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Common Ground Country Fair 2018

Celebrate Rural Living with the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association

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Margaret Williams

9:00am EDT

Bike Trailer Builder Forum Bicycle Valet Indoor Air Pollution Health & Healing Speakers Tent Come Experience Reiki Whole Life Tent

9:30am EDT

Cheese Demo Country Kitchen Demos Free-form Music & Dance with Emilia Sunflower Stage

10:00am EDT

Humanure: Its a Resource! Garden Shed in North Orchard Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Maple Sugaring and Beekeeping Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Bee Keeping at the Maine Heritage Orchard Hayloft Identification and Management of Maine's Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need Low Impact Forestry Tent Free Money: Timebanking and New Economies Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Awareness Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Brown Ash Pounding Demonstration Maine Indian Basketmakers Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Make Natural Cordage Folk Arts Tent 1 Set Up Traditional Winter Camp Folk Arts Tent 1

11:00am EDT

Imagine People Here! Bicycle Valet Q&A: Programs, Resources, and Networking for New Farmers MOFGA Tent Advanced Seed Saving Windsor Tent Maine Soils- Use and Management Soil Pit Outdoor Mushroom Growing: Log Inoculation Demo Litchfield Tent Tree ID and the Maine Woods Low Impact Forestry Tent Growing Together: Reaping the Rewards of a Passionate Interconnected Community The Common Beginning Knot Tying Folk Arts Tent 1 Campfire Baking: Cinnamon Rolls Folk Arts Tent 1 Flower ID Lab Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Leather Pouch Folk Arts Tent 1

12:00pm EDT

Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Growing Tree Crops from Seed Hayloft Ayurveda and Fall Detox Health & Healing Speakers Tent Herbs for Improving Memory and Mental Clarity Herb Tent Contra Dance, Oral Histories Maine Folk Traditions Stage Wabanaki Games for Children Maine Indian Basketmakers

12:30pm EDT

Wish Cycling and How it Harms Railcar Speakers Tent

1:00pm EDT

Women, Trans, Femme: Fix a Flat Bicycle Valet Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Backyard Grain Growing Windsor Tent Perennial Polycultures Hayloft Naturopathic Approaches to Digestive Health Health & Healing Speakers Tent University of Maine Pasture Poultry Project Livestock Speakers Tent Swing Dancing with the State Street Traditional Jazz Band Maine Folk Traditions Stage Cooperative Farming Social & Political Action Speakers Tent One Tile (24" x 24" x 24") Tiny House DIY Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Home Funerals Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Connecting Across Differences Whole Life Tent

1:30pm EDT

Sugarbush Amphitheater

1:45pm EDT

Logging Demonstration Woodlot

2:00pm EDT

Meet MOFGA's New Executive Director Sarah Alexander MOFGA Tent Cider Pressing Farm & Homestead Kids Tent 30 years of the New Organic Grower Windsor Tent Restoring Heritage Grains Litchfield Tent Using Green Manures in the Garden or on the Farm South Orchard The 10 Biggest Mistakes Woodland Owners Make Low Impact Forestry Tent Building your Family's Herbal Medicine Chest Herb Tent Contradance Maine Folk Traditions Stage Fancy Basket Weaving Demonstration Maine Indian Basketmakers Forest Farm Permaculture Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Wilderness Camp Set-up Folk Arts Tent 1

2:30pm EDT

Wolves in the Northeast? Railcar Speakers Tent

3:00pm EDT

Cultivating beauty with the Spirit of the Land Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Kiwiberry Production in the Northeast Litchfield Tent Fungi and Forests-The How, What, When, Where, and Who of Forest Fungi Low Impact Forestry Tent Herbs for Digestive Health Herb Tent Sahaja Yoga Health & Healing Speakers Tent Getting Started with Horse Logging Show Ring Choose & Use an Axe Folk Arts Tent 1 White Pine Medicine Class Folk Arts Tent 1

3:30pm EDT

Orchards and Gardens in Schools and Institutions Railcar Speakers Tent

4:00pm EDT

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 Beginning Wine Making Windsor Tent Farm Service Agency Programs Litchfield Tent Swing Dancing with the State Street Traditional Jazz Band Maine Folk Traditions Stage Invest in Local Communities, Not the Stock Market Social & Political Action Speakers Tent

5:00pm EDT

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 Getting to policy action and engaging legislators Social & Political Action Speakers Tent

9:00am EDT

Easy Tyre Repair Bicycle Valet Getting Started with Bees Hayloft History of Maine Herbology Herb Tent What We Can Learn from the Rojava Revolution Social & Political Action Speakers Tent

10:00am EDT

Worms Compost & Recycling Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Rewilding Urban Spaces Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener Windsor Tent Organic Agriculture Movement in El Salvador Litchfield Tent Restoration Efforts for the American Chestnut Low Impact Forestry Tent Thyroid Care, Naturally Health & Healing Speakers Tent Community Owned Responses to Conflict Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Building & Designing Small Houses Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Awareness Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Make Natural Cordage Folk Arts Tent 1 Intuitive Breathing Whole Life Tent

