right materials to build, encourages us to
reduce our waste during construction, and sets
standards for energy efficiency. Building science
teaches us how to use applied physics to correctly
combine those healthy, sustainable materials with
the best equipment and appliances to create a
holistic, integrated house system that is right for
the climate in which it is built, incredibly healthy,
truly comfortable and maximizes our return on
your home building/remodeling investment.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
The Dirt on Dirt Floors
Sukita Reay Crimmel and James Thomson – New
Society Publishers
Sukita Reay Crimmel and James Thomson share
dazzling photos, make some mud, and help you
walk away knowing much more about the ancient
practice of earthen floors ... and how they are done
in modern homes. This short workshop could
change your life!
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Build Your Own Electric Car
Ben Nelson – www.300MPG.org
Ben Nelson provides DIY, how-to instruction for
anyone wanting to convert a gas car to electric on
a budget! This workshop includes info on motors,
batteries, charging, legal issues, and more!
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Is Solar Electricity Right for You?
This workshop explores solar energy and solar
electric systems, helping home and business
owners understand how photovoltaic systems
work, what options they have, how much
electricity they can acquire from a system, what
systems will cost, and the best ways to mount a
system for optimum production.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle
This DIY, how-to workshop shows you all the
steps you need to build your own electric
motorcycle. This workshop covers vehicle design
concepts, motors, batteries, speed control,
budget, charging, legal issues, questions and
answers, and more!
Sunday 11:30-12:30
MAXimizing Mileage: The MAX car and MPX
streamlined pickup truck
Jack McCornack – Kinetic Vehicles
Learn how to build your own MAX, a 100- mileper-gallon DIY sports car, and how to modify
other vehicles for high fuel efficiency. Jack
McCornack’s current project is MPX, Mother’s
Pickup eXperiment, which he is converting to a 50
MPG (knock wood) work truck.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses
Part 1
Learn about the many clean, affordable and
reliable renewable energy technologies available to
heat and cool homes and businesses and provide
electricity and hot water, including passive solar,
solar thermal, solar hot air, solar electric, and small
wind.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses
Part 2
Learn about the many clean, affordable and
reliable renewable energy technologies available to
heat and cool homes and businesses and provide
electricity and hot water, including passive solar,
solar thermal, solar hot air, solar electric, and small
wind.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
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SEED STAGE
Growing and Storing Cold-Hardy Winter
Vegetables
Get the details on crops, timing, protection and
storage. Why farm in winter? Here’s the
information to succeed: tables of cold-hardiness,
details of four ranges of cold-hardy crops (fall
crops to harvest before serious cold, crops to keep
growing into winter, crops for all-winter harvests,
overwintering crops for spring harvests),
scheduling, weather prediction and protection,
hoophouse growing, and vegetable storage.
Easy Peasy Edibles
Jessi Bloom – N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes
Have you wanted to grow your own food but
found it is too much work and takes too much of
your time? Join award-winning landscape designer
Jessi Bloom as she talks about a permaculture
design concept that employs design strategies from
nature. It allows you to grow easy peasy edibles
that are low-maintenance, resilient and sustainable.
Plant once and enjoy the harvest from your edible
landscape for years. Bloom covers basic forest
design and goes over some of her favorite
low-maintenance edibles.
Making a Living on 1.5 Acres
Jean-Martin Fortier – Les Jardins de la Grelinette
Jean-Martin Fortier is the author of The Market
Gardener: A successful grower’s handbook for
small-scale organic farming and in this workshop he
shares in detail the techniques, tools and
appropriate technology that make his market
garden productive and profitable.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Growing Unusual Fruits
John Holzwart – Moonwise Herbs
Everyone enjoys the sensual pleasure of tasting a
new and exotic tropical fruit, but few people
realize that they can taste these delicious fruits in
their own backyard. Join John Holzwart of
Moonwise Herbs as he shares tips for growing and
preserving unusual fruit. The fruit discussed may
include edible dogwoods, aronia, elderberries, sea
buckthorn, autumn olives, pawpaws, figs and
many more!
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Bioshelters: Design and management of
solar greenhouses
Darrell Frey – New Society Publishers
This workshop presents a detailed study of several
bioshelters, or ecologically managed solar
greenhouses. These include the original bioshelter,
the New Alchemy Ark, Solviva Bioshelter, and the
bioshelter at Three Sisters Farm. Hear both design
and management for year-round crop production
discussed. The bioshelter at Three Sisters Farm, in
Northwest Pennsylvania includes greenhouse beds,
a poultry room, potting room, packing kitchen,
storage areas and compost facilities.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
Pam Dawling provides ideas to help you design a
sequence of vegetable crops that maximizes the
chance to grow good cover crops as well as reduce
pest and disease likelihood. She discusses formal
rotations as well as ad hoc systems for shoehorning
minor crops into available spaces. The workshop
includes a discussion of cover crops suitable at
various times of year, particularly winter cover
crops between vegetable crops in successive years.
Dawling covers examples of undersowing of cover
crops in vegetable crops and of no-till options.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Compost Your Way to Better Soil
Home composting expert Barbara Pleasant shares
dozens of practical composting techniques for
turning kitchen and garden waste into an essential
soil amendment for any type of garden. Learn
novel passive and active composting methods for
enriching your soil, including composting
innovations shared by Mother Earth News
readers.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Introduction to Growing Mushrooms on Logs
Matt Trammell – Trammell Treasures Mushroom
Farm
Get in-depth information on the benefits that
gourmet mushrooms have for the environment
and for our health. Then see a live inoculation
of a log with mushroom plug spawn and
sawdust spawn.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
How to Produce Half of Your Own Food in Less
Than an Hour Per Day
Marjory Wildcraft – Grow Your Own Groceries
Marjory Wildcraft shows you a simple,
three-component system that only takes about an
hour per day and produces half of the food you
need. And she shows how you can do it in a
backyard-sized space! Wildcraft adds up calories,
looks at nutrition, and estimates minutes of time
involved on an average day. You can do this! This
system has been thoroughly tested for years at
Wildcraft’s research center for sustainable backyard
food production.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Biochar Stove Demonstration
Albert Bates – New Society Publishers
Make biochar for your organic garden the
permaculture way by stacking functions. Albert
Bates demonstrates various biochar stoves, from
backpacker models to those that produce biomass
electricity while heating and cooking.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Herbs, Plain and Fancy: A talk and tasting
Come and enjoy an assortment of sweet and
savory herbal delights, then learn how to grow
them in your garden, use them in your kitchen,
save their seeds, and increase your self-sufficiency.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
THE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY STAGE presented by
Pig Pickin’ – An Introduction to Heritage
Breeds
Jeannette Beranger – The Livestock Conservancy
Heritage pigs are hot with today’s consumers and a
welcome addition to small-scale sustainable farms.
Learn about the wide array of breeds to choose
from and how they compare with each other for
personality, adaptability, dress out, and more.
Heritage Breeds Marketing 101
Alison Martin – The Livestock Conservancy
Marketing your products is key to succeeding with
rare breeds. Discover the growing market
potential for heritage breed food and fiber
products, and the avenues to pursue for market
success.
How Strong Is the Shell of an Egg? (And Other
Fun Facts for Successfully Raising Poultry)
Gordon Ballam – Purina Animal Nutrition
This workshop demonstrates the strength of a
chicken’s egg shell and provides recommendations
for raising a healthy flock.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Introduction to Heritage Breed Goats
Join The Livestock Conservancy for an overview of
heritage goat breeds and how to pick the right one
for you. These adaptable and friendly critters are
productive and useful additions to any homestead.
Sponsored by Premier 1.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Get Started With Family Flocks
Patricia Foreman – Gossamer Foundation
Many folks feel there is too much effort involved
in keeping chickens, and that the learning curve is
too steep ... so they never start. This workshop
simplifies and demystifies family flocks, showing
it’s so easy and simple that kids can do it—
inexpensively. Learn the newest techniques,
equipment for raising baby chicks and keeping
adult birds. This workshop covers chick and hen
behavior, handling, health care, nutrition,
furniture, housing and time-saving management.
By the end, you will know the basics of
successfully raising your own baby chicks from day
one to productive adult chickens. Co-presented
with chicken celebrity Oprah Hen-Free.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Poultry Unplugged: Free-ranging poultry off
the grid or anywhere else
Victoria Redhed Miller – New Society Publishers
The author of Pure Poultry: Living well with
heritage chickens, turkeys and ducks tells you how to
evaluate pasture space, predator issues, housing
and feed concerns, and more, all from firsthand
experience. This workshop includes a handout and
time for questions.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Taking Care of Business
Fund
Learn about some of the legal issues faced by
direct-to-consumer farm businesses. Elizabeth
Rich covers choice of entity issues (should you
operate as a sole proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp,
C-Corp, or other?); employment law issues
affecting those hiring interns; zoning and
right-to-farm issues; hosting on-farm events; and
innovative business models. Bring your legal
questions for the question-and-answer session.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Chickens! The Enablers, Mascots and Heroes of
Local Foods and Healthy, Sustainable Living
Develop action plans to employ family flocks so
they create and enhance food-growing topsoils;
help grow vegetables, berries, nuts and fruits;
become part of emergency preparedness plans;
sequester carbon and decrease carbon footprints
the while saving on grocery bills and decreasing
community taxes. Understand your egg-shed.
