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  • Logging with Farm Tractors & Forestry Winches

    MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

    Learn the basic skills needed to safely use a winch-equipped farm tractor in the woods. This beginner-level course will cover basic tractor and winch operation, building hitches, skid trail layout, landing management and techniques to limit residual stand damage. The course will not include hands-on tree felling instruction. REGISTER HERE *This sliding scale registration is […]

    $50 – $100

  • Build an Outdoor Oven

    Nurture Through Nature 77 Warren Rd, Denmark, ME

    Join Nurture Through Nature for a fun-filled day of learning how to build your very own backyard oven! Get your hands dirty as you work alongside experienced instructors to create a beautiful and functional oven that you can use to bake delicious pizzas, bread, and more. This hands-on workshop will teach you the ins and outs of […]

    $145 – $175

  • Gather & Grow Tour: Off-Grid Homestead

    Homestead in Surry, ME Surry, ME

    NEW DATE! Our August 9 tour has been rescheduled to August 16 due to rain.  Come visit (or re-visit) Alice's off-grid, low-key homestead, featuring a tiny cabin and gorgeous gardens. Ask questions about living small, keeping things simple, and adapting to changing life circumstances and visions over time. Alice held a "beginner homestead" Gather & Grow tour […]

    Free

  • Growing Nursery Stock

    North Branch Farm 122 Stream Rd, Monroe, Maine

    *Free for Journeyperson program participants and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Scholarship application for anyone interested is available here. This workshop is an introduction to the practices involved in growing nursery stock, like apple and other fruit seedling trees. The focus will be on bud grafting, which involves grafting a growth bud onto rootstock in […]

    $30 – $60

  • Natural Dyeing: Forest & Field

    MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

    *This event is free for participants in MOFGA's Journeyperson program, as well as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community members.Learn to dye fabrics with  locally foraged plant materials in this introductory natural dyeing workshop, open to new and experienced dyers alike. Participants will tie-dye cotton bandanas with goldenrod and experiment with wool yarn […]

    $50 – $80

  • Backyard Sheep Workshop

    Misty Brook Farm 156 Bog Rd., Albion, ME, United States

    If you're planning to welcome a small group of into your life, you'll want to be prepared! Join us for this introductory workshop on small-scale shepherding, with MOFGA’s Organic Dairy & Livestock Specialist, Jacki Martinez Perkins. This hands-on workshop will cover topics such as: ensuring appropriate space and resources for your flock; grazing; herding; seasonal care tasks; troubleshooting […]

    Free – $25

  • Sustainable Forest Foraging

    Join the Low-Impact Forestry program as we learn from Sarah Robinson from Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District and Dustin Small from Bissel Brothers Three Rivers about identifying and sustainably harvesting forest foods. Together, they will teach us about common edible plants found in Maine's forests - right here in Unity at the MOFGA campus.Please bring […]

    $30 – $60
  • Beekeeping Through the Seasons

    Beekeeping Through the Seasons

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    *This is the sixth in a series of 9 classes. Registration price covers the whole series. **Registration is free for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community members and participants in the MOFGA Journeyperson Program. Join Master Beekeeper Karen Thurlow for our first-ever foray into beekeeping through the seasons. From getting hives going in […]

    $100 – $275

  • Gather & Grow Tour: Alan Day Community Garden

    Alan Day Community Garden Norway, ME

    Alan Day Community Garden (ADCG) is home to bountiful veggie gardens, tended to by community members, as well as to a community food forest project. At 1 pm, join Scott Vlaun from the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy in Norway for a tour of ADCG, with a specific focus on the food forest. Learn about the […]

    Free

  • Gather & Grow Tour: Fruit, Nuts, & Topiary for Homesteaders

    Mt. Vernon Homestead Mt. Vernon, ME

    Visit a sweet homestead boasting food forest-inspired fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, and topiary in Mt. Vernon, Maine. Greg and Debbie grow cherries, mulberries, apples, elderberries, chestnuts,  hazelnuts, and more. This is a perfect opportunity for those interested in homesteading, having fun with topiary, propagating trees, and/or cultivating fruits and nuts -- especially those less commonly grown in Maine. Learn about Greg's transition […]

    Free

  • Ecology of Grief: Mourning and Celebrating Changing Forests

    MOFGA's Education Center 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, ME, United States

    This event has been cancelled due to low registration.Join MOFGA as we are guided by Elizabeth Grey and Alice Hotopp through a morning exploration of the Ecology of Grief.Ecological grief is the sense of loss that accompanies bearing witness to the changing landscape as a result of climate change and environmental destruction. As a landowner, the […]

    $50 – $125

  • Gather & Grow Tour: Urban Gardening with Sustainable Tech

    Homestead in Cumberland County

    Please join us to tour a small hobby urban garden. We'll explore a number of ongoing experiments as well as tried and true techniques. Expect to chat about vertical systems, year-round growing, biochar, earthen flooring and automating rain barrels as well as espaliers, edibles and native mixes. We will explain our adapted greenhouse and adapted […]

    Free
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