Monday, June 25, 2012

Camphill Kimberton’s Hootenanny set for July 14


Camphill Kimberton’s Hootenanny, a festival of local music and food, will be held July 14 from 3-10 p.m. at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.




Musicians scheduled to perform on the solar-paneled hay wagon stage include: Mostly Maybe, Dirk Quinn, Perseverance Jazz Band, and Big Bad Wolf.  Jim Crater of Recycling Services will be helping to provide solar power. 

The Hootenanny has been organized to celebrate the joy of local culture. In addition to the music, there will be games, face painting, hay rides and folk dancing.  Local, organic food will be available for purchase.  Bring your own reusable place settings and flatware to receive a discount on your food purchase.  Children will have the chance to spot cows, chickens, sheep and more on the working dairy and vegetable farm.

The admission fee is $10, $8 in advance. Children 10 and under are free. Advance tickets can be purchased by contacting bernadette@camphillkimberton.org or 610-935-8660. Attendees may bring their own blankets or lawn chairs.

Proceeds from the Hootenanny will go to Camphill Kimberton, a dynamic farming and handcrafting community that includes adults with developmental disabilities. This non-profit organization has provided meaningful work and a supportive environment since it was founded in 1972. Located on 432 acres of farm, gardens and woodlands in Chester County, Camphill Kimberton is also a local center for culture and a model for sound ecological living.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa. Please use Google Maps for directions as most GPS systems do not recognize our address.

Visit www.camphillkimberton.org to learn more.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Special Camphill Café Menu and Garden Tour to Commemorate “Pollinator Week,” June 18-24




This month join Camphill Village Kimberton Hills in celebrating National Pollinator Week: June 18 – 24, 2012.  This week is intended to create awareness about pollinators and their importance to the environment and to our food supply. 

Pollinating animals, including bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles and others, are vital to our delicate ecosystem, supporting terrestrial wildlife, providing healthy watershed, and more. The work of pollinators ensures full harvests of crops and contributes to healthy plants everywhere.

Foods grown in Pennsylvania that need honeybees (more than other pollinators) are very diverse and include apples, berries, broccoli, cucumbers, peaches and watermelon.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is home to approximately 15 thriving bee hives, where bees pollinate the fruits and vegetables in the Sankanac Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) gardens, the Secret Garden Herb Garden, the orchards, vineyards, flowers and trees across the 432-acre biodynamic farm and intentional community. 

The Camphill Café, in the heart of the village and open to the public, serves seasonal foods grown both biodynamically and organically in Camphill Kimberton’s CSA gardens. The Café, a member of Fair Food Philly, was recently renovated and features geothermal heating and air conditioning, natural solar tube lighting and outdoor seating. The café is open Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and will be celebrating Pollinator Week by featuring foods on the menu reliant on the pollination of insects in order to grow. 

The exceptional menu includes:
  • Entrée special - Coconut Curry with carrots, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, squash, raisins, cranberries and tofu (soy beans) over basmati rice. (vegan and gluten-free)
  • Soup - Coconut, ginger and lemon with carrots, zucchini, celery, green beans and chick peas with rice. (vegan and gluten-free)
  • Dessert - Raspberry, blueberry and blackberry crisp, Berry compote topped with vanilla sauce; Gluten-free Creamy Berries Cake, Gluten-free Bee Sting Cake


 Many of the Café’s regular offerings also contain pollinated foods, including:
  • Chicken salad: made with safflower oil, walnuts and cranberries.
  • Salad dressing: made with local honey, safflower oil, sesame oil, apple cider. 
  • Mango lassi:  made with mango and cardamom


The special Pollinator Week menu will be available from June 19-23.  (Italicized items are pollinated foods.) 

Camphill Kimberton and the Camphill Café are located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA 19442.

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The mission at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, located in Kimberton, Pa., is to encourage individuals, especially those with special needs, to discover and fulfill their greatest developmental and creative potential within a farming and handcrafting community.  In valuing persons of all abilities, Kimberton Hills seeks to foster a living and working environment that is sustainable, productive and beautiful.  Residents and volunteers uniquely contribute to the community through meaningful vocations such as gardening, dairy farming, and working in the café, bakery and handicraft workshops.  As the community cares for one another, it also nurtures and improves the land by practicing biodynamic agriculture and raising environmental awareness. 

For more information about Camphill Kimberton, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.

For more information about Pollinator Week, visit pollinator.org.

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Monday, June 4, 2012

Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop now closed

The Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop is now closed. Thank you to all who donated items and came to shop. We are grateful for all the new visitors!

There is a possibility that it may reopen next winter. Please stay tuned for updates.