"When people go hungry, it is not food that is short, but justice."
- Julius Kambarage Nyerere, President of Tanzania
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Featured Speakers
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|  | Keynote Speakers Confirmed For This Year's Fair
One keynote speaker is featured each day of the Common Ground Fair, with Friday reserved for a Maine farmer-speaker. For the 2008 Fair, we are excited to have:
Friday: John Bunker – long-time MOFGA board member; creator of the Maine Heritage Orchard at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center; Fedco Trees coordinator; and author of Not Far from the Tree: A Brief History of the Apples and the Orchards of Palermo, Maine, 1804-2004.
Saturday: Jeffrey Smith – international spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified organisms; author of Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette; director of the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America from the Institute for Responsible Technology, where he is executive director; producer of the docu-video series The GMO Trilogy; and internationally syndicated columnist of Spilling the Beans.
Sunday: Gary Nabhan – writer, lecturer and world-renown conservation scientist; outgoing director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University, where he catalyzed the Canyon Country Fresh regional food initiative on the Colorado Plateau; co-founder Native Seeds/SEARCH; and leading voice for conserving and renovating native plant agriculture in the Americas.
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