Saturday Schedule
Sunday Schedule
Friday, September 23, 2005
Fairgrounds open at 9 a.m., close at 9 p.m. (vendors close at 6 p.m.)
Location Codes!
Most locations for events listed in the schedule are abbreviated. Here are the codes:
AD-1 - Agricultural Demonstrations, Tent 1
AD-2 - Agricultural Demonstrations, Tent 2
ADET - Agricultural Demonstration Exhibitors' Tent
BP -- Bicycle Parking
CA - Children's Area
CKD - Country Kitchen Demonstration Tent
CS - Country Store
ENV - Environmental Concerns Speakers' Tent
ES - Energy and Shelter Speakers' Tent
FA-1 - Folk Arts Tent 2
FA-2 - Folk Arts Tent 2
FP - Field Plots
FT - Fleece Tent
HH - Health and Healing Speakers' Tent
HT - Herb Tent
HST -- Harry S. Truman Games
LIF - Low Impact Forestry Tent
LL - Large Livestock Demo Area
LRP - Livestock Round Pen
LS-1 - Horse Barn
LS-2 - Oxen Barn
LS-3 - Cattle Barn
LST - Livestock Speaker's Tent
MAT - Maine Apple Tent
MB - Maintenance Building
MFC - Maine Folklife Center Tent
NAA - Native American Arts & Education Area
NO - North Orchard
PB - Poultry Barn
RT - Rabbit Tent
SDA - Sheep Dog Demo Area
SGB - Sheep/Goat Barn
SLB - Small Livestock Barn
SO - South Orchard
SPA - Social & Political Action Speakers' Tent
SR - Show Ring
SS - Spotlight Stage
SW - Stone Workers' Area
WL -- Wood Lot
WLT - Whole Life Tent
WS - Wednesday Spinners' Area
YEZ - Youth Enterprise Zone
2005 Friday Schedule of Events
(Events Going On All Weekend)
Agriculture & Forestry Demonstrations
ALL DAY--Horsedrawn rides by Horsepower Farm & Darthia Farm. Demonstrations of seed cleaning with a mobile seed cleaning unit. Fairgoers are welcome to bring seed to be cleaned. "Stump to Stickers" ongoing woodlot operations in MOFGA's woodlot.
10:00/Answers to Your Organic Certification Questions/Mary Yurlina, MOFGA Certification Services, LLC/ADET
10:00 & ongoing/ "Stump to Stickers" demo/John Plowden & Brad Johnson/WL
10:00/Mushrooming in Maine/Hal Bonner/AD-1
10:00/School Gardens: What a Way to Grow!/Mary Bird, ME School Garden Network/ AD-2
10:00/Scythe Mowing Demonstration/Staff of Scythe Supply/meet @ Scythe Supply booth in Farm & Homesteading Area
10:00/Veganic Farming: Improving Soil Quality without Manures/Will Bonsall, Khadigar Farm/MB
10:00/Small Scale Seed Cleaning Demo/Staff of the Organic Seed Partnership /Mobile Seed Processing Unit/near ADET
11:00/ Forestry for Kids/Barrie Brusila, Maine Forest Guild/LIF
11:00/Non-profit Partnerships with School Gardens/Jessica Bean & Craig Lapine, Cultivating Community/AD-2
11:00/Comrades in Farms: MOFGA's El Salvador Sistering Committee/Paul Volckhausen/MB
11:00/Tour of Restoring Our Seed Breeding Projects/CR Lawn & Eli Kaufman, Restoring Our Seed/NO
11:00/Answers to Your Organic Vegetable Questions/Eric Sideman/ MOFGA's Technical Services Director/ADET
12:00/Landowner Assistance-What's Available/Patty Cormier/Maine Forest Service/LIF
12:00/Women's Agricultural Network/Vivianne Holmes, WAgN/AD-1
12:00/Small Grain Growing in Maine/Will Bonsall, Khadigar Farm/AD-2
12:00/Scythe Sharpening Demonstration/Scythe Supply Staff/Scythe Supply Booth in Farm & Homesteading Area
12:00/Answers to Your Organic Livestock Management Questions/Diane Schivera, MOFGA Technical Services Program/ADET
12:00/Conservation Security Program/Andrew Files, Maine Assoc. Conservation Districts/MB
