Booth space application forms and guidelines are available for download via the link below. You may also contact the MOFGA office to have a copy mailed to you. The postmark deadline for applications is Friday, April 15, 2011.
Application Forms and Guidelines / Agricultural Products Area (pdf)
When reviewing vendor applications, Area Coordinators give preference to family farms that produce their own products. The Fair also encourages exhibitors to give a talk or presentation at the Fair.
Additional Agricultural Products Vendor Information
Talks/Demonstrations: Agricultural Products area vendors may offer educational talks or demonstrations in the Hayloft, the Speakers Tent in the Agricultural Products area. If you would like to share your farming and/or gardening expertise with fairgoers, please submit an application via our online Speakers Form:
Common Ground Speaker Application Form (online form)
Food Items and Ingestible Products: All food items and ingestible products sold or given away as samples at the Common Ground Country Fair must meet the same standards as food sold by the vendors in our Food Area. This includes a thorough review of ingredients and ingredient sources by the Fair office. A copy of the MOFGA Food Policy and Food Ingredient Form are available for download below. If you are interested in selling or offering any food item, you must submit a complete Food Ingredient form with your application. If the food items you are selling are not-certified organic, but are grown and processed according to organic practices, you may submit an affidavit (see below) attesting to your organic practices. Also, anyone selling ingestible products must show proof of liability insurance. Group coverage is available for Common Ground vendors. If you wish to offer food items or ingestible products, download these additional materials:
Common Ground - Fair Food Affidavit (pdf)
Temporary Insurance Application (Word doc)
Invasive Species: Linked below is important information about the serious threat posed by invasive plants in Maine, including Asiatic Bittersweet. Please help protect our agricultural land and Maine’s precious ecosystems by reviewing this important material carefully, and by avoiding the use of invasive species in the products that you sell at the Fair. Thanks!
The Status and Threat of Asiatic Bittersweet in Maine (pdf)
Invasive Plants in Maine
Cotton: If you are selling items that contain cotton, MOFGA strongly encourages you to use organic cotton. While this is not a requirement for participation in the Agricultural Products area, using organic ingredients to the greatest extent possible will strengthen your application. Please refer to the sidebar for interesting information about the ecological, social and economic benefits of organic cotton. Thanks!
For more information about the Agricultural Products area of the Fair, contact the Fair office:
commonground@mofga.org