Learn how employing family flocks is truly a
community service. Co-presented with chicken
celebrity Oprah Hen-Free.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Pickin’ Chickens – An Introduction to Heritage
Breeds
Jeannette Beranger – The Livestock Conservancy
There is an amazing array of heritage chicken
breeds available today, and it can be complicated
deciding which is most appropriate for your land,
climate and needs. Learn which questions to ask
before committing to a breed, and explore the
diversity of chickens to choose from.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Aquaculture Basics
Aquaculture can be a great way to grow healthy
protein for your family or for market. There are
several things to plan for to make your project
successful. Join us to review species selection, water
quality, and the types of basic systems available.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
Hopping for Fun and Profit With Heritage
Rabbits
Rabbits can be easy, versatile and quiet animals to
raise on your small property. Heritage breeds offer
a chance to set yourself apart from other rabbitries,
and they provide value-added product for both
home use and sale. Get acquainted with the breeds
and the basics of raising rabbits.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Visit Booth #1218
Topeka, KS
Drawing
Sunday
.
Sign up at MENF to win a
PRS Solar Energizer
and much more…
800-282-6631 • www.premier1supplies.com
UTNE READER STAGE
Menopause With Science and Soul
Institute Inc.
Explore the physiological, biochemical and
hormonal changes that accompany menopause, as
well as the inner transformations that mark this
life passage. This presentation includes information
about the effects of diet, exercise, herbs,
phytoestrogens, xenoestrogens, bio-identical
hormones, and our personal and cultural
attitudes about aging on the journey through
menopause. Dr. Judith Boice has given more than
900 talks on menopause, osteoporosis and
bio-identical hormones.
Making Herbal Infusions for Health
Making nourishing herbal infusions is simple and
affordable ... and they taste great and are an
excellent source of absorbable vitamins and
minerals. Nutritive herbs were meant to be
consumed on a regular basis as a part of our food.
They were intended to help nourish our bodies
and keep them strong. These nutrients found
behind the cell wall of the plant release themselves
after dried plant material are steeped for four to
eight hours. Joanne Bauman shares the difference
between tea and infusion, and shows step by step
how to make herbal infusions.
Herbs and Fermentation for Digestive Health
Join herbalist Linda Conroy as she shares her
five-point approach to improving digestive health.
Participants will learn how to incorporate herbs as
well as fermented food into their diet to improve
digestive health. Harvesting, recipes and
preparation techniques will be shared.
Saturday 1:00-2:00
Free Cooling for Life
Although many people don’t realize it, we can cool
our homes naturally in many climate zones. Smart
design combined with energy-efficient landscaping
and intelligent decisions about energy use can
easily cut your cooling bill by half. Come learn
how to stay cool in the summer without costly air
conditioners and sky-high utility bills.
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Chasing the Blues Away: Herbs for anxiety,
stress and depression
Rosemary Gladstar – Storey Publishing
Stress has become a hot topic in our frantic world
as more and more people fall under the gray spell
of depression, anxiety and stressful living.
Thankfully, herbs and an “herbal way of life” offer
an effective solution to the stresses of everyday
living. They remind us to slow down, smell the
roses, to dig a little deeper and keep our hands in
the dirt, while also providing our body with
essential nutrients that are necessary for the health
of the nervous system. In the process, they fortify
and strengthen our nervous systems, calming and
grounding us. This discussion covers favorite
nervine herbs and specific therapies that are deeply
calming and relaxing.
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Homeopathy: Remedies for the whole family
Institute Inc.
Explore the top 15 homeopathic remedies for
caring for your family’s first aid and health care
needs. Discover the principles of homeopathic
prescribing and practice individualizing remedy
choices. Learn the basics of how to make
homeopathic remedies.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Herbal Hair Care
Stephanie Tourles – Storey Publishing
Come hear author, herbalist and licensed holistic
aesthetician Stephanie Tourles discuss herbal hair
care recipes from her best-selling books Organic
Body Care Recipes and Hands-On Healing Remedies.
She highlights 15 herbs to promote beautiful,
lustrous, healthy hair. Learn how chemical-free,
totally natural hair care products are made and
used. Samples will be available for everyone to
experience. A question and answer session will
follow, if time allows.
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Water of Life: Hydrotherapy treatments for
home health care
Institute Inc.
Discover how water can be used externally to treat
a myriad of health conditions, from colds and the
flu to headaches and digestive problems. The
hydrotherapy treatments Judith Boice explores
were researched by physicians in the early 20th
century and have been proven to increase red and
white blood cell production and activity (boosting
the immune system), improve circulation in the
digestive tract, and reduce pain and swelling.
Hydrotherapy treatments are powerfully
effective and free, requiring only towels and hot
and cold water.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Creating an Allergy- and Toxin-Free Home
Shaylee Oleson – Eco Shaylee LLC
This revealing talk uncovers the six elements of a
healthy home, and where allergens and toxins that
may cause health issues lurk. Easy solutions correct
these common culprits.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
Medicinal Mushroom Gardens:
Cultivation, garden design, and preparing
extracts and tinctures
Learn about the incredible properties of edible and
medicinal mushrooms that have been used for
centuries. Many of them are native to our region
and can be easily cultivated with little or no
experience. Find out about their effects on the
human immune system, as well as the hope they
promise for developing protection and cures for
deadly and pandemic diseases worldwide. Explore
some of the most potent medicinal mushrooms
and how you can grow them at home in your
garden in this in-depth, but easy to digest, class.
Learn the cultivation principles and preparation
methods of medicinal mushrooms, for creating
powders, extracts, and many other forms of fungal
products that will stimulate your health and
enhance your well-being.
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Permaculture: Design for regeneration
Darrell Frey – New Society Publishers
This presentation provides an overview of
Permaculture Design principles and practices
through a study of Three Sisters Farm and several
other projects. Three Sisters Farm is a 5-acre
market garden. Since 1989, they have been
marketing produce and hosting educational
programs from their bioshelter and gardens. The
farm strives to promote biodiversity and conserve
energy and resources, caring for the earth while
producing a range of farm products.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
FAIR HOURS: Saturday 9:00 AM-7:00 PM; Sunday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
STAGE NAME
10:00-11:00 AM
11:30-12:30 PM
1:00-2:00 PM
Presented by
Nature’s Flavors
Are We Winning the
Energy Wars Against
Coal, Nuclear and Oil
Companies?
Dan Chiras
Beautiful and
Abundant: The
MOTHER community
and its vision for the
future Bryan Welch
Herbs for LongLasting Health:
Experience wellbeing and celebrate
every stage of life
Rosemary Gladstar
Food Chain
Herbal Remedies for
Restoration: Climate Pain Relief
change, pollinators
Stephanie Tourles
and sustainable fruit
production
Gary Paul Nabhan
I’m From the
Government and I’m
Here to Help
David Gumpert
GRIT Stage
Cooking With the
Power of the Sun
Paul Munsen
The True American
Spirit: Distilling
liquor at home,
safely AND legally
Victoria Redhed Miller
Mycoremediation
of Home and
Farm Waste
Tradd Cotter
Beginning
Beekeeping
Matt Reed
How to Find
the Perfect
Survival Retreat
Marjory Wildcraft
Wild Food,
Wild Medicine
Linda Conroy
Adrenal Health:
Fertility, menopause,
sleep and beyond
Dawn Combs
Cold & Flu:
Remedies for
symptom relief
Joanne Bauman
Acupressure for the
DIY Herbal First Aid
Whole Family
Linda Conroy
Judith Boice, ND, LAc,
FABNO
Flu Prevention and
Treatment Tips
David Christopher,
M.H.
Saving Seeds From
Fall Produce
Grant Olson
Growing Great
Garlic and
Perennial Onions
Ira Wallace
More Biochar
Solutions
Albert Bates
Grow a
Sustainable Diet
Cindy Conner
Managing Your
Homegrown Food
Supply
Barbara Pleasant
Restoring Pollinators
to Farms in a
Time of Rapid
Climate Change
Gary Paul Nabhan
How to Milk a Goat,
Make Raw Milk
Cheese, and Stay Out
of Jail
Elizabeth Rich
Introduction to
Fermentation
Jennifer Kongs
Can Do
Easy Canning
Nan K. Chase
Milling Your
Own Flour
William Rubel
Cheesemaking for
the Homesteader:
Using plants
instead of rennet to
make cheese
Elizabeth Rich
Piecing Out
Poultry: Chicken
cut up and sausage
demonstration
Rosanna Bauman
The No-Mortgage
Natural Cottage
Chris McClellan
The Carbon Ranch
Courtney White
Greensburg, Kansas:
From tragedy
to triumph
Bob Dixson
Seven Steps to a
Green, Healthy and
Efficient Home
Doug Garrett
The Dirt on
Dirt Floors
Sukita Reay Crimmel
and James Thomson
Build Your Own
Electric Car
Ben Nelson
Easy Peasy Edibles
Jessi Bloom
Making a Living on
1.5 Acres
Jean-Martin Fortier
Growing Unusual
Fruits
John Holzwart
Page 13
Growing and Storing
Cold-Hardy Winter
Vegetables
Pam Dawling
Bioshelters: Design
and management of
solar greenhouses
Darrell Frey
Crop Rotations for
Vegetables and
Cover Crops
Pam Dawling
The Livestock
Conservancy
Stage
Pig Pickin’ – An
Introduction to
Heritage Breeds
Jeannette Beranger
Heritage Breeds
Marketing 101
Alison Martin
How Strong Is the
Shell of an Egg?
