• Ozarks Homesteading Expo

Join for this two-day event from 9 am to 6 pm both days, ($5 admission each day - 16 and under free) where homesteaders and wanna be homesteaders gather to fellowship together, learn new skills, and shop for products and services at vendors including Mother Earth News who is bringing a bookstore! 

Barnyard pavilion open for vintage and repurposed farm decor.
 
Two days of speakers and workshops including: 

• Living Traditions Homestead
• Uncle Mud demonstrating the art of making cob, he will make a pizza oven and rocket mass heater from cob and make some opportunities for Kids to “play in the mud”. 

There will also be:

•  Blacksmithing 101 for homesteaders 
• Beekeeping for beginners with speakers, demos and supplies
• Cheese making (two sessions, one on Friday on soft cheese and one on Saturday for aged cheese)
• Growing Elderberry for home and profit by Terry Durham of River Hills Harvest. 
• Jamie Haase will demonstrate Soap making from scratch including rendering lard
• The process of brewing beer at home from start to finish by the Joplin Home Brew Club
• Solar and wind energy - a variety of speakers and demonstrations on how-to for homesteaders from solar heating to cooking with Sun Ovens. 
• Sawmilling on the Homestead by Dave Boyt... and making a tool shed from pallets. 
• Making a Barn Quilt, let start a trail says Mary Riley. 
• Natural Parasite Control for Livestock by author Wendy Lombardi. 
• Mushroom Foraging presented by Andrew and Erin Poor
• Canning basics - vegetables and meat, too! 
• Hog and poultry butchery with the help of local farmers and Ag leaders 
• Vegetable and Herb Gardening in the Ozarks 
• The Road to Real Food 
• Wellness without pharmaceuticals 
• Ancient Grains vs Modern Grains 
• Making Kombucha with Heather Duff. 

A Weed By Any Other Name Just May Be ...An HERB! by Ingrid Shewmake, Master Herbalist. 
Missouri Department of Agriculture will discuss Missouri Grown and also added value loans and grants available. 

Dutch Oven Cooking by Dr. Quinalty, author of several Dutch Oven Cooking books. 

Friday night screening of the film SUSTAINABLE - 7 pm - stay for it! 

The specific times for speaker and demo schedule can be found on our website page 
https://ozarkshomesteading.com/ozarks-homesteading-expo?sfns=mo

Food trucks both days. Vendor info. at www.ozarkshomesteading.com click on the link on the home page