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Time
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Title
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Speaker(s)/Demonstrator(s)
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Location
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All Day
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Biochar Demo
|
George Hoche, Downeast BioChar
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AG DEMO
|
|
All Day
|
Garden Tool Demonstrations
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Johnny's Selected Seeds
|
NO
|
|
9:15 am
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Medicinal Herbs & the Permaculture Landscape
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Lauren Buyofsky, Newforest Institute
|
HL
|
|
10:00 am
|
Seed Cleaning Workshop
|
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
|
AG DEMO
|
|
10:00 am
|
Sustainable Ag in Central America
|
Greg Field, Sustainable Harvest Int’l.
|
AV
|
|
10:00 am
|
Fiber Genetics—No Itch
|
Nanney Kennedy, Get Wool
|
HL
|
|
10:00 am
|
Bioefficiency: What Forests & Prairies Teach Us
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Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AD-1
|
|
10:00 am
|
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
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Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
|
Meet @ Booth In F&H
|
|
10:00 am
|
Growing Plums in Maine
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Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
|
AD-2
|
|
10:00 am -10:30 am
|
Organic Beekeeping & the Use of Topbar Hives
|
Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
11:00 am
|
Apitherapy: Health from the Hive
|
Ross Conrad, Dancing Bee Gardens
|
HL
|
|
11:00 am
|
BioChar in Maine
|
Ron Poitras
|
AD-1
|
|
11:00 am
|
Guided Tour of Soil Pit
|
Johanna Szillery, Maine Assoc. Prof. Soil Scientists
|
Meet @ Booth In Ag Demo
|
|
11:00 am
|
Garlic Cultivation
|
Mark Guzzi, Peacemeal Farm
|
NO
|
|
11:00 am
|
Mushroom Log Cultivation
|
Bill Errickson, Newforest Institute
|
AD-2
|
|
noon
|
Seed Cleaning with the Clipper
|
Tom Levesque, Fedco
|
AG DEMO
|
|
noon
|
Growing Raspberries in Maine
|
David Handley, Highmoor Farm & UMaine Coop. Extn.
|
AV
|
|
noon
|
School Gardens Panel Discussion
|
MOFGA Education Comm.
|
HL
|
|
noon
|
Intermediate Orcharding: Intro to Orchard Health
|
Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
|
AD-1
|
|
noon
|
Sharpening the European Scythe Blade
|
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
|
Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
noon
|
Intensive Gardening
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AD-2
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Seed Cleaning Workshop
|
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
|
AG DEMO
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Answers to Your Organic Vegetable Questions
|
Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist
|
AG DEMO
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Small Plot Intensive (SPIN) Farming Demo (part1)
|
Lee Rinehart, Natl. Ctr. for Appropriate Technology (ATTRA)
|
AV
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Get Started in Beekeeping
|
Lincoln Sennett, Swan's Honey
|
HL
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Starting a Vegetable Garden Now
|
Barbara Damrosch, Four Season Farm
|
AD-1
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
|
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
|
Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Access to Farmland
|
Kathy Ruhf, Land For Good
|
AD-2
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Answers to Your Certification Questions
|
MOFGA Certification Services Staff
|
AG DEMO
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Growing Blueberries in Maine
|
David Handley, UMaine Coop. Extn.
|
AV
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Worm Composting
|
Mark Follansbee, Worm Mainea
|
HL
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Intermediate Orcharding: Integrated Health Mgmt.
|
Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
|
AD-1
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Small Plot Intensive (SPIN) Farming Demo (part 2)
|
Lee Rinehart, Natl. Ctr. for Appropriate Technology (ATTRA)
|
NO
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Advanced Seed Saving
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AD-2
|
|
2:30 pm
|
Book Signing with Barbara Damrosch & Eliot Coleman, Four Seasons Farm
|
Johnny's Selected Seeds
|
NO
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Growing Lavender in Maine
|
Betsy Ann Golon, Common Folk Farm
|
HL
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Making Your Farmland Available
|
Kathy Ruhf, Land For Good
|
AD-1
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Container Gardening
|
Edward Smith
|
AD-2
|
|
3:30 pm
|
Apple Tasting
|
Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
|
Fedco Tent
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Seed Cleaning Workshop
|
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
|
AG DEMO
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Backyard Grain Growing
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AV
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Current Use Property Tax Programs
|
Stephanie Gilbert, Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources
|
HL
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Protecting Farming in Your Community
|
John Piotti, Maine Farmland Trust
|
AD-1
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Growing Strawberries in Maine
|
Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist
|
AD-2
|
|
5:00 pm
|
Mushrooms of Field & Forest
|
Michaeline Mulvey, Maine Mycological Assoc.
|
HL
|