(And Other Fun
Facts for Successfully
Raising Poultry)
Gordon Ballam
Introduction to
Heritage Breed
Goats
Alison Martin
Sponsored by
Premier 1
Get Started With
Family Flocks
Patricia Foreman
Poultry Unplugged:
Free-ranging
poultry off the grid
or anywhere else
Victoria Redhed Miller
Menopause With
Science and Soul
Judith Boice, ND,
LAc, FABNO
Making Herbal
Infusions for Health
Joanne Bauman
Herbs and
Fermentation for
Digestive Health
Linda Conroy
Free Cooling
for Life
Dan Chiras
Chasing the Blues
Away: Herbs for
anxiety, stress
and depression
Rosemary Gladstar
Homeopathy:
Remedies for the
whole family
Judith Boice, ND,
LAc, FABNO
Kids Goat Milking
Demonstration
Elizabeth Rich
DIY Dad’s Eco
Backyard Projects
Ben Nelson
Fungi in the
Classroom
Tradd Cotter
Ethnobotany for
Kids
Dawn Combs
MOTHER EARTH
NEWS Stage
Page 7
Page 8
Mother Earth
Living Stage
Page 9
Organic
Gardening Stage
Page 10
Real Food Stage
Page 11
Renewable
Energy Stage
Page 12
Seed Stage
Presented by Purina
Page 14
Utne Reader
Stage
Page 15
Kids Treehouse
Stage
Kids and Chicks With Herbal Crafts
for Kids
Oprah Hen-Free
Jessica Kellner
Patricia Foreman
Page 21
2:30-3:30 PM
4:00-5:00 PM
Aquaponic
Gardening: Growing
fish and
vegetables together
Sylvia Bernstein
5:30-6:30 PM
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
FAIR HOURS: Saturday 9:00 AM-7:00 PM; Sunday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
STAGE NAME
MOTHER EARTH
NEWS Stage
Presented by
Nature’s Flavors
10:00-11:00 AM
11:30-12:30 PM
1:00-2:00 PM
Live Simply So That
Others Can Simply Live
Ed Begley Jr.
4:00-5:00 PM
STARTING AT 9:30
Live Poultry
Processing Demo
David Schafer and
Joel Salatin
What the Cluck?!
Getting Started on
Gardening With
Chickens
Jessi Bloom
DIY Solar Panels
Dan and Don Adams
Heretics Unite
Joel Salatin
Shrooming Off the Grid
Tradd Cotter
Fall Vegetable
Production
Pam Dawling
Pond Management
Dynamics
Kenneth Rust
DIY Aquaponics
Dan and Don Adams
Beekeeping Basics
Becky Tipton
Herbal Remedies
That Work
David Christopher, M.H.
MagnifiSCENT Mints
as Medicine
Joanne Bauman
Chasing the Blues Away:
Herbs for anxiety, stress
and depression
Rosemary Gladstar
Virtual Medicine Walk
Dawn Combs
Essential Oils for
Home Health Care
Judith Boice, ND,
LAc, FABNO
Seed Starting Simplified
Ira Wallace
Creating Life in
Your Soil
Dale Strickler
Can the Sweet Corn
Hank Will
Organic Gardening for
Newbies – Avoiding
Beginner Mistakes
Barbara Pleasant
Build Your Own
Community-Adapted
Seed Saving Project
Renata Christen
How to Cook With Tea
Paula Winchester
Making Delicious
Bread With Sourdough
Starters, Pre-ferments
and Yeast
William Rubel
Can Do Easy Canning
Nan K. Chase
Is Solar Electricity Right
for You?
Dan Chiras
Build Your Own
Electric Motorcycle
Ben Nelson
MAXimizing Mileage:
The MAX car and
MPX streamlined
pickup truck
Jack McCornack
Renewable Energy
for Homes and
Businesses Part 1
Dan Chiras
Renewable Energy
for Homes and
Businesses Part 2
Dan Chiras
Compost Your Way to
Better Soil
Barbara Pleasant
Introduction to
Growing Mushrooms
on Logs
Matt Trammell
How to Produce Half of
Your Own Food in Less
Than an Hour Per Day
Marjory Wildcraft
Biochar Stove
Demonstration
Albert Bates
Herbs, Plain and Fancy:
A talk and tasting
Ira Wallace
Taking Care of Business
Elizabeth Rich
Chickens! The
Enablers, Mascots and
Heroes of Local Foods
and Healthy,
Sustainable Living
Patricia Foreman
Hopping for Fun
and Profit With
Heritage Rabbits
Alison Martin
Pickin’ Chickens – An
Introduction to
Heritage Breeds
Jeannette Beranger
Aquaculture Basics
Kenneth Rust
Herbal Hair Care
Stephanie Tourles
Water of Life:
Hydrotherapy
treatments for home
health care
Judith Boice, ND,
LAc, FABNO
Creating an Allergy- and
Toxin-Free Home
Shaylee Oleson
Medicinal Mushroom
Gardens: Cultivation,
garden design, and
preparing extracts
and tinctures
Tradd Cotter
Permaculture: Design
for regeneration
Darrell Frey
Fermentation! It’s
Freaky Fun
Hannah Kincaid and
Jennifer Kongs
Building With Mud
Chris McClellan
Bandana Bash
Heidi Hunt
Soap Felting Fun!
Hands-on Activity
Linda Conroy
Bee-ing the Hive
Robin Kolterman
Sponsored by Envirolet
Page 7
GRIT Stage
2:30-3:30 PM
Page 8
Mother Earth
Living Stage
Page 9
Organic
Gardening Stage
Page 10
Real Food Stage
Page 11
Renewable
Energy Stage
Page 12
Seed Stage
Page 13
The Livestock
Conservancy
Stage
Presented by Purina
Page 14
Utne Reader
Stage
Page 15
Kids Treehouse
Stage
Page 21
Chocolate: The journey
from bean to bar
Cat Gipe-Stewart
Drink the Harvest:
Delightful garden wines
Nan K. Chase
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4303 4403
4503 4603
4102 4202
4302 4402
4502 4602
4101 4201
4301 4401
4501 4601
4200
4300 4400
4500 4600
Deli
Exercise Arena
3171
3170
Utne Reader
Stage
2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106
5700 5701 5702 5703
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Petting
Farm
2310
2315
5114
5214 5314
5414 5514
5113
5213 5313
5413 5513
5112
5212 5312
5412 5512
5111
5211 5311
5411 5511
5110
5210 5310
5410 5510
5209 5309
5409 5509
5206 5306
5406 5506
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5405 5505
5104
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5103
5203 5303
5403 5503
5102
5202 5302
5402 5502
5101
5201 5301
5401 5501
5100
5200 5300
5400 5500
Landon Arena
West
Food Court
2320
(upper level)
The Livestock
Conservancy
Stage
Packgoat
Display
2305
3162
3041
3161
3040
3160
Cider
Pressing
3151
Real Food
Stage
5000
3150
5001
5002
500
3030
GRIT
Stage
1226 1326
Antique
Tractor
Display
1225 1325
3035
Cafe
1222 1322
1221 1321
1219 1319
1419 1519
1619 1719
1018 1118
1218 1318
1418 1518
1618 1718
1415 1515
1615 1715
Organic
Gardening
Stage
3021
Landon Arena
3020
1019 1119
Natural
Building
Demo
3025
1224 1324
1414 1514
1614 1714
3141
3016
3140
3015
1412 1512
1612 1712
1411 1511
1611 1711
1208 1308
1408 1508
1608 1708
1207 1307
1407 1507
1607 1707
3135
3010
3130
1205 1305
New
Tractor
Display
3111 3110
1204 1304
1203 1303
1202 1302
Seed
Stage
1201 1301
1200 1300
Domer Livestock Arena
TEST DRIVES
Booth #3120
OFF-STAGE DEMONSTRATIONS
GREEN BUILDING
Natural Building Demo – Domer
Livestock Arena
Natural Building Network
Ongoing
MODERN HOMESTEADING
Antique Tractor Display – Domer
Livestock Arena
Howard and Jane Hawkins
Ongoing
Ask the Old Bee Guys – Booths #1226, #1325
and #1326
Cecil Sweeney and Steve Tipton – Northeastern
Kansas Beekeepers’ Association
Get your questions answered about the best
equipment choices for beekeeping here in the
Midwest. Check out the observation hive to see
what’s happening on the frames.
Ongoing
Broom Making: A traditional art – Booths
#4319 and #4320
John Holzwart – Brooms by Little John
Join broom maker “Little” John Holzwart
for these fun and educational broom making
demonstrations. Information about the broom
corn plant and the history of broom making will
be shared!
