Celebrate the culture of agriculture & share skills (Growing! Cooking! Eating!)

HOMEGROWN Fair Winners and Wrap-Up!

The first-ever HOMEGROWN Fair was a huge success! A hearty thank you to all who shared photos, videos, recipes, stories and skills over the past month. What a year you’ve all had – and how wonderful it is to share in your accomplishments and learn something new from each submission. The Fair was a great way to build our community and get inspired by other HOMEGROWNers' efforts in planting, cooking, and building.

We announced weekly Fair winners in November, but we are excited to announce first-place overall winners in each category. It was tough to choose just one in each!

And the winner are:

Backyard Animals

Rachel and her handsome Blue Slate Turkeys

Planting/Gardening/Farming

Nicole for her bountiful hops harvest

Arts/Crafts/Photography

DixieBelle for her photos “Our Garden at the Moment (Australian Spring)"

D.I.Y./Skillshare

Carol for her handy skillshare on cleaning chicken feet for stock

Canning/Food Preservation

Tamika for her peach and pear ginger chutneys and her cranberry jam with spice

HOMEGROWN Recipes

Jay for his very own sweet potato enchiladas recipe

Congratulations to all on a beautiful year of living HOMEGROWN. Keep posting new skills and updates through the winter in preparation for next year’s HOMEGROWN Fair. It was a joy to see your progress and to learn something new from each of you!