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Took place on September 16-18 2022

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Homeplace on Green River is Proud to Partner with The Homestead Preparedness Network, to host and support Central Kentucky's first Homesteading Conference.  Homeplace and the HPN share a mission to create programming and content which promotes responsible land management and stewardship, best environmentally conscience practices, self reliance, and foster fellowship and the sharing of knowledge and resources amongst like-minded people interested in the lifestyle of homesteading.  The leadership at the the HPN have many years of experience hosting programs like this conference and with the mission of Homeplace and our beautiful campus, this partnership promises to be one of far reaching rewards to all involved, hopefully for many years to come.  We hope you will be as excited as we are about this dynamic and unique opportunity to learn new skills, and forge new bonds. 

Learning topics at the event will include:

• Gardening tips
• Cultivating fruit trees
• Guide to hoof health
• An introduction to blacksmithing
• Raising and breeding milk goats
• An intro to raising beef cattle 
• Horse handling
• A beginners guide tp raising Alpaca and processing their wool
• How to build and use a ram pump (pumps water from source with no electricity)​

• Raising and processing rabbits
• Processing chickens
• Processing pigs
• Bee keeping
• Food preservation
• Managing a healthy Homestead
• Managing a productive and prepared Homestead
• Medicinal herbs and trees
• Edible native plants
• Soap making
• Survivalism
• And more!

Friday, Sept. 16th Classes will run approximately 9am to 4pm with a break for lunch.  Sessions will typically be 1 and a half hours long.

Saturday, Sept. 17th Classes will run approximately 8am -5pm with a lunch break and we will possibly have live music in the evening. Participants are welcome to bring instruments for sing-a-longs around the fire or in the barn.

Sunday Sept. 18th Classes will run from 8am to 4pm.

Meals

We will have a few food trucks available daily.  Participants may of course also bring their own meals.  We have no available kitchen facilities, so all cooking must be done on portable camp stoves.  (No fires at campsites)

Camping

We are excited to be able to offer the opportunity for our guests to stay the night on our grounds both Friday and Saturday night.  We believe that this will not only save our attendants on travel costs, but help to increase fellowship and the sharing of ideas and resources.  Due to the nature of our space, we are only able to offer primitive camping accommodations.  Attendees will have access to a ground space large enough for a family size tent. 

Rules for Camping

Primitive Tent Camping ONLY

• NO RVS
• NO fires at campsites
• No camping outside the designated area

• Children MUST remain with their accompanying adults from dusk till dawn
• No drugs or alcohol

 We will have portable toilets available overnight.  We will also have a device charging station for phones and tablets. We will also have security personnel on the premises at all times.

Register - Click HERE 

For Vendors

For many Homesteading families, making goods to sell or trade is a big part of the life, and we want to give our local homesteaders and attendees the opportunity to display their wares and make sales during the weekend.  We will be using our historic Big Red Tobacco Barn and potentially the adjoining lawn space as a bazaar during the weekend, where vendors may display their wares for sale. 

The market space will be available from 9am-9:00pm on Saturday, September 17th. We respectfully ask that our vendor booths are staffed without closure between noon and 4:00 pm. Before and after this time is optional.  Eastern Time.

Vendor Spaces are approximately 12x12 feet

To register for a Vendor-Only (non-conference goer) Space, CLICK HERE 

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Why a Homesteading Conference?

Homesteading is a sometimes difficult concept to put fully to words, but in its most basic iteration, Homesteading is a lifestyle focused on self sufficiency and subsistence agricultural.  For most homesteaders, this means growing ones own food and raising ones own meat, food preservation, employing the principals of permaculture, repairing ones own tools, equipment, clothing and other items, and practicing good stewardship of the land. At Homeplace on Green River, we recognize that these are the very values the local culture is built upon and when we had the opportunity to partner with the wonderful Homestead Preparedness Network to host and co-produce an event focused on education, we felt like it was a match made in Heaven.  We know that the homesteading community, especially amongst the younger generation is strong and getting stronger.  While the movement has been gathering speed for several years, the pandemic most assuredly added fuel to the fire and we feel there has never been a better time to get involved in a big way with homesteading education.  We want to help people help themselves while practicing environmental conservation and raising healthy families! We believe that this event could be the first of many to come and we could not be more excited to roll up our sleeves and get started offering these dynamic programs.  We hope you will join us in this journey and take advantage of all there is to learn!

Interested in becoming a Sponsor?  CLICK HERE