Sunday

Agriculture and Forestry Demonstrations: ALL DAY: Horse-drawn rides by either Horsepower Farm or Darthia Farm. Demos of seed cleaning with a mobile seed-cleaning unit. Fairgoers are welcome to bring seed to be cleaned. “Stump to Stickers” woodlot operations from 11:00 to 2:00 in MOFGA’s woodlot. Single & Double Horse Logging and field work in the Field Plots.

Time	Title	Presenter(s)/Performer(s)	Location
9:30 - 4:00	Oxen Demos	Oxen Teamsters	LL
9:30 - ongoing	Small Farm Draft Power Options: Versatility of Horses, Mules, Oxen	Don Nickerson and Friends, Riverside Farm	FP
9:30	Harrowing with Horses, Mules, Oxen	Teamsters and Drovers	FP
10:00	Forestry for Kids	Barrie Brusila of the MaineForest Guild	WT
10:00	MOFGA Certification Staff Members answer questions about organic certification.	Mary Yurlina, Ed Hamel, Jacomijn Schravesande	MOFGA Certification Services Table in ADET
10:00	Can’t Preserve Farming without Preserving Farmland	Nina Young	AD-1
10:00	D Acres--10 Years as an Education Farm	Joshua Trought of D Acres, N.H.	AD-2
10:00	Growing Peach Trees	Leslie Cummings & Tim Seabrook of Five Star Nursery	AG
10:00	Pest and Weed Walk	Eric Sideman, MOFGA’s Organic Crop Specialist, and Clayton Carter, MOFGA’s Farmer in Residence	SO
10:00	Scythe Mowing Demos	Staff of Scythe Supply	Meet at Scythe Supply Booth in Farm and Homesteading Area
10:30	Small Scale Seed-Cleaning Demo	Organic Seed Partnership Staff	Mobile Seed Processing Unit near ADET
10:30	Threshing Grains	Jim Cornish, Stone Soup Institute	FP
11:00-2:00	Stump to Stickers	Low Impact Forestry Project Staff	WT
11:00	Eight Mule Hitch Demo	Ed Crichton of Pinehill Mules and Evelyn Pike of Broomtail Farm	FP
11:00	Rodale Research	Dan Sullivan of Rodale Institute’s New Farm	AD-1
11:00	Compost and Soil Bacteria: An Atomic Adventure	Eric Howard, FulbrightAcademy of Science	AD-2
11:00	Sustainable Ag in the U.S.: The Long View	Andrew Marshall, MOFGA’s Educational Programs Director	AV
11:00	Answers to Questions about Growing Organic Vegetables	Eric Sideman, MOFGA’s Organic Crops Specialist	ADET
11:00	Tour MOFGA’s Modern Farmhouse	MOFGA’s Farmers-in-Residence, Fail Better Farm	MOFGA’s Farmhouse
11:00	Drip Irrigation Basics	Jack Kertesz, MOFGA’s Trial Gardens Coordinator	NO
11:00	Guided Tour of Soil Pits	MAPPS Staff	Meet at MAPSS Booth in ADET
11:00	ShakerHerbGardens	Betsey Ann Golan of Common Folk Farm	AG
12:00	Scythe Sharpening Demos	Staff of Scythe Supply	Scythe Supply Booth in Farm and Homesteading Area
12:00	Foraging and Feasting on Fungi	Richard Tory	AD-2
12:00	Using Cover Crops in the HomeGarden	Eric Sideman, MOFGA’s Organic Crop Specialist	AV
12:00	Crafting with Gourds	Nancy Stedman, Little River Flower Farm	AG
12:00	How CSA Can Improve Your Farm’s Bottom Line	Melissa White, MOFGA’s Marketing Specialist	AD-1
1:00	Basics of Worm Composting and Making Worm Tea	Mark Follansbee of Worm Mainea	AD-1
1:00	Growing Hot Weather Plants in Cool Climates	Adam Tomash of AvantGardens	AV
1:00	Beginning Beekeeping	Lincoln Sennett of Swan’s Honey	AG
1:00	Small Scale Cover Cropping	Clayton Carter, MOFGA’s Farmer in Residence, Fail Better Farm	SO
1:00	Scythe Mowing Demos	Staff of Scythe Supply	Meet at Scythe Supply Booth in Farm and Homesteading Area
1:00	Extending the Harvest	Jack Kertesz, MOFGA’s Trial Gardens Coordinator	NO
1:00	Preservation Timber Framing: Saving Your Old Barn	Interview with Aaron Sturgis	MST
1:30	Planting a Cover Crop	Donald Nickerson of Riverside Farm	FP
1:30	Small Scale Seed-Cleaning Demo	Organic Seed Partnership Staff	Mobile Seed Processing Unit near ADET
2:00	Threshing Grain	Jim Cornish of the Stone Soup Institute	FP
2:00	Answers to Organic Livestock Management Questions	Diane Schivera, MOFGA’s Organic Livestock Specialist	ADET
2:00	Hand Tools for Small Farms and Gardens	Jack Kertesz, MOFGA’s Trial Garden Coordinator	NO
2:00	New Farm Overview--Online Tools	Daniel Sullivan of Rodale Institute’s New Farm	AV
2:00	Grape Tasting	John Bunker, Fedco Trees	Fedco Booth in Ag Products
2:00	What is Low Impact Harvesting?	Gordon Moore of the MaineForest Service	WT
2:00	ABCs of Ecology (Proven Education Techniques)	Drew Dumsch of the FerryBeachEcologySchool	AD-1
2:00	Cultivating The Natural Defenses of Trees	Travis Collins of Green Man Aboreal	AD-2
2:00	Bonsai Basics	Ernie Glabau of Entwood Bonsai	AG
2:00	Barn Restoration: What to Do Now and Resources	Ellen Gibson of Stearns Hill Farm	LST
2:30	Harrowing in a Cover Crop	Teamsters and Drovers	FP
3:00	Symbiotic Relationships: Livestock and Gardens	John Pino of Mooar Hill Farm	AD-1
3:00	Organic Vegetables in Self Watering Containers	Edward Smith	AD-2
3:00	MOFGA’s Connection to El Salvador	Karen Volkhausen of MOFGA’s El Salvador Sistering Committee	AV
3:00	Colony Collapse and Honeybee Diseases	Lincoln Sennett of Swan’s Honey	AG
3:00	Proper Pruning of Forest Trees	Pete Lammert of the MaineForest Service	WT
3:30	Small Scale Seed-Cleaning Demo	Organic Seed Partnership Staff	Mobile Seed Processing Unit near ADET
4:00	So You want to Farm In Maine?	Esther Lacognata, Farmlink and Maine Farmland Trust	AD-1

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