11:00am EDT

Q&A: Apprenticeship, Journeyperson & Farm in Residence Programs MOFGA Tent Seed Swap Exhibition Hall Treatment-Free Beekeeping Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Advanced Seed Saving Windsor Tent Maine Soils- Use and Management Soil Pit Permaculture: Getting Humanity Back on Track Hayloft Tree ID and the Maine Woods Low Impact Forestry Tent Herbs and Oils to Help Heal the Mind Herb Tent Our Food System: The Tie to Immigration, Migrant Workers, Exploitation and Human Trafficking The Common Goats for Beginners Sheep & Goat Barn The Reality of Raising Your Own Meat Barn 3 Divesting from War Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Beginning Knot Tying Folk Arts Tent 1 Flower ID Lab Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Leather Pouch Folk Arts Tent 1

11:30am EDT

Maine's Water Sovereignty In A Global Water Crisis Railcar Speakers Tent

12:00pm EDT

Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Figs, Kiwis and Honeyberries Hayloft Scaling Up for Growth in the Portland Foodshed Litchfield Tent Ayurveda and Fall Detox Health & Healing Speakers Tent CBD Medicinal Hemp In Maine Herb Tent Protecting people from toxic chemicals Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Burnurwurbskek Singers Penobscot Nation Maine Indian Basketmakers Friction Fire for Women Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1

12:30pm EDT

Canning Basics Country Kitchen Demos One homesteader's path to purpose Railcar Speakers Tent

1:00pm EDT

Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Homesteading 101: What NOT to do Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Backyard Grain Growing Windsor Tent Tools and Appropriate Technology for the Small Farm North Orchard Directional Felling Demo with a Chainsaw Woodlot Forest Management Plans Low Impact Forestry Tent Therapeutic Agricultural Experiences Health & Healing Speakers Tent White Pine Medicine Herb Tent Conversion of BIW to sustainable development Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Is my house killing me? Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Home Funerals Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Make a Pine Bark Basket Folk Arts Tent 1

1:30pm EDT

Wish Cycling and How it Harms Railcar Speakers Tent

2:00pm EDT

Orion Rising: A Vietnam Veteran's Poetry Russell's Poetry Grove Humanure: Its a Resource! Garden Shed in North Orchard Localize your Condiments Country Kitchen Demos How to Care for Sugar Woods in a Changing Climate Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Growing Hemp in Maine Litchfield Tent Maine Grown Rice Windsor Tent Using Green Manures in the Garden or on the Farm South Orchard Herbs for Digestive Health Herb Tent Practices for Raising Back Yard Flocks Livestock Speakers Tent Contradance Maine Folk Traditions Stage “It’s ON! Food Sovereignty on the ground in Maine” Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Passive House: high performance solution for Maine Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Forest Farm Permaculture Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Micmac Potato Basket Making Demonstration Maine Indian Basketmakers Process Acorns into Flour Folk Arts Tent 1 Shedding the Layers of the Protective Ego Whole Life Tent

3:00pm EDT

Q&A: Programs, Resources, and Networking for New Farmers MOFGA Tent Solar Cooking: Let the Sun Cook for You Country Kitchen Demos Beginning Wine Making Litchfield Tent Old World/New World Crops Windsor Tent 20 Years of LIF Management at MOFGA Low Impact Forestry Tent Medicinal Herbs and the Chakras Herb Tent Naturopathic Approaches to Digestive Health Health & Healing Speakers Tent Preserving the Medical Marijuana Program Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Masonry Heater Combustion W/ 2nd Air Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Fire by Friction Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Machete Use & Safety Folk Arts Tent 1 Nature Connection for Social Change Folk Arts Tent 1 White Pine Medicine Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Deep Inner Connectedness-Earth Grounding Whole Life Tent

4:00pm EDT

Meet the El Salvador Committee MOFGA Tent Home Composting Compost & Recycling Cooking with Marijuana Country Kitchen Demos Permaculture Design for Farms Windsor Tent Tool Talk: Compare Old, New, and Modified Tools North Orchard Herbs for a Vibrant Postpartum Herb Tent Living Well with Chronic Lyme Health & Healing Speakers Tent Radical Sexuality: A Holistic Approach Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Shrink your home's carbon footprint Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent

5:00pm EDT

What Forests and Prairies Can Teach Us Windsor Tent Contradance Maine Folk Traditions Stage

9:00am EDT

Easy Tyre Repair Bicycle Valet Seed Swap Exhibition Hall The Culture of Respectful Maternity Care Health & Healing Speakers Tent Come Experience Reiki Whole Life Tent