1:00/Chainsaw Safety & Directional Felling/Pete Tracy, Certified Logging Professional/WL
1:00/Three Opinions: Can the Healthy Plant Alone Fend Off Pests & Diseases without the Aid of Controls /Eliot Coleman, Will Bonsall & Friends/AD-1
1:00/Building Organic Potting Mixes/Mark Fulford, Teltane Farm/AD-2
1:00/Scythe Mowing Demos/Staff of Scythe Supply/meet at Scythe Supply Booth in Farm & Homesteading Area
1:00/Small-Scale Seed Cleaning Demo/Staff of Organic Seed Partnership/ Mobile Seed Processing Unit /next to ADET
2:00/Continued: Three Opinions: Can the Healthy Plant Alone Fend Off Pests & Diseases without the Aid of Controls /Eliot Coleman, Will Bonsall & Friends/AD-1
2:00/Growing Soybeans in Maine/Rick Kersbergen/AD-2
2:00/Romp & Chomp: An Interactive Vegetable Tasting/Nikos Kavanya/NO
2:00/Planning a Timber Harvest/Harry Dwyer, Forest Guild/LIF
3:00/Immigrant Farming in Maine, the Northeast & the US/Kerri Sands, CEI, Maine Farms Project/AD-1
3:00/Town & Community Planning for Agriculture/Stephanie Gilbert, Maine Dept. of Ag., Food & Rural Resources/AD-2
3:00/Insect & Disease Control in the Garden/ Eric Sideman, MOFGA's Technical Services Director/MB
3:00/ Tour of Restoring Our Seed Breeding Projects/CR Lawn & Eli Kaufman, Restoring Our Seed/NO
3:00/ Pruning Woodland Trees/Paul Miller, SWOAM/LIF & WL
4:00/Small-scale Seed Cleaning Demo/Staff of Organic Seed Partnership/ Mobile Seed Processing Unit /Near ADET
4:00/Growing Cranberries in a Fall Organic Garden/John Harker, Cranberry Creations /AD-2
4:00/How to Use Your Garden Space Efficiently/Will Bonsall, Khadigar Farm/MB
5:00/Web Tools for Comparing Organic & Conventional Models of Production & for Converting to Organic/Shepherd Ogden & other New Farm Staff
Animal Shows & Demonstrations
ALL DAY -- Ongoing Rabbit Demos: mornings--Rabbit Education/afternoon-- Spinning Demo/RT; Ongoing poultry display and demonstrations: see schedule posted at Poultry barn; Fleece Sale and Maine Fiber Arts display, demos, networking/FT; Ongoing Oxen Demos/LL; Horsedrawn rides by Horsepower Farm & Darthia Farm/LL
9:00/Register for Donkey & Mule Show/Judge-Sharon Higgins/SR
9:30-12:00/Oxen Demos/Oxen Teamsters/LL
9:30-ongoing/Horsedrawn rides by Horsepower Farm & Darthia Farm/LL
9:30/Sheep Dog Demos/Dave Kennard, Wellscroft Farm/SDA
9:30/Donkey & Mule Show/Judge: Sharon Higgins/SR
10:00/Basics of Horse Care/Roberta Manter/LRP
10:00/Backyard Bantams/Fran Curtis, Central Maine Bird Fanciers/LST
10:00/Meet the Grower-Discuss Fleeces, Specialty Fibers, Special Projects/FT
11:00/Lecture: Pigeons & White Dove Release - A Children's Event/Marc Archambault/PDT
11:00/Benefits of Equine Massage/Lee Dassler, Northorse Equine Massage/LST
12:00/Answers to Your Organic Livestock Management Questions/Diane Schivera, MOFGA Technical Services Program/ADET
12:00/Handling Newborn Foals/Genio Burton/Sara Falls, Mandala Farm/LRP
12:00/Revitalizing Old Pastures/Rick Kersbergen, Waldo Co. Extension/LST
12:30/Sheep Dog Demos/Dave Kennard, Wellscroft Farm/SDA
1:00/Lunging for Respect/Jan Rowe, Honk & Donk Farm/LRP
1:00/Mule Basics/Bob Crichton, Pinehill Mules/SR
1:00/Tips for a Naturally Healthy & Happy Dog or Cat/Pam Page/LST
1:30-ongoing/Log Scooting Contest - an Obstacle Course/Oxen Teamsters/LL
2:00/Blacksmithing for Donkeys & Mules/Roger Grant/LRP
2:00/Harnessing a Horse/Genio Burton, Sara Faull, Mandala Farm/HB
