Name: The Maine State Oyster Eating Championship
Start: 2023-07-30T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-07-30T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Dennett’s Wharf

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Farmer to Farmer in the Field: Family & Farming

June 26, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Farmer to Farmer in the Field: Family & Farming

Farmer to Farmer in the Field is a series of monthly free farmer-led, farm-based tours and education geared towards advanced and established farmers. Join other farmer parents at Second Frost Farm for pizza, childcare and a farmer-led conversation about farming while raising a family! We will connect on tactics, failures and resilience. The discussion will […]

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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Toxic Farmland: A Panel on PFAS Contaminated Farms in the US

June 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Toxic Farmland: A Panel on PFAS Contaminated Farms in the US

Hosted by Sierra Club, Defend Our Health, MOFGA and Great Lakes PFAS Action Network, this online session will feature several farmers, including Adam Nordell of Songbird Farm, to speak about what PFAS has done to their businesses and families, as well as other advocates, including Sarah Alexander of MOFGA, who will offer policy perspectives on […]

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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Felting Workshop: Beehives!

June 28, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Felting Workshop: Beehives!

The bees have been busy! Join Isabel Stearns of Felted Acorns for an introductory workshop on the basic techniques involved in needle felting. Together we will create busy bee hives using wool from Maine. This is a fun class for all levels. All materials are included in the workshop. $60 general; $55 for MOFGA members. REGISTER HERE.

$55 – $60

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Diversified Farming and Farmworker Social

June 28, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Diversified Farming and Farmworker Social

MOFGA’s Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for apprentices, Journeypeople, farmworkers and other beginning farmers. They follow an informal format including a farm tour and conversation on the topic of the day. All events are free but require registration.Seek-No-Further Farmstead is a small, queer-owned and operated farm in Monroe. They produce vegetables year-round, goat […]

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6:00 pm

Farmer to Farmer in the Field: Food Safety – Wash/Pack Shed Design

July 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm

Farmer to Farmer in the Field: Food Safety – Wash/Pack Shed Design

Farmer to Farmer in the Field is a series of monthly free farmer-led, farm-based tours and education geared towards advanced and established farmers.Come and see Crystal Spring Farm's new wash/pack facility. Tour the facility, hear from farmer Seth Kroeck on the design process and join a farmer discussion on food safety measures.

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6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Twilight Gatherings: Hand Tools for the Garden

July 11, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Twilight Gatherings: Hand Tools for the Garden

Maybe you’ve been considering purchasing a few new tools for your garden, but you’d like to see them up close, test them out and learn their positive (and negative) attributes. Join Jack Kertesz, MOFGA’s landscape coordinator (and avid hand tool user), for a live, interactive breakout session, where you can poke around and ponder a […]

FREE

1 event, 12

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Growing Greens in the Garden

July 12, 2023 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Growing Greens in the Garden

Do you love growing greens in the garden? Or maybe you love eating them and want to learn some tips to improve your growing or hear about new varieties. Join us for this webinar all about growing different kinds of greens with two greens loving gardeners: Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery and Eileen Fingerman of […]

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10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Baking in an Outdoor Wood Fired Oven

July 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Baking in an Outdoor Wood Fired Oven

Learn the art of baking in a cob oven at beautiful Morning Glory Farm in Bethel, Maine! Wood fired earth ovens make it possible to bake incredible crusty breads and pizzas outdoors at home. In this one day workshop you will learn to bake using an earth oven in both live fire and retained heat modes. […]

$60 – $120

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Una excursión de la granja en Girard Farm

July 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Una excursión de la granja en Girard Farm

Venga con otros agricultores y trabajadores agrícolas de habla hispana para una serie de recorridos por granjas sobre diferentes temas de agricultura sostenible. Estos eventos serán totalmente en español. Una comida pot-luck vendrá después del recorrido. No es necesario registrarse.Girard Farm es una granja de vegetales orgánicos diversificados de cinco acres. En el negocio por […]

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Accessing Soil, Leasing Land and Working with What You Got

July 26, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Accessing Soil, Leasing Land and Working with What You Got

MOFGA’s Farm Training Project (FTP) workshops are designed for apprentices, Journeypeople, farmworkers and other beginning farmers. They follow an informal format including a farm tour and conversation on the topic of the day. All events are free but require registration.Join the farmers of Sound Pine Farm on their leased land in Brunswick, ME, as well […]

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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Taco Night at Dandelion Spring Farm

July 27, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Taco Night at Dandelion Spring Farm

Join Dandelion Spring Farm and MOFGA on July 27 from 5-7 p.m. for Taco Night! Dandelion Spring's farm-to-taco bar menu features local meats and veggies with inspired flavors of Mexico. It’s $25 at the door for a meal that includes a farm salad, two tacos and spiced Mexican wedding cookies. Additional drinks for purchase include […]

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New York Apple Camp

July 28, 2023 - July 30, 2023

New York Apple Camp

Come learn about cider making, fruit foraging, the nursery trade, innovative orcharding, identifying and preserving heritage varieties, and lots more! Meet other orchard and apple enthusiasts while spending a beautiful summer weekend in Hudson Valley, New York.2023 is Apple Camp's first year in New York! Camp is being co-sponsored by Stone Ridge Orchard and MOFGA […]

$200 – $400

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New York Apple Camp

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2023-07-28

New York Apple Camp

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Maine State Oyster Eating Championship

July 30, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Maine State Oyster Eating Championship

The Maine State Oyster Eating Championship has been an annual celebration at Dennett's Wharf in Castine, Maine since 1984. This summer the Championship will return as a benefit for MOFGA, which notably hosts the Common Ground Country Fair, and is Maine's biggest supporter of organic and sustainable farming practices including aquaculture. The event will feature […]

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July 11, 2023 @ 6:00 pm

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July 15, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Baking in an Outdoor Wood Fired Oven

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July 19, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Una excursión de la granja en Girard Farm

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