Ongoing
Cage Culture of Fish – Booth #4312
Kasco Marine and Memphis Net & Twine are
sponsoring a drawing to win a floating cage for the
culture of fish. A basic paper on cage culture will be
available in the Kasco Marine booth, as well as the
opportunity to sign up for the drawing. The cage
materials kit will be shipped directly to the winner.
Ongoing
New Tractor Display – Domer Livestock Arena
Heritage Tractors
Ongoing
How to Use a Well Bucket With a Windlass –
Booth #3005
Well WaterBoy Products
Well WaterBoy Products shows and explains how
to use a well bucket (with or without a windlass) to
get water from a drilled well during emergencies or
for off-grid living.
Ongoing
Inside the Beehive – Booths #1226, #1325
and #1326
Steve Tipton and Cecil Sweeney – Northeastern
Kansas Beekeepers’ Association
With an active observation hive and teaching
materials, master beekeepers show how the inside
of a beehive works. See the queen bee, workers,
drones, brood, capped honey and pollen inside
the hive.
Ongoing
Pack Goats: The thrill of it all! – Exercise Arena
Dwite and Mary Sharp – Paradise Ranch Packgoats
Learn why specifically bred pack goats are, by far,
the pack animals of choice. Discover how to get
started choosing and training your goats, as well
as how to care for them and tend to their specific
needs. Hear about choosing your equipment
and how to use it. Some of the information
will surprise and amaze you! Join a hands-on
demonstration involving some of the biggest, most
docile horned goats you will ever see. If you hike,
backpack, camp or are just looking for a wonderful
companion, this will interest you! All ages are
invited. Come see “Tarzan,” 302 pounds of love!
Saturday and Sundat 1:00
Rope Making – Booths #3040 and #3041
Greg Davis – Rope maker
Makerope.com is the source for hand-operated
rope machines and for the knowledge to use these
machines to make rope of any strand count, length
or diameter.
Ongoing
Wild, Sustainable and Nutritious: How to pick
and handle fish that is good for you and the
planet – Booth #4302
Kendall Whitney – Seafood Producers Cooperative
In terms of seafood, Americans eat half the global
average, and the seafood we eat tends to be farmed
with dubious practices and/or imported. The
biggest reason Americans don’t eat as much fish
as they should is that they don’t know what to do
with it. This workshop presents how to pick and
handle fish that is good for both our bodies and
the planet. Natural, wild seafood is an extremely
healthy seafood option. In addition to seafood
cooking approaches, learn some easy and
nutritious recipes.
Ongoing
NATURE AND COMMUNITY
Artists Demonstrate Clay Work – Booth #5602
Ryan Caldwell, Merle Miles, Michael Bradley, Larry
Peters – Topeka Local Artists – NOTO (North Topeka
Arts District)
Pottery and clay sculpture making will be
demonstrated by artists. Wheel throwing and hand
building will both be demonstrated on regular
intervals over the two-day period.
Ongoing
Hand Spinning and Kumihimo Braiding –
Lorry McDonald and Tammy Taylor –
BlackWater Treasures
See spinning on a spinning wheel to learn how
yarn is made from natural fibers. Also, see work
done on a mari-dai, to make braids for trim,
jewelry and other uses.
Ongoing
Spoon Carving – Booths #5702 and #5703
Jake Kristophel – Riverwood Trading Co.
Learn about using traditional woodworking tools
to hand-carve spoons out of wood.
Ongoing
Terra Char and Nutrients Absorption –
Booth #5313
Phil Blom – Terra Char
Terra Char, manufacturers and marketers of
biochar, explains the importance of the different
nutrient products that can used with biochar,
and how important this is prior to adding as a
soil amendment.
See booth for times.
The Magical Continuous Strand Weaving
Method: For everything from easy shawls to
washcloths – Booths #4518 and #4519
Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser – Carol Leigh’s Hill Creek
Fiber Studio
This easy weaving technique that uses simple
triangle, square and rectangle frame looms makes
shawls and hats from triangles; scarves, dish towels
and floor mats from rectangles; washcloths, pillows
and blankets from squares; and much more.
See this simple technique using all three shapes
demonstrated throughout the Fair.
Ongoing
NATURAL HEALTH
Dragon’s Blood for Psoriasis and Eczema –
Booths #4313-#4315
George Cox – Natural Options Aromatherapy
See how the resin from the Sangre de Drago tree
seals skin to assist with psoriasis and eczema.
Saturday 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, and 5:00
Sunday 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00
Tea Steeped Right – Booth #4416
Paula Winchester – paula winchester enterprises,
LLC/Twelve Winds Tea Company
Each variety of tea requires proper steeping
temperature, the correct amount of steeping
time, and the correct steeping device. Drop by to
discover what is correct for your favorite tea.
Ongoing
Heirloom Garlic and Perennial Onion Tasting –
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Stop by the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
booth to taste some exciting and exotic garlic
varieties, roasted and raw. There’s only one way to
learn which types you prefer ... by tasting them!
Saturday and Sunday 1:00
Whole Body Wellness Without a Prescription –
Booth #5111
Bonnie Casazza – Whole Body Wellness Concepts
A holistic approach to wellness: Whole Body
Wellness Concepts wants to detox your living
environment, your body and your water. Toxins are
all around, and Whole Body Wellness Concepts
wants to teach you exactly what you can do to
control them and take control of your health.
How to Catch Destructive Grasshoppers –
Booth #4308
Kurt Christensen – Turtle Creek Farm
Learn how to catch destructive grasshoppers in
your flower or vegetable garden without the use
of bait or harmful chemicals, using a Hopper
Stopper™ grasshopper trap.
Ongoing
ORGANIC GARDENING
Advantages of Open Raised Beds for the Home
Garden – Booth #1612
Noel Valdes – CobraHead LLC
Constructed raised beds are the rage, but raised
beds made just using the soil you’re given has huge
advantages over both container beds and
traditional row gardening in terms of cost,
production and sustainability.
Saturday 11:00 and 2:00
Aquaponic Gardening Systems Demonstrations
– Booths #1419 and #1519
Sylvia Bernstein, Robbie the Plumber and Samson
Brock – The Aquaponic Source
The Aquaponic Source demonstrates an intriguing
bell siphon, hosts author signings of the awardwinning and Mother Earth News-recommended
Aquaponic Gardening book, and shows off its
exciting new AquaBundance SpaceSaver foodgrowing aquaponic system and AquaHeat off-grid
water heating system.
Ongoing
Aquaponics: Clean fish practices – Booths
#3015 and #3016
Adam Harwood – GlobalAquaponics.net and
ApexAquaponics.com
Hear a system review, showing what aquaponics is,
plus what it is not. With numerous ways to grow,
this demonstration enables participants to see what
aquaponics is, in person, with an actual model.
Community Seed Swap – Booths #1224
and #1324
Ira Wallace and other experts from Southern Exposure
Seed Exchange, Fruition Seeds, High Mowing Seeds,
and the Seed Savers Exchange
Come share your seeds, your knowledge and your
enthusiasm for different plant varieties with other
gardeners and farmers. Bring any seeds you have
to share or just stop by to meet the experts from
such places as Southern Exposure Seed Exchange,
Fruition Seeds, High Mowing Seeds, and the
Seed Savers Exchange. This is a great chance to
get answers to your seed saving questions and see
hands-on demonstrations.
DIY Aquaponics and LED Grow Lights –
Don Adams – Earthineer
To coincide with their DIY Aquaponics workshop,
Earthineer is showing their ebb and flow unit and
LED grow lights. Learn how to make both the unit
and the lights, and ask questions of Earthineer’s
resident crazy engineer.
Year-Round Microgreen Production –
Booth #1307
Randy Cummings – Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Join a discussion on the pros and cons of
microgreens for year-round home use or
commercial production.
Saving Seeds From Garden Fruits and Vegetables
– Booths #1221, #1222, #1321 and #1322
Renata Christen – Seed Savers Exchange
Seed Savers Exchange staff show guests how to
save seeds from common garden crops such as
tomatoes, beans, lettuce, radishes, squash and
more. Practice threshing and winnowing, and
discuss how to find, grow and save heirloom fruits
and vegetables.
Ongoing
Seed Saving: You can do it – Booth #1614
Rick Nation – Clear Creek Seeds
See a demonstration of how to save tomato seeds
that covers all the steps, from cutting the tomato to
seed storage.
Saturday 10:00 and 2:00
Timing Is Everything – Booths #1208
and #1308
Judy Seaborn and Josh Pool – Botanical Interests
“When should I plant?” “What does ‘last average
frost’ mean?” “How does frost affect my garden?”
Botanical Interests’ co-founder, Judy Seaborn, and
horticulturist Josh Pool answer those questions
and more as they talk about last average frost, how
to determine the last frost based on your area,
and how to use that information to plan the best
garden. They also talk about microclimates in your
yard, including some tips on how to warm soil
during cooler outside temperatures. Because the
Botanical Interests seed packets contain a wealth
of sowing and planting information, Seaborn and
Pool also explain how to find the information you
need on the packet, how to interpret it and how to
plan your planting schedule.