2:00/Draft Horse Basics/Pete Stratton, Hideaway Farm/SR
2:00/Poultry Primer/Johanna Moore, Ledgehill Farm/LST
2:00/Fleece Notes-Basics of Picking a Fleece/FT
2:30/ Mowing with a Single Horse/Paul Birdsall, Horsepower Farm/FP
3:00/Oxen Basics/Dwaine Chase, Royal Haven Farm/SR
3:00/Eight Mule Hitch-Harrowing Demo/Bob Crichton, Pinehill Mules & Broomtail Farm/FP
3:30/Sheep Dog Demos/Dave Kennard, Wellscroft Farm/SDA
3:30/Dairy Goat Milking and Care/Lisa Reilich, Painted Pepper Farm/FM
Children's Events
ALL DAY/Demos for Children--See Sandwich Board Schedule; Arts & Crafts; Face Painting; and plenty of FUN/CA
10:00/Walt Whitman & Mrs. Moose/CA
10:15-10:30/Dress for Garden Parade/CA
10:30/Garden Parade/Roving Performance
11:00/Forestry for Kids/Barrie Brusila, Maine Forest Guild/LIF
12:00/Birds of Prey/Chris Coleman, Chewonki Foundation/ENV
12:00/Bob Nixon Magic Co/CA
12:15/Potatoes for Tots from Field to Feast/Cathy Reynolds/CKD
2:15-2:30/Dress for Garden Parade/CA
2:30/Garden Parade/Roving Performance
3:00/ Bob Nixon Magic Company/CA
4:00/Walt Whitman & Mrs. Moose/CA
Entertainment, Music, Food Prep Classes and Special Events
Roving Performances by the Garden Parade, Trickster Fox, Sistermoon and Downeast Brass
9:15/Downeast Country Dance Assoc. - Dancing & Singing/SPA
10:00-ongoing /Judging entries in the Exhibition Hall
10:00/Amy Therrien/SS
10:00/Step in Time Cloggers/Amphitheater
10:00/Judging Vegetable Entries/Exhibition Hall
10:45/Hipchick Macrobiotic Cooking/Jessica Porter/CKD
11:00/Keynote Address-Spencer Aitel, Two Loons Farm: "Let them eat Cake," Changes in Politics & Policy of Agriculture/The Common
11:30/Cormack McCarthy/SS
12:00/Late for Work/Amphitheater
12:15/Potatoes for Tots from Field to Feast/Cathy Reynolds/CKD
12:30-12:45/Humble Farmer/SS
1:00/Paddy Mills/SS
1:30/Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations/Amphitheater
1:45/Pressure Cooking Rice and Hands-on Sushi Rolling/Leslie Cummins/CKD
2:00/Vanessa Torres & Touching Ground/SS
3:00/RE Bell & Caberet Cowgirls/Amphitheater
3:00/Homemade Seitan/Wendy Karush/CKD
3:00/Sistermoon/SS
4:00/Mike Bennett & the Volvos/SS
4:30/Jason Spooner Band/Amphitheater
5:30/Food Awards/Results of Judging Food Vendors/SS
6:00/Mike Abbott Band/Amphitheater
7:30/Dave Wooley Band/Amphitheater
Environmental Concerns, Energy and Shelter
ALL DAY/Safe bike driver demos and test pilot unique cycles/Maine Bicycle Coalition/BP
9:00/Easy Bicycle Tube Repair for all Ages /Bicycle Coalition of Maine/BP
10:00/Bicycle Parade/Bicycle Coalition of Maine/starts BP
11:00/A Look at Slip Form Stone Construction/Bill Rupert/ES
11:00/Awareness and the Art of Seeing - Foxwalking to Notice/Jen Deraspe, Nurture through Nature/ENV
11:00/Highwheelers in Maine/Noah, oldbikeguy/BP
12:00/Hands on Electricity from Solar & Wind/Peter Zack/ES
12:00/Electric Bike Forum/Bicycle Coalition of Maine/BP
12:00/Birds of Prey/Chris Coleman, Chewonki Foundation/ENV
12:00/Conservation Security Program/Andrew Files, Maine Assoc. of Conservation Districts/MB
1:00/Women's Tyre Repair/Bicycle Coalition of Maine/BP
1:00/Exploring Maine--Mountain, Field and Shore/Jeanne Christie, Maine Chapter Appalachian Mtn. Club/MB
2:00/Expeditions in Quebec/Labrador/Darrow Wilderness Trip Camp/MB
3:00/Bike Fit 101 for Comfort/Bicycle Coalition of Maine/BP
