The Homestead is a fully sustainable and environmentally friendly restaurant located on the farm where the food is produced. The definition of a homestead is a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, especially a farm. The action of homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency; homesteading is not defined by where someone lives, such as the city or the country, but by the lifestyle choices they make.
From the menu and design of the restaurant to food processing and waste techniques, The Homestead has carefully thought out every way possible to reduce, reuse and recycle all while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere and of course, delicious food.
We are the only fully sustainable restaurant in the US located on the farm where the food is being naturally produced. You can sit on, look at, taste, and read about all of the projects we employ to make our restaurant as environmentally friendly as possible.
Our Projects:
– Serving organic and natural food
– Fireclay Tile made from recycled and post-consumer product
– Instead of ice cubes, we freeze water in glasses which is energy efficient and saves on water
– Our chairs and tables are made from reclaimed lumber
– The lighting is locally produced, all LED systems, and natural
– The menus are made with 100% recycled paper
– We use all natural cleaning products with no chemicals
– The Homestead runs on solar power and wind power
– Recycling, Composting, Decomposing