Ongoing
REAL FOOD
Animal Welfare Approved Green Dirt Farm
Samples Their Award-Winning Sheep’s Milk
Cheese – Booth #1711
Green Dirt Farm and Animal Welfare Approved
Green Dirt Farm is a sheep dairy farm and
creamery in Weston, Mo., that produces Animal
Welfare Approved sheep’s milk cheese and grass-fed
lamb. Cheesemaker Amy Thompson will be on
hand to sample this award-winning cheese, and
AWA Farmer and Market Outreach Coordinators
Alexandra Frantz and Katie Yanchuk will offer
information and materials about the application
process, program benefits, and where to find AWAcertified products.
Saturday 11:00-4:00
Cider Pressing – Outside Exhibitors
Happy Valley Ranch
Ongoing
OFF-STAGE DEMONSTRATIONS
Food Preservation in the 21st Century – Booths
#5000 and #5001
Dan Neville
Hear a discussion of the benefits of all the food
preservation methods, including: dehydrating,
pickling, salting, smoking and freeze-drying.
Heirloom Corn Muffins and Jams From the
Garden – Booths #1224 and #1324
See and taste the richness and diversity of heirloom
corn muffins made with varieties such as Floriani
Red Flint, Bloody Bloody and Blue Clarage. Even
more delicious: Spread ’em with unusual jams from
the garden, herbs, ground huckleberry, peppers
and more.
Saturday and Sunday 4:00
Quick, Delicious, Healthy Meals for People
Who Eat! – Booth #5205
Wildtree
Stop by to see how you can make quick, healthy,
budget-friendly meals for your family using
certified organic Wildtree ingredients. Wildtree
answers the age-old question, “What’s for dinner?!”
Ongoing
Retained Heat Cooking – Booth #4106
Serendipity Essentials
Learn how to extend your fuel supply. Different
methods have been used for a thousand years
to keep food warm for an extended time. New
products can actually retain a cooking temperature,
to cook all day, if needed.
Ongoing
Sun-Dried Tomatoes Made Easy With Nesco
American Harvest Digital Dehydrator –
Booth #5211
Ruby Renard – The Metal Ware Corp. – Nesco
American Harvest
Dehydrate amazing tomatoes in hours, not days!
Just slice, use your favorite seasons, set timer and
go. It’s that easy!
Ongoing
The Best Buzz Garlic Bread Ever Had! –
Booth #5206
Brent Styer – Ellbee’s Garlic Seasonings
Hear simple instructions on how to make this
mouthwatering recipe. Samples are given, and the
recipe goes home with each person.
Ongoing
RENEWABLE ENERGY
DIY Solar Panels – Booths #4614 and #4615
Don Adams – Earthineer
To coincide with their DIY Solar Panels workshop,
Earthineer is conducting a live solar panel build
during the Fair. See what is required to build your
own, from framing to tabbing to encapsulation.
Try your hand at tabbing solar cells, and ask
questions from Earthineer’s resident crazy engineer.
Nissan Test Drive – Booth #3120
Capital City Nissan
Come by the Capital City Nissan booth to test
drive the all-electric Nissan LEAF. You will never
want to pay for gas again! Capital City Nissan
is specialized in selling fuel efficient, ultra-low
emissions vehicles since 2004. They were the first
to offer a free public charging station in Topeka
for all electric vehicles. Currently they have two of
them installed at their location.
Ongoing
Off-Grid Energy Production – Booth #3010
Roger Lehet – Unforgettable Fire
See a new thermoelectric hot water production
system that uses the heat of a woodstove to create
5 gallons per minute of 130 degree water and up
to 70 watts of electric power. The demonstration
shows how people can heat, cook, bake, take
showers and run electrical devices on demand.
This allows for hydronic, in-floor, water baseboard
remote heat systems, as well as running LED
lighting systems, battery chargers and 12-volt wood
stove blowers, in addition to charging devices such
as phones and tablets.
Ongoing
KIDS PROGRAMMING
Animals and Plants of the Tallgrass Prairie –
Grassland Heritage Foundation
Grassland Heritage Foundation will provide
interactive educational materials focusing on the
native plants and animals of the tallgrass prairie.
Feel a badger skin and claws, see how tall the
prairie grass grows, and track a coyote. Kids crafts
will also be available.
Ongoing
Cob: Building houses with mud – Natural
Building Demo, Domer Livestock Arena
Uncle Mud – Natural Cottage Project
Come see how the soil under your feet can be used
to build inexpensive, beautiful houses as well as
pizza ovens and benches. Bring your children and
get muddy with us.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00, 12:00, 2:00
and 4:00
Petting Farm – Exercise Arena
Farm to Fork Ranch
Ongoing
Power of Wind/Skins and Skulls/Creative
Creatures – Booths #4115 and #4215
Susan Mueller/Jo Woods – Rock Springs 4-H Center
Power of Wind: See how different styles of fins
can provide wind power. Skins & Skulls: Stop
by a display of Kansas mammal skins and skulls,
including raccoon, deer, skunk and more! Creative
Creatures: Using natural materials (such as leaves,
twigs and seeds) children can create their own
unique creature ... info on habitat, behavior and
adaptations included!
Ongoing
KIDS TREEHOUSE STAGE
Kids and Chicks with Oprah Hen-Free
Which came first: the chicken or the child?
Usually, it’s the chicken ... with a child trundling
after, giggling with delight. This hens-on workshop
shows kids (and adults) how to responsibly and
safely handle a chicken. Learn tips, tricks and traps
about how to keep interacting with chickens a fun
experience that can last a lifetime. Kids learn about
the value of family flocks in green communities.
We will cover how chickens offer more than just
eggs. They also have skills such as pesticiders,
kitchen waste recyclers and compost creators.
Learn why chickens are truly pets with benefits.
There will be ample time for a question and
answer session.
Herbal Crafts for Kids
Jessica Kellner – Mother Earth Living
Make two fun herbal crafts: Colorful herb bath
salts and a pouch of fairy dust to attract fairies to
your garden.
Kids’ Goat Milking Demonstration
Elizabeth Rich – Misty Moraine Creamery
Learn all about how to milk a goat. First learn how
to clean the udder and teats, then watch as
Elizabeth Rich demonstrates proper milking
techniques. Learn how to strain the milk and store
it. Kids can pet the goat, talk to her, and try their
hand at milking her themselves!
Saturday 1:00-2:00
DIY Dad’s Eco Backyard Projects
Learn how to make your own recycled backyard
fun with DIY eco projects such as the 5-gallon
Bucket Swing, Cardboard Clubhouse, Solar
PowerWheels, Soda Bottle Sprinkler and
much more!
Saturday 2:30-3:30
Fungi in the Classroom
Ever wonder what kind of projects you and your
kids can start at home or in school with
mushrooms? This program is part show and part
hands-on with many cool experiments that are
practical for demonstrating recycling and
composting home and school waste byproducts
using mushroom spawn. Participants can make
and take home a small mushroom fruiting kit they
make from shredded paper or cardboard and a
living culture!
Saturday 4:00-5:00
Ethnobotany for Kids
Are you curious about the weeds on the
playground? When you go to the park do you look
for the plants hidden under the trees before the
swings and slides? There is food, medicine,
clothing and beauty growing all around us. How
do we look for it? Bring an adult along as we learn
basic skills for safely and sustainably exploring and
studying our plant friends.
Saturday 5:30-6:30
Fermentation! It’s Freaky Fun
Hannah Kincaid and Jennifer Kongs – MOTHER
EARTH NEWS
This workshop provides a hands-on experience for
kids interested in getting started on the road to
becoming gardening experts. We discuss preparing
seed starting soil mix, all the materials needed to
get seeds off to a good start and the basics of caring
for young plants before putting them out in the
garden. Participants then assist with the entire seed
starting process. (Hands will likely get dirty!)
Sunday 10:00-11:00
Building With Mud
Chris McClellan – Natural Cottage Project
Come get muddy with your Mother in this
hands-on, interactive demonstration. See why
more than half of the houses in the world are built
from local clay soil. Get your hands (and feet) into
the mix in our kid-friendly clay pit or try sculpting
your own miniature earthen house at our play
table. Regional natural building experts will be on
hand to answer questions.
Sunday 11:30-12:30
Soap Felting Fun! Hands on Activity
Join herbalist Linda Conroy for soap felting! Take
raw wool and bits of soap and make a scrubby that
will get you super clean! You can take home what
you make!
Sunday 2:30-3:30
Bee-ing the Hive
Robin Kolterman – Northeastern Kansas
Beekeepers’ Association
This is an interactive workshop for children and
their parents. Explore the different roles performed
by a honey bee with some hands on activities.
Then just as every bee in the colony has a part to
perform, each child plays their part and
“bee-comes the hive”.
Sunday 4:00-5:00
Bandana Bash
Heidi Hunt – MOTHER EARTH NEWS
Have fun while folding and twisting a simple
bandanna into a whole bunch of unusual uses,
such as a shirt, hobo lunch bag and gift wrap.
