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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
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George Hoche, Downeast BioChar
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AG DEMO
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All Day
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Garden Tool Demonstrations
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Johnny's Selected Seeds
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NO
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9:15 am
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Permaculture Principles
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Julia Yelton, Newforest Institute
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HL
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10:00 am
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Seed Cleaning Workshop
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Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
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AG DEMO
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10:00 am
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Results of 2007 Census of Ag.
|
Gary Keough, USDA, NASS New England Field Office
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AV
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10:00 am
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Elderberries, a Medicine Chest in Your Backyard
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Edie Johnston, Eldertide
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HL
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10:00 am
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Bioefficiency: What Forests & Prairies Teach Us
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Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
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AD-1
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10:00 am
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Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
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Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
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10:00 am
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Grancrete—Green Alternative to Concrete & Cement
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Larry Castoro, Granville Stone
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
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10:00 am
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Beginning Seed Saving for Home Gardeners
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James Ulager, Seed Saver's Exchange
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AD-2
|
|
10:00 am
|
Public Policy and Food Safety
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Russell Libby, MOFGA
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YEZ Tent
|
|
11:00 am
|
Answers to Your Certification Questions
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MOFGA Certification Services Staff
|
AG DEMO
|
|
11:00 am
|
Edible Landscaping with Fruit
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Lee Reich
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AV
|
|
11:00 am
|
Farmstead Tour
|
Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm
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Farmhouse
|
|
11:00 am
|
Hive Management for Maine Winters
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Lincoln Sennett, Swan's Honey
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HL
|
|
11:00 am
|
Guided Tour of Soil Pit
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Johanna Szillery, Maine Assoc. of Prof. Soil Scientists
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Meet @ Booth in Ag Demo
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|
11:00 am
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Feeding Organic Grains, Costs & Benefits
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Andrew Beals, Specialty Feed Poulin Grain
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
11:00 am
|
Garlic Cultivation
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Tom Vigue, KiwiHill
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NO
|
|
11:00 am
|
Home Orchard Basics
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Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
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AD-2
|
|
11:00 am - 11:30 am
|
Organic Beekeeping & Using Topbar Hives
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Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
|
Growing Grapes in Maine
|
Jerry Rodman
|
AD-1
|
|
noon
|
Backyard Grain Growing
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AV
|
|
noon
|
Local Solutions to the Food Crisis
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Ron Krupp, Lifting the Yoke
|
HL
|
|
noon
|
Sharpening the European Scythe Blade
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Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
noon
|
Tour MOFGA's Apple Orchard
|
C.J. Walke, MOFGA Landscape Coordinator
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NO
|
|
noon
|
Youth Growers Share Food Writing & Stories
|
Cultivating Community; The Telling Room
|
RC
|
|
noon
|
Weedmaster Demo
|
Eric Gallandt, UMaine Weed Ecologist
|
SO
|
|
noon
|
From Backyard Garden to Market Garden
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Melissa White Pillsbury, MOFGA Organic Marketing Coordinator
|
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
|
The Soils of Maine
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Johanna Szillery, Maine Assoc. of Prof. Soil Scientists
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AV
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Medicinal Mushrooms of Maine
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Max Jacobs, Jacobs Chiropractic Acupuncture
|
HL
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Engaging Youth in Gardening (Panel Discussion)
|
Ari Rosenberg & Bridgette Bartlett, Lots To Gardens
|
AD-1
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
|
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Hand Tools
|
Jack Kertesz, MOFGA Trial Gardens Coordinator
|
NO
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Current State of Beekeeping: Organic Solutions for Healthy Hives
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Ross Conrad, Dancing Bee Gardens
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AD-2
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Weedless Gardening
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Lee Reich
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AV
|
|
2:00 pm
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Apple Tasting
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Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
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Fedco Tent
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Worm Composting
|
Mark Follansbee, Worm Mainea
|
HL
|
|
2:00 pm
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Urban Gardening Panel Discussion
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Ari Rosenberg & Bridgette Bartlett, Lots To Gardens
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AD-1
|
|
2:00 pm
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Seed Crops—Renewable Fuels for Today’s Energy Needs
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Phil Pepin, Central Maine Diesel
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
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2:00 pm
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Advanced Seed Saving
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Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
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AD-2
|
|
3:00 pm
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Beginning Gardening
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Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist; Jean English, Bayberry Gardens
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AV
|
|
3:00 pm
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Solutions to the Food Crisis
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Ron Krupp, Lifting The Yoke
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HL
|
|
3:00 pm
|
A Walk Through the Orchard Season
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Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
|
AD-1
|
|
3:00 pm
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Market Garden Tour & Weed & Pest ID
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Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm
|
SO
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Edible Landscaping
|
Jack Kertesz, MOFGA Trial Gardens Coordinator; Tom Vigue, KiwiHill
|
AD-2
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Tour the Farmers' Market
|
Russell Libby, MOFGA
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Meet @ Rose Gate
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|
3:15 pm
|
Smallholder Survival: Riding the Highs & Lows of Life on the Land
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Rebecca Laughton, author, Chelsea Green Publishing
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RC
|
|
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
|
Root Cellar Renaissance
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Lori Gingras, Roots, Coops, And More
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Meet @ Booth In F&H
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Seed Cleaning Workshop
|
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
|
AG DEMO
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Sixteen Apples: Apple Exploring in Maine & the 2009 CGCF Poster
|
John Bunker Jr., Super Chilly Farm; Russell Libby, MOFGA
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HL
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Food Legumes
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
|
AD-1
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Maine Farmland: Save It While You Can
|
Stacy Gambrel, Maine Farmland Trust
|
AD-2
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