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Common Ground Country Fair 2018

Celebrate Rural Living with the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association

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9:00am EDT

Goat Milking Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn Indoor Air Pollution Health & Healing Speakers Tent Warming Homes, Reducing CO2, Building Community Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Bike Trailer Builder Forum Bicycle Valet Keeping Horses Barefoot Successfully Livestock Speakers Tent Oxen Demonstrations Large Livestock Demo Area Blacksmithing Demonstrations Blacksmith Shop Farm Activities with Kids: Grinding Wheat into flour, Rolling out flat breads, Shaking cream to make butter, Corn husk dolls Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Kids' Day Compost & Recycling Fleece Sale Fleece Tent Cattle Clipping Demo Barn 3 Stoneworking Demonstrations Stone Workers Skills & Activities in the Woods for Youth The Woods Come Experience Reiki Whole Life Tent

9:15am EDT

Answers to Your Organic Certification Questions MOFGA Tent

9:30am EDT

Cheese Demo Country Kitchen Demos Goat Milking Demo Barn 3 Free-form Music & Dance with Emilia Sunflower Stage Wild Utah: America's Red Rock Wilderness Railcar Speakers Tent How Horses Can Help You Find Your Way Round Pen Paper Bull Puppet Company Touch Table Children's Area Solar, Wind, & Electricity Hands on Demos Children's Area John Tercyak Entertainer Children's Area The Bumbling Woohas: Juggling and Music Children's Area

10:00am EDT

4-H Goat Showing & PB Sandwich Game Sheep & Goat Barn Art HOPE Creativity Taking Flight Health & Healing Speakers Tent Identification and Management of Maine's Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need Low Impact Forestry Tent Gymnastic Dance in Harmony with your Hose Show Ring Free Money: Timebanking and New Economies Social & Political Action Speakers Tent People-powered Bike Parade: Celebrate Wheeled Mobility Bells encouraged Bicycle Valet Community poetry reading Russell's Poetry Grove Humanure: Its a Resource! Garden Shed in North Orchard Gluten Free Cooking Country Kitchen Demos Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Cider Pressing Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Maple Sugaring and Beekeeping Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Answers to Your Organic Vegetable Questions MOFGA Tent Bee Keeping at the Maine Heritage Orchard Hayloft Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener Windsor Tent Garlic Planting Demonstration North Orchard Garlic Planting Demonstration North Orchard Tree Crops: Beyond the Apple Litchfield Tent Choosing a Fleece for a Purpose Fleece Speakers Tent Logging Demonstration Woodlot Draft Goats: Raising, Training, Outfitting Livestock Speakers Tent Log Scooting Contest Large Livestock Demo Area Mowing with Horses Field Plots Raising Heritage Pigs for Meat Pig Pen Safety around Livestock Exhibits at the Fair Barn 3 Sheep Dog Demo Sheep Dogs Low Density Fiber Board in Sustainable Buildings Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Awareness Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Brown Ash Pounding Demonstration Maine Indian Basketmakers Felt Cookie Cutter Designs Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Felt Custom Dogs and Cats, Advanced Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Milkweed Bracelet Folk Arts Tent 1 Make Natural Cordage Folk Arts Tent 1 Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Set Up Traditional Winter Camp Folk Arts Tent 1 A Taste of Nia: The Five Sensations of Fitness Whole Life Tent Various Bicycle Demos Bicycle Valet Vegetable, Fruit, Herb, & Flower Judging Exhibition Hall Horse-drawn Rides Field Plots Clipping Cattle for Show -Lowline Angus Barn 3 Highland Cattle Farming Barn 3 Braid a Mug Rug Class Folk Arts Tent 2

10:20am EDT

Dress for the Garden Parade Children's Area

10:30am EDT

Garden Parade (arrive 10 min. early to dress) Children's Area Jon Walsh Spotlight Stage Lessons from Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Railcar Speakers Tent