9:15am EDT

Answers to Your Organic Certification Questions MOFGA Tent

9:30am EDT

Solar, Wind, & Electricity Hands on Demos Children's Area Everything is a Compost Pile Compost & Recycling Cooking for Dogs Country Kitchen Demos Awareness & the Art of Seeing; Fox walk to Notice Railcar Speakers Tent

10:00am EDT

Darning and Mending Workshop Compost & Recycling Humanure: Its a Resource! Garden Shed in North Orchard Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Treatment-Free Beekeeping Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Beginning Seed Saving for the Home Gardener Windsor Tent Introduction to Edible Landscaping Litchfield Tent Managing Healthy Bee Hives Hayloft Logging Demonstration Woodlot Payment for Ecosystem Services: Carbon Capture as an Environmental and Financial Strategy for Your Forest Low Impact Forestry Tent The Emerald Ash Borer is Here Maine Indian Basketmakers Trusting Our Connections with the Plants Herb Tent Field Work and Seeding a Cover Crop Field Plots Water Justice: Drink Locally, Think Globally Social & Political Action Speakers Tent The Brick Oven as the Heart of the Home Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Awareness Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Make a Leather Pouch Folk Arts Tent 1 Make Natural Cordage Folk Arts Tent 1

10:30am EDT

Rain Gardens for Clean Water Railcar Speakers Tent

11:00am EDT

Q&A: Apprenticeship, Journeyperson & Farm in Residence Programs MOFGA Tent How to Care for Sugar Woods in a Changing Climate Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Advanced Seed Saving Windsor Tent Maine Soils- Use and Management Soil Pit Measuring the Carbon in Your Woods: Crunching Numbers and Estimating CO2 Low Impact Forestry Tent Tree ID and the Maine Woods Meet at Low Impact Forestry Tent Maine Medicinals: Our Journey Herb Tent When Food Saves Your Life Health & Healing Speakers Tent Converting Maine Businesses to Worker Ownership Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Building & Designing Small Houses Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Beginning Knot Tying Folk Arts Tent 1 Brown Ash Pounding Maine Indian Basketmakers Campfire Cooking: Donuts Folk Arts Tent 1 Flower ID Lab Folk Arts Tent 1

11:30am EDT

Wish Cycling and How it Harms Railcar Speakers Tent No Knead Bread Making Country Kitchen Demos

12:00pm EDT

Judging and Tasting Lacto-fermented Foods Exhibition Hall Abandoned & Discontinued Roads - Whose Problem? Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Beginning Wine Making Windsor Tent Cider Economics on the Farm: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Hayloft Scaling Up for Growth in the Portland Foodshed Litchfield Tent Emotional Freedom Technique Health & Healing Speakers Tent Herbs for Improving Memory and Mental Clarity Herb Tent Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1

12:30pm EDT

School Gardens in the City; Making Them Work Railcar Speakers Tent

1:00pm EDT

Radical Simplicity Compost & Recycling Mowing with and Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at booth in F & H Alcohol Production in Maine's Small Farm Economy Hayloft Backyard Grain Growing Windsor Tent No Till Farming & Gardening Litchfield Tent Carbon-Friendly Management Strategies: Maximizing Carbon Capture and Storage in Your Forest Low Impact Forestry Tent White Pine Medicine Herb Tent Storytelling Maine Folk Traditions Stage Financing Cooperative Enterprises Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Home Funerals Class Folk Arts Tent 2 Process Acorns into Flour Folk Arts Tent 1 Mindful, Peaceful, Healthy Whole Life Tent

1:30pm EDT

Hunting for Sustainability Railcar Speakers Tent

1:45pm EDT

Logging Demonstration: Low-Impact Extraction Systems That Minimize Soil and Tree Damage Woodlot

2:00pm EDT

Zero Waste Alternatives for People with Periods Compost & Recycling Cheese Making Country Kitchen Demos Growing Grapes in Maine Windsor Tent Living Soils: Cover Cropping for Farms and Gardens Litchfield Tent Anatomy, Energetics and Allies of the Heart Herb Tent Mindfullness and Spirit Helpers Health & Healing Speakers Tent Forest Farm Permaculture Folk Arts Tent 1 Instinctive Archery Class Folk Arts Tent 1

3:00pm EDT

Q&A: Programs, Resources, and Networking for New Farmers MOFGA Tent Adventurous Edible Landscaping South Orchard Favorite Apples for the Home Orchard Hayloft Optimizing Indoor Cultivation Microclimates Litchfield Tent Chemical Conundrum Health & Healing Speakers Tent Herbal Questions and Answers Herb Tent

3:30pm EDT

Fermented Plant Juice as a Veganic Fertilizer Compost & Recycling Salvation in the Soil Railcar Speakers Tent

4:00pm EDT

What Forests and Prairies Can Teach Us Windsor Tent Where Landscapes Begin: Organizing Spirit Space Litchfield Tent