4:00/Recumbent Choices/Bicycle Coalition of Maine/BP
5:00/TBA/Kent Price, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust/ENV
Folk Arts, Native American Arts and Herbal Talks
ALL DAY/Continuous: Choosing a Fleece, Washing Wool, Picking & Carding Wool, Drop Spindle Demo, Spinning Wheel Demo, & 7-stick Journey Loom Community Weaving/Wednesday Spinners/WS. Ongoing Demos: Soapstone Carving with Kids; Granite Carving; Stone Splitting/Maine Stone Workers Guild/SW
10:00/Native American Kids' Games/Hudson Museum/NAA
10:00/Passamaquoddy Medicine: How We Learn as Children/Fredda Paul & Leslie Wood Paul/HT
10:00/Demo: Packbasket Making/Earthways/FA-1
10:00/Class: Porcupine Quill Pendant/Porcupine/$5/FA-1
10:30/Class: Bow Drill Fire Starting/Earthways/$5/FA-1
10:30/Demo: Old Time Music/Bound to Have a Little Fun/MFC
11:00/Ash and Sweetgrass Basketry Demo/Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance(MIBA)/NAA
11:00/Natural Beauty - Letting Your True Light Shine/Stacie Whitney/HT
11:00/Felt Making Class/Andree Bella/$12./FA-2
11:00/Drop Spindle Spinning for Kids of All Ages - Hands-on/WS
12:00/Creating Your Own Medicine Chest/Linda Tisdale/HT
1:00/MOFGA's Oral History Project/Women In Agriculture/Mary Ann Haxton/MFC
1:00/Class: Card Weaving/Michael Patterson/$10/FA-2
1:00/Giving up Coffee, Caffeine & Sodas and Why You Should -- Healthier Herbal Alternatives/Brenda Lynn Gould, Bear & Bumblebee/HT
1:00/Beadwork Demo/Frances Frey/Passamaquoddy/NAA
1:30/Cordage Making Class/Earthways/$2/FA-1
2:00/Enhancing Vitality with Root Teas, Tinctures, Powders & Soups/Deb Soule/HT
2:00/Onion Skin Dyeing/Wednesday Spinners/WS
2:00/MOFGA's Oral History Project/Women in Agriculture, WagN Member/MFC
2:00/Demo: Bow Drill Fire Starting/Earthways/FA-1
2:00/Demo: Knots and Lashings for Camp/Mahoosuc Guide/FA-1
2:00/Class: Porcupine Quill Pendant/Porcupine/$5/FA-1
3:00/Calendula - Seed to Salve & Beyond/Janet Edwards/HT
3:00/Feltmaking/Andree Bella/$12/FA 2
3:00/Demo: Old Time Music/Bound to Have a Little Fun/MFC
Health and Healing and Whole Life Tent
10:00/Pyramids & Other Healing Energy Devices/Nancy & Tom Lamb/WLT
11:00/Dowsing & Health /WLT Staff/WLT
12:00/Kundalini Yoga/Heather & Lucas Temple/WLT
1:00/Spectral Genetic Healing/Ed Lueddeke, DC/WLT
2:00/Serenity Through Transformational Breath/Sumac/WLT
2:00/Green Birth, Sustainable Birth/Ellie Daniels, CPM/HH
3:00/Healing Body, Mind & Soul/Ray Reitze/WLT
3:00/Attachment Parenting; The Joys & Benefits of Elimination Communication/Becca Smith/HH
4:00/Vision of Joseph Rael, Beautiful Painted Arrow/Joe Frederick/WLT
Social and Political Action
9:15/Downeast Country Dance Association - Dancing & Singing/SPA
10:00/Hand & Power Tool Use for Women/Maureen Murray, Women Unlimited/SPA
12:00/Steam Engines in Maine/David Albert/SPA
1:00/"Protecting Freedom in Perilous Times"/Shenna Bellows, Maine Civil Liberties Union /SPA
1:30/"The Time Dollar Movement"--Spending Time Building Community/Auta Main/SPA
2:00/How to be an Effective Activist/Nancy Oden/SPA
3:00/Library Services and Other Ways to Support People with Disabilities/Maine State Library Outreach Services/SPA
4:00/Panel of Maine Media/Roger Leisner/SPA
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)
Common Ground Country Fair
PO Box 170
Unity, ME 04988
Phone: 207-568-4142
Fax: 207-568-4141
Email: cgcf@mofga.org