10:40am EDT

Kids Read! Sunflower Stage

11:00am EDT

Compost Parade! Compost & Recycling The Culture of Respectful Maternity Care Health & Healing Speakers Tent Building a Working Relationship with a Draft Horse Round Pen John Tercyak Entertainer Sunflower Stage Tree ID and the Maine Woods Low Impact Forestry Tent "Questioning 9/11: What the Facts Reveal" Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Imagine People Here! Bicycle Valet Q&A: Programs, Resources, and Networking for New Farmers MOFGA Tent Managing a Vegetable CSA Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Potato Leek Soup Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Advanced Seed Saving Windsor Tent Maine Soils- Use and Management Soil Pit Outdoor Mushroom Growing: Log Inoculation Demo Litchfield Tent Vinegar Tasting: How to Make It & Use It Hayloft All Things Icelandic Sheep Fleece Speakers Tent Growing Together: Reaping the Rewards of a Passionate Interconnected Community The Common Hands-on Sheep Care Sheep & Goat Barn Making Money with Goats Sheep & Goat Barn Raising Mulefoot Pigs Pig Pen Sheep Shearing Demo Sheep & Goat Barn The Reality of Raising Your Own Meat Barn 3 Solar Structures Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Beginning Knot Tying Folk Arts Tent 1 Campfire Baking: Cinnamon Rolls Folk Arts Tent 1 Flower ID Lab Folk Arts Tent 1 Machete Use & Safety Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Leather Pouch Folk Arts Tent 1 Calming Techniques for Your Home and Family Whole Life Tent Free Range Chickens; An 11 Year Old's Expertise Livestock Speakers Tent

11:30am EDT

Rural Roots Revival Spotlight Stage Free Range Kids Railcar Speakers Tent Goat Hoof Trimming Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn

12:00pm EDT

Ayurveda and Fall Detox Health & Healing Speakers Tent Round Pen Basics Round Pen Universal Healthcare Coverage for All Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Bike Short(s) Stories Bicycle Valet Paper Bull Puppet Co Puppet Making Workshop Sunflower Stage Deciphering Food Labels MOFGA Tent Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Sustainable Gardening for Beginners Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Choosing Equipment and Tools to Fit your Farm: Windsor Tent Growing Tree Crops from Seed Hayloft Open Systems Model: Regional Equipment Design Litchfield Tent Herbs for Improving Memory and Mental Clarity Herb Tent 4-H Animal Projects Livestock Speakers Tent Got Milk?-Get Your Goats! Sheep & Goat Barn Sheep Dog Demo Sheep Dogs Contra Dance, Oral Histories Maine Folk Traditions Stage Solar Energy Applications in Homes & Businesses Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Felt Cylinder Beads Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Wabanaki Games for Children Maine Indian Basketmakers Being Present with Our Children Whole Life Tent Maine Marimba Ensemble Amphitheater Old County Road Roving

12:30pm EDT

Dave and Fran Plus Spotlight Stage Wish Cycling and How it Harms Railcar Speakers Tent Digging Potatoes Field Plots How Horses Can Help You Find Your Way Show Ring Log Scooting Contest Large Livestock Demo Area

1:00pm EDT

Directional Felling Demo with a Chainsaw Woodlot Naturopathic Approaches to Digestive Health Health & Healing Speakers Tent Invasive Plants on Your Woodlot Low Impact Forestry Tent Why Willie's Not Here Round Pen Cooperative Farming Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Women, Trans, Femme: Fix a Flat Bicycle Valet Poetry Reading Russell's Poetry Grove Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H The Manageable Family Garden Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Answers to Your Organic Livestock Questions MOFGA Tent Backyard Grain Growing Windsor Tent Perennial Polycultures Hayloft Wild Bees: Superpollinators! Litchfield Tent Skirting a Fleece for Wool Pool, Sale, or Show Fleece Speakers Tent When Pain is a PAIN! Herb Tent Getting to Know Dairy Cattle Up Close Barn 5 Halter Training a Calf Barn 5 Sheep Shearing Demo Sheep & Goat Barn University of Maine Pasture Poultry Project Livestock Speakers Tent Swing Dancing with the State Street Traditional Jazz Band Maine Folk Traditions Stage One Tile (24" x 24" x 24") Tiny House DIY Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Advanced Knot Tying Folk Arts Tent 1 Braid a Mug Rug Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Home Funerals Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Knots & Lashings for Camp Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Clay Bead Folk Arts Tent 1 Natural Navigation Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Connecting Across Differences Whole Life Tent Seafood Throwdown Country Kitchen Demos Sawmill Demonstration Sawmill Blacksmithing Demonstrations Blacksmith Shop

1:15pm EDT

Make & Take Sock Poi with Zoe Cat Sunflower Stage

1:30pm EDT

Gabriel Zacchai and Rootgrass Spotlight Stage School Gardens Cook up Better Student Food Choices Railcar Speakers Tent Sugarbush Amphitheater