Sunday 1:00-2:00
EXHIBITORS
Agrilicious – Contributing Sponsor
Booth #4511
www.agrilicious.org
Chapman Creek Cattle Co
Booth #3025
www.kansasgrassfedbeefcompany.com
Ellbee’s Garlic Seasonings
Booth #5206
www.ellbees.com
Alenco Inc.
www.alenconline.com
Chelsea Green
Booth #4211
www.chelseagreen.com
Ellie Pots Inc.
Booth #4206
www.elliepotsinc.com
Alpacas of Wildcat Hollow
www.alpacasofwildcathollow.com
Clear Creek Seeds
Booth #1614
www.clearcreekseeds.com
EnerHealth Botanicals – Associate Sponsor
www.enerfood.com
Animal Welfare Approved
Booth #1711
www.animalwelfareapproved.org
Cloud County Community College
Booth #1415
www.cloud.edu/Academics/programs/
Wind/index
Envirolet – Contributing Sponsor
Booth #4611
www.envirolet.com
Antique Tractors – Howard and
Jane Hawkins
Antique Tractor Display, Domer Livestock Arena
Bad Dog Tools
Booth #4311
www.baddogtools.com
Barnetts’ Family Farm, LLC
Booth #5101
Bauman’s Cedar Valley Farms &
ANCO Processing
Booth #4417
BCS America
www.bcsamerica.com
Bee Thinking
Booth #4409
www.beethinking.com
Being Onto Something
“Greener Shopping”
Booth #1518
www.beingontosomething.com
Bell Aquaculture LLC
Booth #1414
www.fishrich.com
Better Garden Tools
Booth #4415
www.bettergardentools.com
www.blackwatertreasures.com
Bodacious Cases, LLC
Booth #4619
www.bodaciouscases.com
Boettcher Supply
www.boettchersupply.com
Botanical Interests – Contributing Sponsor
www.botanicalinterests.com
Boys Grow
Booth #4307
www.boysgrow.com
Capital City Nissan – Associate Sponsor
www.capnissan.com
Carol Leigh’s Hill Creek Fiber Studio
www.hillcreekfiberstudio.com
Central Iowa Organic Fertilizer
Booth #1512
www.centraliowaorganicfertilizer.com
Ceramic Garlic Grater
Booth #5100
Cobrahead LLC
Booth #1612
www.cobrahead.com
Coconut Bliss – Associate Sponsor
www.coconutbliss.com
Colorado Yurt – Associate Sponsor
www.coloradoyurt.com
Community Gardens & Shawnee Co.
Extension Master Gardeners
Booth #5511
www.shawnee.ksu.edu
Cousin Mary Jane & Lady Jane
Gourmet Seed
Booth #4117
www.cousinmaryjane.com
Cromwell Solar – Associate Sponsor
www.powertomorrow.com
Crooked Post Winery
Booth #5404
www.crookedpostwinery.com
Cutco Cutlery
Booth #4514
www.cutco.com
ePantry
Booth #5213
www.epantry.com
Evergreen Institute
Booth #4212
www.evergreeninstitute.org
Evergreen Naturalworks
Booth #4213
www.evergreencandleworks.com
Extreme Panel Tech., Inc
Booth #4205
www.extremepanel.com
EZ Animal Products
Booth #4508
www.ezanimalproducts.com
EZ-Communications
www.ezcom.us
Faith Wellness Center
Booth #4402
www.medmassager.com
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Booth #5501
www.farmtoconsumer.org
Farm to Fork Ranch
Petting Farm
Daisy Blue Naturals
Booth #4515
www.daisybluenaturals.com
FarmTek
Booth #2305
www.foddersystems.com
Devoted to Wellness
Booth #5601
Featherman Equipment
www.featherman.net
doTerra Essential Oils
Booth #4412
www.mydoterra.com/michellebonne
Douglas and Shawnee County Conservation
Districts
www.douglasccd.com
Down Home Ranch, Inc.
Booth #5305
www.downhomeranch.org
Dr. Earth
Booth #1118
www.drearth.com
Eagles’ Rest Natural Mattresses and Furniture
Booth #4408
www.eaglesrestnaturalhome.com
Featuring Invictus Voices & Bear Clan Royalty
Booth #4414
Fertrell-Troque Farms
Booth #4420
www.troquefarms.net
Flinthills Aromatherapy
Booth #1514
www.flinthillsaromatherapy.com
Four Season Tools
Booths #1300-#1305
www.smallfarmtools.com
Frontier Farm Credit – Associate Sponsor
Booth #4612
www.frontierfarmcredit.com
Earth Elements
Booth #5509
Garden Variety Soap Company
Booth #5412
www.gardenvarietysoaps.com
Earthineer – Contributing Sponsor
www.earthineer.com
GardeningRevolution.com
Booth #1508
www.gardeningrevolution.com
Ebert Sheep Farm
Booths #2104-2106
www.ebertsheepfarm.com
Globalaquaponics.net and
Apexaquaponics.com
www.globalaquaponics.net
Good Energy Solutions
www.goodenergysolutions.com
www.grasslandheritage.org
Green Cover Seed
Booth #4119
www.greencoverseed.com
Green Life
Booth #5503
www.thegreenlife.us
Greensburg, Kan. Tourism
Booth #4201
www.greensburgks.org
Greg Davis Rope Maker
Booths #3040 and 3041
www.makerope.com
Ground Source, Inc.
Booth #4305
www.groundsourceinc.com
Grow Your Own Groceries
Booth #5312
www.growyourowngroceries.org
Hague Quality Water
www.haguewaterkc.com
Hangapot the Hidden Flower Pot
Booth #5214
www.hangapot.com
Happy Valley Ranch
Cider Pressing, Outside Exhibitors
www.happyvalleyranch.com
Harvest Right
www.harvestright.com
Heritage Tractor
New Tractor Display, Domer Livestock Arena
www.heritagetractor.com
High Caliper Growing
Booth #5604
www.smartpots.com
High Castle Solar
Booth #4207
www.highcastlesolar.com
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Booth #4406
www.highmowingseeds.com
Homestead General Store
www.homesteadgeneralstore.com
Honey Dew Naturals
Booth #5314
www.honeydewnaturals.com
Iwig Family Dairy
www.iloveiwig.com
JCCC Sustainable Agriculture Program
Booth #5512
www.jccc.edu/sustainability.com
J-N-S Boer Creek Farm
www.jnsboercreekfarm.com
EXHIBITORS
Johnny’s Selected Seeds – Associate Sponsor
www.johnnyseeds.com
Midwest Aronia Association
Booth #5210
www.midwestaronia.org
Juice Plus Company
Booth #4214
www.sv.juiceplus.com
Millner-Haufen Tool Co.
Booth #4605
www.millnertools.com
Kansas 4-H
Booth #1608
www.joinkansas4-h.org
Minuteman Press
Booth #5611
www.minutemanlawrence.com
Kansas Barn Alliance
Booth #5401
www.kansasbarnalliance.org
Miracle Door Mat
Booth #5600
Kansas City Food Circle
Booth #5212
www.kcfoodcircle.org
Mockingbird Meadows – Associate Sponsor
www.mockingbirdmeadows.com
NOTO (North Topeka) Artist Group
and Friends
Booth #5602
www.notoartists.org
Nuwati Herbals
Booth #5306
www.nuwatiherbals.com
Real Time Pain Relief
Booth #5403
www.painpotion.com
River Hills Harvest
Booth #4607
www.riverhillsharvest.com
Oak Grove Fabrication
Booth #4105
Riverwood Trading Co.
www.riverwoodtrading.etsy.com
Oatie Beef
Booth #5104
www.oatiebeef.com
Roberts Seed
Booth #1712
www.robertsseed.com
Olea Estates Distribution, Inc.
Booth #5309
www.oleaestates.com
Rock Springs
www.rocksprings.net
Organic & Non-GMO Report
Booth #1225
www.non-gmoreport.com
Rocking H Charolais
Booth #3030
www.rockinghcharolais.wix.com/
rockinghcharolais
Kansas Farmers Union
Booth #4316
www.kansasfarmersunion.org
Moonwise Herbs and Brooms by
Little John
www.moonwiseherbs.com
Kansas Land Trust
Booth #1515
www.klt.com
Mr. Ellie Pooh’s Fair Trade
Booth #4618
www.mrelliepooh.com
Organic Crop Improvement Association
Booth #1708
www.ocia.org
Kansas Soybean Commission
Booth #1611
www.kansassoybeans.org
Murray McMurray Hatchery
Booth #2101
www.mcmurrayhatchery.com
Paradise Ranch Packgoats
Packgoats Display, Exercise Arena
Kansas Wesleyan University
Booth #5113
www.kwu.edu
My Pillow
Booth #5410
www.mypillow.com
Kasco Marine
Booth #4312
www.kascomarine.com
Mystic Wonders
Booth #5204
www.mysticwondersinc.com
Kaw View Farm
Booth #2100
www.kawviewfarm.com
Naked Goat Farm
Booth #5610
www.nakedgoatfarm.com
Pearl’s Premium Ultra Low Maintenance Lawn
Seed
Booth #1714
www.PearlsPremium.com
Keene Road Country Estate/Healthy Path
Way, LLC
Booth #5203
www.vrbo.com/429285
Natural Building Demo, Domer Livestock Arena
www.nbnetwork.org
Perka Wood Steel Hybrid Buildings
Booth #5613
www.perkabuildings.com
Natural Options Aromatherapy
Booths #4313-#4315
www.naturaloptions.us
Perpetual Food Company
www.perpetualfood.com
Naturally Ozark
Booth #1511
www.naturally-ozark.com
Pika Energy
www.pika-energy.com
Shawnee County Democrats
Booth #5502
www.scdpks.com
Nature’s Flavors – Title Sponsor
Booths #4601-#4603
www.naturesflavors.com
Pines International, Inc
Booth #4208
www.wheatgrass.com
Skinner Garden Store, Inc.
