Membership
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Being a MOFGA member means playing a role in creating a food system that is healthy and fair for all of us. Through education, training and advocacy, MOFGA is helping farmers thrive, making more local, organic food available and building sustainable communities. Your membership supports all of our work!
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Common Ground Country Fair Tickets for MOFGA Members
2023 Common Ground Country Fair tickets are available! A few Fair ticket updates for MOFGA members:
- All MOFGA members receive a 10% discount on any advance tickets they purchase. Advance tickets are available through September 20. Current members as of August 1 received an email on August 1 including the discount code. Those who join or renew after August 1 receive the discount code in their membership gift confirmation email. Tickets are available for purchase here.
- Members starting at the $40 level receive one or more complimentary tickets. Details about membership levels and benefits are outlined below. Current members as of August 1 received complimentary tickets by email (attached as a PDF) on August 1.
- Members who join or renew online after August 1 will receive complimentary tickets by email within one business day of their membership contribution. Those who join or renew by mail will receive their complimentary tickets by email within one week of receipt of their membership contribution.
- If you aren’t able to use some or all of your tickets, we encourage you to donate them to our pool of complimentary tickets available for Fairgoers for whom tickets present a financial hardship. This is a new pilot project to help make the Fair more accessible for all.
We’re looking forward to celebrating rural living together with our community at the Fair. Visit our Fair page for more information about planning your visit.
Questions about your membership or member tickets? Please email our membership team!
Monthly Membership Giving: MOFGA Perennial Friends
Becoming a MOFGA Perennial Friend monthly donor is a special way to support our work creating a healthy and fair food system for all of us. Both our members and MOFGA reap the benefits of monthly giving:
- Going green. Monthly giving helps use resources efficiently with fewer mail communications.
- Seamless renewals. Your monthly contribution is ongoing until you choose to end it, so there’s no need to renew each year.
- Committed support. Perennial Friends’ recurring contributions provide MOFGA reliable monthly income to sustain our year-round education, training and advocacy programs.
Read more about monthly membership benefits below!
Membership Benefits
All members receive core membership benefits from July to the following June. The current membership year runs July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
Core membership benefits:
- A membership vote that gives you a say in MOFGA’s future direction at our annual meeting.
- Discounts on trainings, online and in person, on a wide range of topics throughout the year.
- Updates on MOFGA’s impact for a fair and safe food system through our weekly e-newsletter, monthly donor e-newsletter, and additional email subscriptions.
- One free classified ad per issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener.
$5 Annual Membership Giving Level
- Core membership benefits.
$20 Annual Membership Giving Level
- Core membership benefits.
- Subscription to The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener (The MOF&G), our award-winning quarterly newspaper.
- Free access to our growing collection of educational videos.
$40 Annual Membership Giving Level
- Core membership benefits.
- Subscription to The MOF&G and free access to our educational videos.
- 1 complimentary ticket to the Common Ground Country Fair.*
$60 Annual Membership Giving Level or $5 Monthly Membership Giving Level
- Core membership benefits.
- Subscription to The MOF&G and free access to our educational videos.
- 2 complimentary tickets to the Common Ground Country Fair.*
$100 Annual Membership Giving Level or $8 Monthly Membership Giving Level
- Core membership benefits.
- Subscription to The MOF&G and free access to our educational videos.
- 3 complimentary tickets to the Common Ground Country Fair.*
Organizational Membership
1. Subscription to and a listing in The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, our award-winning newspaper.
2. Listing at mofga.org.
3. Opportunities for discounted advertising rates in The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener.
4. Three free tickets to the Common Ground Country Fair.
Membership FAQ
We’ll email instructions for receiving your complimentary tickets when tickets are available on August 1, 2023.
We’re grateful for your support throughout the year! July 1 marks the beginning of our membership year for voting purposes. We encourage you to make a membership donation at this time to maximize your membership benefits. We also appreciate your additional giving above and beyond your membership donation.
Any membership at the $20+ level will receive our quarterly newspaper. Membership subscriptions will be valid for five issues (fall Fair, winter, spring, summer, fall Fair), beginning with the fall Fair issue and concluding with the following year’s fall Fair issue.
- If your membership lapses, the Fair issue will be your last issue. For example, if your membership lapses in July 2023, you will receive your final fall Fair issue and then you will not receive the winter 2023-2024 issue.
- If you become a member mid-year, you will receive the remaining issues in the five-issue cycle. For example, if you become a member in January 2024, you will receive the spring 2024 issue, the summer 2024 issue, and Fair 2024 edition with your membership.
If you do not wish to receive The MOF&G as part of your membership, please let us know here.
We restructured our membership levels and membership calendar in July 2021. Now, any donation of $5 or more per year gives you membership access, making membership more accessible to our community at any price point.
Membership benefits are now based on giving level. You can choose the giving level that’s right for you instead of choosing your level based on household structure.
All memberships now renew each year on July 1. This helps us use our resources more efficiently and streamline Common Ground Country Fair entrance for members.
Please call 207-568-6007 or email [email protected] with any questions or feedback about your membership!
