Another wonderful Common Ground Fair has come and gone. This is my 27th as a volunteer and 14th as a co-coordinator of the Common Kitchen, and this was our best year ever! We added two new co-coordinators: Patti Hamilton planned breakfast the three days of the Fair and transformed our wholesome but boring breakfast fare into an exciting food experience. Don’t miss it next year. Madeline Cantwell, the second new volunteer coordinator, provided Sunday’s meals and pulled off a spectacular lunch with very few volunteers. Yeah, Madeline!
Our farmer donors were very generous this year, and every year it becomes easier to find veggies, as there are more certified growers. It’s a good thing (now where have I heard that before)? The Fair Food Vendors were also very generous in our times of need, and a huge thanks goes out to anyone who slipped goods into the kitchen without getting written down on this list!
The kitchen served 3193 counted meals from Thursday through Sunday and countless other meals, mini meals and snacks for set-up and clean-up. If you are wondering where to volunteer next year, come work in the kitchen, it’s the BEST!
For 2004 we will be fine-tuning our menu and expanding the variety of items offered by reaching out to more folks and farmers statewide earlier in the year. So when we call, please be generous. Your donations are tax deductible and you are supporting agricultural sustainability and a safe food supply for the future.
Common Kitchen Coordinators:
Bill Whitman
Barbara MacLennan
Patti Hamilton
Madeline Cantwell
Kim Bolshaw
Food Vendors
The Salad Bowl
4-M Products
Aucoin Concessions
Shiitake Farm
**and all the others who left food at odd hours**
Business Donors
Black Crow Bakery – Litchfield
Borealis Breads – Waldoboro
TUVA Breads – Whitefield
Grandy Oats Granola – Brownfield
State of Maine Cheese – Rockport
Mother’s Mountain Mustard – Falmouth
Avena Botanicals – Rockport
Swan’s Honey
Student’s Baking a Living – Fort Fairfield
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
Sagadahoc MOFGA
Farm Donors
Levesque’s Organic Farm – Leeds
Whitehill Farm – E.Wilton
Patchwork Gardens
Bluebird Hill Farm
Luce’s Maple Products – Anson
Hoof ’n Paw Farm – New Sharon
Woodcock Farm – Arrowsic
King’s Hill Farm – Penobscot
Acorn Farm – W. Gardiner
Willow Pond Farm – Sabattus
Farm for the Fat & Aged – Palermo
Gramps Farm – Orland
Caldwell Farm – Turner
Nezinscot Farm – Turner
Misty Mountain Farm – Turner
Horsepower Farm – Blue Hill
Four Winds Farm – Lisbon
Darthia Farm – Gouldsboro
Hidden Valley Farm – Whitefield
Peacemeal Farm – Dixmont
Mooar Hill Farm – Mt. Vernon
Brae Maple Farm – Union
Part n’ Parcel Farm – Dixmont
Ricker Hill Farm – Turner
Sand Hill Farm – Somerville
New Leaf Farm – Durham
Laughing Stock Farm – Freeport
Checkerberry Farm – Parkman
The Boardworks – Stockton Springs
Wolfe Neck Farm – Freeport
Poverty Hill Farm – S. Paris
Oyster Creek Farm
White’s Orchard – Frankfort
Beech Hill Farm – Mt. Desert
Sunrise Acres Farm – Cumberland
Happy Town Farm – Orland
Old Stage Farm – Lovell
Black Bear Food Guild – Orono
Round Rock Farm – Montville
Whistling Wind Farm – Unity
Curra Family Farm – Knox
Fiddlers Green Farm – Belfast
Sewall’s Orchard – Linconville
Little Garlic Girl Farm – Morrill
Fire Flower Farm – Thorndike
Fisher Farms
Sweetland Farms
Crooked Row Farm
Noon Family Farm
Individuals
Keith Zaltzberg
Jack Kertesz
Bob Martin
Angie Martis
Mary Chamberlin
Diana Prizio
Martha Gottlieb
Tin and Jane Smith
Eric Ellis
John Piotti – Unity Barnraisers
Kim Bolshaw
Patti Hamilton
Montana Channing
Madeline Cantwell
Barbara MacLennan