www.skinnergardenstore.com
Nature’s Head
Booth #4411
www.natureshead.net
Pollinator Partnership
Booth #5202
www.pollinator.org
Smalley Heating & Cooling
Booth #4303
www.smalleyenergy.com
Nature’s Renewable Products
www.greenheatunits.com
Power Bee Farm
Booth #4513
Smart Klean for Health
Booth #4218
www.smartkleanforhealth.com
Kitchen Craft
www.kitchencraftcookware.com
Koelzer Bee Farm
Booth #5614
www.koelzerbeefarm.com
KTWU, local public television
Booth #3001
www.ktwu.org
Livestock Conservancy
Booth #2320
www.livestockconservancy.org
Love at First Sit
Booth #4200
www.loveatfirstsit.com
Lucky George Farm
Booth #2000
www.luckygeorgefarm.com
Made in House DIY Food Kits
Booth #5209
www.madeinhouse.us
Nebraska Sustainable Agricultural Society
Booth #1408
www.nebsusag.org
New Society Publishers
www.newsociety.com
Marie’s Alpaca Acres
Booth #4407
www.mariesalpacaacres.com
Northeastern Kansas
Booths #1226, #1325 and #1326
www.nekba.org
Massaging Insoles
Booth #4219
www.massaginginsoles.com
Northern Sun
www.northernsun.com
Metal Ware Corp – Nesco Am. Harvest
Booth #5211
www.nesco.com
Norwood Sawmills USA Inc.
www.norwoodsawmills.com
Parsons’ Prairie Farm
Booth #4309
www.naturalfiberfarm.com
Paula Winchester Enterprises
Booth #4416
www.paulawinchester.com
Premier1 – Contributing Sponsor
www.premier1supplies.com
Project Lydia
www.projectlydia.org
Purina – Title Sponsor
Booth #2315
www.purinamills.com
Sandhill Farm & Milkweed Mercantile
Booth #4304
www.sandhillfarm.org
School of Natural Healing
Booth #4118
www.schoolofnaturalhealing.com
SeaAgri, Inc
Booth #4413
www.seaagri.com
Seafood Producers Cooperative
Booth #4302
www.alaskagoldbrand.com
Sedore Usa
www.sedoreusa.com
Seed Savers Exchange
Booths #1221, #1222, #1321 and #1322
www.seedsavers.org
Booth #4106
Soap Alchemy
Booth #4217
www.soapalchemy.com
Solar Chef International
Booth #5112
www.solar-chef.com
Southern Distributors
Quail Manufacturing
Booth #2310
www.eggcartn.com
www.southernexposure.com
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Booth #4505
www.quartous.com
SouthWoods Permaculture Design
Booth #5402
www.southwoodscenter.com
EXHIBITORS
Split Second Log Splitter –
Contributing Sponsor
www.splitsecondlogsplitter.com
SRI Wind Solar
Booth #5513
www.sriwindsolar.com
Star Seed
www.gostarseed.com
Sun Ovens International
Booth #3130
www.sunoven.com
Sun-Mar
Booth #4606
www.sun-mar.com
SunSource Homes
www.sunsourcehomes.com
Sustainability Action
Booth #5612
www.sustainabilityaction.net
Swims and Sweeps Inc
Booths #3170, #3171, #4102, #4103, #4202 and
#4203
www.swimsandsweeps.com
Tar River Trading Post
www.TarRiverTradingPost.com
Tasteful Olive
www.thetastefulolive.com
Teeny Greeny - Earthy Baby Boutique
www.teenygreenykc.com
Terra Char
Booth #5313
www.terra-char.com
Turtle Creek Farm
Booth #4308
www.farm-naked.com
Whole Body Wellness Concepts
www.wbwconcepts.com
Thayer Feed LLC
Booth #5102
www.thayerfeedllc.com
Udderly Naked Goat Milk Soap Products
Booth #5201
www.udderlynaked.com
Wichita Rain Barrels
Booth #4509
www.wichitarainbarrels.com
The Aquaponic Source
www.theaquaponicsource.com
Unforgettable Fire
Booth #3010
www.unforgettablefirellc.com
Wild Herb Natural Skin Care
Booth #4108
www.wildherbok.com
The Berkey Dealer
Booth #5504
www.berkeydealer.com
Urth
www.urthealer.com
Wild Planet Foods
Booth #4613
www.wildplanetfoods.com
The Fire Place
www.thefire-place.com
UV Paqlite - The Amazing Light
Booth #5603
www.uvpaqlite.com
Wildtree
Booth #5205
www.annie4wildtree.mywildtree.com
The Handy Camel
Booth #4403
www.thehandycamel.com
Visit Topeka Inc.
Booth #3004
www.VisitTopeka.com
Wise Women Botanicals
Booth #5114
www.wisewomenbotanicals.net
Theo Chocolate – Associate Sponsor
Booth #4600
www.theochocolate.com
Walnut Kitchen Homestead
Booth #1418
www.WalnutKitchenHomestead.com
Wood-Mizer
Booths #3160, #3161 and #3162
www.woodmizer.com
Tiny Trailer
www.ourtaoshouse.com
Water-Revolution
Booth #5409
www.water-revolution.com
Woollow
Booth #5301
www.woollow.com
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Booth #5413
www.tscpl.org
Watkins Products
Booth #5103
www.jrwatkins.com/consultant/cmary
Yogawrap Spine Support, Inc.
Booth #5304
www.yogawrap.com
Topeka ZERO
Booth #3002
Booth #3005
www.waterbuckpump.com
Young Living Essential Oils
Booth #4306
www.ylwebsite.com/thepotters
Trammell Treasures Mushroom Farm
Booth #4512
www.trammelltreasures.com
White Harvest Seed Company
www.whiteharvestseed.com
Looking to unwind after a long Saturday at the Mother Earth News Fair?
Head to NOTO!
NOTO – North Topeka’s growing arts district – is expanding their hours exclusively
for Fair exhibitors and attendees Saturday night. Stroll down North Kansas Avenue
and you’ll find works by a variety of community artists, local eateries and live
entertainment. Find out more and get directions at www.notoartsdistrict.com.
EXHIBITORS BY LOCATION
ATRIUM IN EXHIBITION HALL
DOMER LIVESTOCK ARENA
1019
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1118
1119
1207
1208
1218
1221
1222
1224
1225
1226
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1307
1308
1318
1321
1322
1324
1325
1326
1407
1408
1411
1412
1414
1415
1418
1419
1507
1508
1511
1512
1514
1515
1518
1519
1607
1608
1611
1612
1614
1615
1618
1619
1707
1708
1711
1712
1714
1715
1718
1719
Tiny Trailer
Antique Tractors
Antique Tractors
Antique Tractors
Antique Tractors
Antique Tractors
Antique Tractors
Dr. Earth
Tiny Trailer
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
Premier1
Organic & Non-GMO Report
Northeastern Kansas
Four Season Tools
Four Season Tools
Four Season Tools
Four Season Tools
Four Season Tools
Four Season Tools
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
Premier1
Northeastern Kansas
Northeastern Kansas
Nebraska Sustainable
Agricultural Society
Bell Aquaculture LLC
Cloud County Community College
Walnut Kitchen Homestead
GardeningRevolution.com
Naturally Ozark
Central Iowa Organic Fertilizer
Flinthills Aromatherapy
Kansas Land Trust
Being Onto Something
“Greener Shopping”
Kansas 4-H
Kansas Soybean Commission
Cobrahead LLC
Clear Creek Seeds
Pika Energy
Organic Crop
Improvement Association
Animal Welfare Approved
Roberts Seed
Pearl’s Premium Ultra Low
Maintenance Lawn Seed
Pika Energy
EXERCISE ARENA
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2100
2101
2102
2103
2104
2105
2106
Lucky George Farm
Kaw View Farm
Murray McMurray Hatchery
Iwig Family Dairy
Iwig Family Dairy
Ebert Sheep Farm
Ebert Sheep Farm
Ebert Sheep Farm
2305
2310
2315
2320
FarmTek
Quail Manufacturing
Purina
Livestock Conservancy
3000
3001
3002
3004
3005
Capital City Nissan
KTWU, local public television
Topeka ZERO
Visit Topeka Inc.
OUTSIDE EXHIBITORS
3010
3015
3016
3020
3021
3025
3030
3040
3041
3110
3111
3120
3130
3135
3140
3141
3150
3151
3160
3161
3162
3170
3171
Unforgettable Fire
Apexaquaponics.com
Apexaquaponics.com
Norwood Sawmills USA Inc.
