Farmer and co-owner of Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine; author of “The Garden Primer” and “Theme Gardens” and co-author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”
Power to the People: Drawing Strength from the Pandemic
Sunday, September 27, 2020
• View Barbara Damrosch’s keynote speech on YouTube
Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for over 20 years.
Farming While Black
Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Winona LaDuke is a rural development economist and author working on issues of Indigenous economics, food, and energy policy.
Relocalizing and Restoring Traditional Food Varieties: Building a Regional Indigenous and Local Food System
Friday, September 25, 2020
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Owner and operator, Chase Stream Farm; veteran outreach coordinator, Maine AgrAbility and MOFGA
United We Grow: Veterans in Agriculture
Sunday, September 22, 2019
• View Anne Devin’s keynote speech on YouTube
Research Director of U.S. Right to Know, investigative journalist and author of “Whitewash – The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science”
Decades of Deceit – A Critical Eye on Pesticides, Science and Industry
Saturday, September 21, 2019
• Read Carey Gillam’s keynote speech
• View Carey Gillam’s keynote speech on YouTube
Organic farmer, State Representative, House Chair – Committee on Agriculture Conservation and Forestry
Fumbling Toward Prosperity: Family, Community and the Maine Food Economy
Friday, September 20, 2019
• Read Craig Hickman’s keynote speech
• View Craig Hickman’s keynote speech on YouTube
Owner and operator of Cornerstone Farm, a hog and organic vegetable farm in Palmyra, Maine
Farmers’ Markets & Strong Communities
Sunday, September 23, 2018
• Read Hanne Tierney’s keynote speech
• View Hanne Tierney’s keynote speech on YouTube
President and Founder, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
Our Food System: The Tie to Immigration, Migrant Workers, Exploitation and Human Trafficking
Saturday, September 22, 2018
• Read Baldemar Velasquez’s keynote speech
• View Baldemar Velasquez’s keynote speech on YouTube
Executive Director of the Maine Grain Alliance and Co-Founder of Gromaine Organic Farm
Growing Together: Reaping the Rewards of a Passionate Interconnected Community
Friday, September 21, 2018
• Read Tristan Noyes’ keynote speech
• View Tristan Noyes’ keynote speech on YouTube
