Our Mission

The Homestead Farm Center Project, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in 2014, is dedicated to opening opportunities to individuals with disabilities to work, learn, live, and thrive in a rural farm setting. Located on 100 acres of the historic Thomas Steele farm in beautiful Taylor County, West Virginia, the farm center offers educational opportunities and work experience in agricultural industries to clients with developmental disabilities. Homestead Farm Center’s RURAL (Rural to Urban Agricultural Learning) Initiative is designed to help individuals with disabilities to grow in independence, career readiness, and overall well-being through training in agriculture, organic gardening, environmental stewardship, health and wellness, cooking, and nutrition. RURAL helps participants apply the skills they have gained at the Homestead Farm Center to their everyday lives. In addition, our clients work on improving their own health and wellness and have access to recreational activities with their peers and families.  Donations are tax deductible.

HFC 10th Anniversary BBQ Dinner

 Join us on August 10, 2024 from 4-7 pm to celebrate 10 years of service to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.  We will host our annual BBQ dinner with pulled pork and grilled chicken, live music, craft displays including handmade soaps, block printed cards, weaving projects and more created by our RURAL trainees and volunteers, drawings and raffles, and a short program honoring our summer participants and highlighting their accomplishments.  Tickets are available from any HFC staff or board member, and also at the Disability Action Center in Fairmont.  This event marks the end of our summer RURAL season and is a fun evening for participants, supporters, and families.  Adults $30, Children 3-12 $15, under 3 free admission.  Proceeds will help raise funds to build the RURAL Workshop to complete our facility and allow year round programming at the farm center.