Welcome to the Young Maine Area of the Common Ground Country Fair!
Purpose: The purpose of the Young Maine area is to promote farm-to-school connections, school gardens, experiential education and active healthy lifestyles for Maine's youth by providing a setting for organizations and individuals who work with Maine's youth to showcase their programs; network with each other and fairgoers; and present talks, workshops and related activities.
Goals
- To share ideas and resources that promote farm-to-school connections, school gardens, civic engagement for youth, youth mentoring, youth empowerment, sustainability, traditional arts, experiential education and healthy lifestyles for Maine's youth by engaging and connecting young Fairgoers, parents and educators with organizations and individuals whose work embodies these practices.
- To provide a forum for presentations, workshops, and networking by these groups.
The exhibitor application deadline to the Young Maine area for the 2013 Fair has passed and there is a waiting list. If you would like to be put on the mailing list for next year, please contact the Fair office at MOFGA via email at commonground@mofga.org.
For your reference, links to the application and guidelines for Young Maine area at the 2013 Fair are available below.
2013 Young Maine Exhibitor Online Application
Young Maine Guideline Packet 2013 PDF
2013 Common Ground Country Fair Presenter Application
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