Norwood Sawmills USA Inc
Chapman Creek Cattle Co
Rocking H Charolais
Split Second Log Splitter
Split Second Log Splitter
Capital City Nissan
Sun Ovens International
Douglas and Shawnee County
Conservation Districts
Douglas and Shawnee County
Conservation Districts
The Fire Place
The Fire Place
Wood-Mizer
Wood-Mizer
Wood-Mizer
EXHIBITION HALL
4101
4102
4103
4105
4106
4107
4108
4109
4111
4112
4113
4114
4115
4117
4118
4119
4120
4200
4201
4202
4203
4205
4206
4207
4208
4209
4211
4212
4213
4214
4215
4217
4218
4219
4220
4300
4301
4302
4303
4304
4305
4306
4307
4308
4309
4311
4312
4313
4314
4315
4316
4317
4318
Oak Grove Fabrication
Hague Quality Water
Wild Herb Natural Skin Care
Alenco Inc.
Cromwell Solar
Cromwell Solar
Rock Springs
Cousin Mary Jane & Lady Jane
Gourmet Seed
School of Natural Healing
Green Cover Seed
Love at First Sit
Greensburg, Kan. Tourism
Extreme Panel Tech., Inc
Ellie Pots Inc.
High Castle Solar
Pines International, Inc
Alenco Inc.
Chelsea Green
Evergreen Institute
Evergreen Naturalworks
Juice Plus Company
Rock Springs
Soap Alchemy
Smart Klean for Health
Massaging Insoles
BCS America
Boettcher Supply
Seafood Producers Cooperative
Smalley Heating & Cooling
Sandhill Farm & Milkweed Mercantile
Ground Source, Inc.
Young Living Essential Oils
Boys Grow
Turtle Creek Farm
Parsons’ Prairie Farm
Bad Dog Tools
Kasco Marine
Kansas Farmers Union
Tasteful Olive
Tasteful Olive
4319
4320
4400
4401
4402
4403
4404
4405
4406
4407
4408
4409
4411
4412
4413
4414
4415
4416
4417
4418
4419
4420
4500
4501
4502
4503
4505
4506
4507
4508
4509
4511
4512
4513
4514
4515
4517
4518
4519
4520
4600
4601
4602
4603
4605
4606
4607
4608
4609
4611
4612
4613
4614
4615
4617
4618
4619
4620
Little John
Little John
BCS America
Boettcher Supply
Faith Wellness Center
The Handy Camel
Northern Sun
Northern Sun
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Marie’s Alpaca Acres
Eagles’ Rest Natural Mattresses
and Furniture
Bee Thinking
Nature’s Head
doTerra Essential Oils
SeaAgri, Inc
Featuring Invictus Voices & Bear
Clan Royalty
Better Garden Tools
Paula Winchester Enterprises
Bauman’s Cedar Valley Farms &
ANCO Processing
Fertrell-Troque Farms
EnerHealth Botanicals
EnerHealth Botanicals
Coconut Bliss
Coconut Bliss
Quarto Publishing Group USA
EZ Animal Products
Wichita Rain Barrels
Agrilicious
Trammell Treasures Mushroom Farm
Power Bee Farm
Cutco Cutlery
Daisy Blue Naturals
Sedore Usa
EZ-Communications
Theo Chocolate
Nature’s Flavors
Nature’s Flavors
Nature’s Flavors
Millner-Haufen Tool Co.
Sun-Mar
River Hills Harvest
Urth
Urth
Envirolet
Frontier Farm Credit
Wild Planet Foods
Earthineer
Earthineer
Sedore Usa
Mr. Ellie Pooh’s Fair Trade
Bodacious Cases, LLC
EZ-Communications
LANDON ARENA
5000
5001
5002
5003
5100
5101
5102
5103
5104
5110
5111
5112
5113
5114
5200
5201
5202
5203
5204
5205
5206
5209
5210
5211
5212
5213
5214
Harvest Right
Harvest Right
Ceramic Garlic Grater
Barnetts’ Family Farm, LLC
Thayer Feed LLC
Watkins Products
Oatie Beef
Solar Chef International
Kansas Wesleyan University
Wise Women Botanicals
Colorado Yurt
Udderly Naked Goat Milk
Soap Products
Pollinator Partnership
Keene Road Country Estate/Healthy
Path Way, LLC
Mystic Wonders
Wildtree
Ellbee’s Garlic Seasonings
Made in House DIY Food Kits
Midwest Aronia Association
Metal Ware Corp - Nesco Am. Harvest
Kansas City Food Circle
ePantry
Hangapot the Hidden Flower Pot
5300
5301
5302
5303
5304
5305
5306
5309
5310
5311
5312
5313
5314
5400
5401
5402
5403
5404
5405
5406
5409
5410
5412
5413
5414
5500
5501
5502
5503
5504
5505
5506
5509
5511
5512
5513
5514
5600
5601
5602
5603
5604
5610
5611
5612
5613
5614
5700
5701
5702
5703
5704
Colorado Yurt
Woollow
Project Lydia
Project Lydia
Yogawrap Spine Support, Inc.
Down Home Ranch, Inc.
Nuwati Herbals
Olea Estates Distribution, Inc.
Star Seed
Star Seed
Grow Your Own Groceries
Terra Char
Honey Dew Naturals
Mockingbird Meadows
Kansas Barn Alliance
SouthWoods Permaculture Design
Real Time Pain Relief
Crooked Post Winery
SunSource Homes
SunSource Homes
Water-Revolution
My Pillow
Garden Variety Soap Company
Topeka & Shawnee County
Public Library
Mockingbird Meadows
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Shawnee County Democrats
Green Life
The Berkey Dealer
Earth Elements
Community Gardens & Shawnee Co.
Extension Master Gardeners
JCCC Sustainable Agriculture Program
SRI Wind Solar
Miracle Door Mat
Devoted to Wellness
NOTO (North Topeka) Artist Group
and Friends
UV Paqlite - The Amazing Light
High Caliper Growing
Naked Goat Farm
Minuteman Press
Sustainability Action
Perka Wood Steel Hybrid Buildings
Koelzer Bee Farm
Kitchen Craft
Kitchen Craft
Hague Quality Water
CIDER PRESSING (OUTSIDE EXHIBITORS)
Happy Valley Ranch
PACKGOAT DISPLAY (EXERCISE ARENA)
Paradise Ranch Packgoats
PETTING FARM (EXERCISE ARENA)
Farm to Fork Ranch
NATURAL BUILDING DEMO (DOMER ARENA)
NEW TRACTOR DISPLAY (DOMER ARENA)
Heritage Tractor
ANTIQUE TRACTOR DISPLAY (DOMER ARENA)
Howard and Jane Hawkins
EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE BEYOND
THE WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE!
At the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR BOOKSTORE, you’ll find hundreds of our favorite
books and products geared toward getting you on the path to wiser living.
Subjects include:
Backyard Chickens!
Ditch the Grid!
Good Living in Small Spaces!
Grow Your Own Food!
Wilderness First Aid!
Saving Seeds!
DIY Solar Projects!
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening!
Natural, Delicious Produce Year-Round at Your Fingertips!
Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land!
Home and Garden Projects to Support Self-Sufficiency!
PLUS — Pick up books by your favorite FAIR speakers
and even get them signed!
9-Piece Stainless Steel Cookware Set
PRICED TO MOVE! 50% OFF!
ECO-FRIENDLY COOKWARE, KITCHEN TOOLS, GADGETS & MORE
Stainless Steel Stackable Cookware ★ Bamboo Kitchen Tools ★ Compost Bins
Only $84.99! (Originally $169.99)
Makes a Great Holiday Gift!
FREE SET OF REUSABLE PRODUCE BAGS WITH EVERY PURCHASE!
$5.99 value. Only while supplies last. Only for purchases at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR BOOKSTORE in the Exhibition Hall.
BOOK SIGNING SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
11:00-11:30 Jeannette Beranger, Dan Chiras
11:00-11:30 Barbara Pleasant
12:30-1:00
Dawn Combs, Ira Wallace, Bryan Welch,
Courtney White
12:30-1:00
Jessi Bloom, Pam Dawling, Patricia Foreman
2:00-2:30
Albert Bates, Nan K. Chase, Tradd Cotter,
Jean-Martin Fortier, Rosemary Gladstar
3:30-4:00
Ed Begley Jr.
5:00-5:30
Joel Salatin
3:30-4:00
Cindy Conner, Doug Garrett, Alison Martin,
Gary Paul Nabhan, William Rubel
5:00-5:30
Sylvia Bernstein, Darrell Frey,
Sukita Reay Crimmel, James Thomson,
Stephanie Tourles
6:30-7:00
David Gumpert, Victoria Redhed Miller
SAVE 10%
at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR BOOKSTORE.
Coupon valid only for on-site merchandise available at the KANSAS MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR
BOOKSTORE in the Exhibition Hall. Coupon cannot be combined with any other offer.
Run out of trunk space for your Bookstore shopping haul?
Or did we sell out of that guide or gadget you had your eye on?
Explore the complete MOTHER EARTH NEWS inventory from home
on our shopping site! Just point your browser to
www.MotherEarthNews.com/shopping

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