1:45pm EDT

Logging Demonstration Woodlot

2:00pm EDT

The 10 Biggest Mistakes Woodland Owners Make Low Impact Forestry Tent Gymnastic Dance in Harmony with your Hose Show Ring The Fjord Draft Breed Round Pen Citizens Climate Lobby Social & Political Action Speakers Tent People-powered Bike Parade: Celebrate Wheeled Mobility, Bells encouraged Bicycle Valet Meet MOFGA's New Executive Director Sarah Alexander MOFGA Tent Cider Pressing Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Ground Beetles! Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent 30 years of the New Organic Grower Windsor Tent Growing Mushrooms at Home and on the Farm Hayloft Restoring Heritage Grains Litchfield Tent Using Green Manures in the Garden or on the Farm South Orchard How to Wash a Fleece Fleece Speakers Tent Building your Family's Herbal Medicine Chest Herb Tent Dairy Clipping Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn How to Improve Your Hay Livestock Speakers Tent Sheep Dog Demo Sheep Dogs The Basics of Breeding Your Own Pigs Pig Pen Up Close with Goats Barn 3 Contradance Maine Folk Traditions Stage Build a Healthy, Energy-Efficient Home Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Fancy Basket Weaving Demonstration Maine Indian Basketmakers Felt a Moustache Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Felt Custom Dogs and Cats, Advanced Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Forest Farm Permaculture Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Singing Circle Folk Arts Tent 1 Wilderness Camp Set-up Folk Arts Tent 1 Why Shamanism Now Whole Life Tent Dairy Products Judging Exhibition Hall Manure Spreading, Plowing, and Harrowing Field Plots

2:20pm EDT

Dress for the Garden Parade Children's Area

2:30pm EDT

Garden Parade (arrive 10min. early to dress) Children's Area Kat Logan Spotlight Stage Wolves in the Northeast? Railcar Speakers Tent

2:40pm EDT

Kids Read! Sunflower Stage

3:00pm EDT

Compost Parade! Compost & Recycling Rural Roots Revival Band Sunflower Stage Sahaja Yoga Health & Healing Speakers Tent Choosing a Suitable Horse and Vehicle to Drive Round Pen Concerned Religion is Making Our Secular Laws? Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Trike Forum: Stable, Accessible, Liberating Bicycle Valet Farmer to Farmer Meetup for Hemp Growers MOFGA Tent Cultivating beauty with the Spirit of the Land Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Ice Cream Churning Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Growing Pears and Plums in the Home Orchard Hayloft Kiwiberry Production in the Northeast Litchfield Tent Old World/New World Crops Windsor Tent Herbs for Digestive Health Herb Tent Acupuncture for Dairy Herd Health Livestock Speakers Tent Getting Started with Horse Logging Show Ring My 4H Beef Experience and Current Successes Barn 5 Pigs in the Woods Pig Pen Sheep Shearing Demo Sheep & Goat Barn Successfully Delivering and Raising Newborn Lambs Sheep & Goat Barn Solar Energy and ME Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Choose & Use an Axe Folk Arts Tent 1 Fire by Friction Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Machete Use & Safety Folk Arts Tent 1 White Pine Medicine Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Builder Of The House Amphitheater Fungi and Forests-The How, What, When, Where, and Who of Forest Fungi Low Impact Forestry Tent Mediumship and Spirit Greetings Whole Life Tent

3:30pm EDT

Old County Road Spotlight Stage Orchards and Gardens in Schools and Institutions Railcar Speakers Tent

4:00pm EDT

Goat Milking Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn Controversies about Homeopathy, a discussion Health & Healing Speakers Tent Liberty Training with a Quarter Horse Round Pen Invest in Local Communities, Not the Stock Market Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Flying Pigs and Dinosaurs and Things You've Never Seen Before Sunflower Stage Car Free Living: Urban & Rural Bicycle Valet MOFGA Certified Clean Cannabis: Program overview and Q&A MOFGA Tent Fermented Foods: Making Kimchi Country Kitchen Demos Intro to Vermicomposting Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Apple Tasting: Vote for Your Favorites Hayloft Beginning Wine Making Windsor Tent Farm Service Agency Programs Litchfield Tent Presenting "Emu Farming" In Maine Livestock Speakers Tent Swing Dancing with the State Street Traditional Jazz Band Maine Folk Traditions Stage Become a Maine Guide Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1

4:30pm EDT

Sara Trunzo Spotlight Stage Death by Degrees Railcar Speakers Tent Goat Hoof Trimming Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn Zulu Leprechauns Amphitheater

5:00pm EDT

Getting to policy action and engaging legislators Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Healing Chronic Lyme Health & Healing Speakers Tent How to Care for Sugar Woods in a Changing Climate Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent What Forests and Prairies Can Teach Us Windsor Tent Wild Blueberry Heritage in Maine Litchfield Tent Raising Livestock Organically Livestock Speakers Tent Contradance Maine Folk Traditions Stage