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Here’s a memory from Renee Page: “This photo, circa 2010, is of my son, Elijah Page, with then First Lady Karen Baldacci. This was part of his 4-H community service project where he was helping to take tickets at the gate earlier in the day, then served as assistant to the First Lady as she

Here’s a memory from Glenn Texter: “I just wanted to let you know that my mother, Beatrice Texter, also a member of MOFGA, sadly passed away on Wednesday, August 18. Although at 83 years old, she volunteered for the first time at the CGCF handing out the MOFGA Fair newspaper at the Rose Gate. She

Here’s a memory from Sue Calhoun: “This is Nathan Stewart, at the Fair in 1988. He was 5 years old and had attended the Fair since he was a baby. (His father, Ken Stewart, was an exhibitor.) At the time, he had a fear of clowns. We took him to have his face painted. Then,

Here’s a memory from Lynn Plumb: “We first attended the fair in 1984. By 1985, Steve was volunteering and soon we all were. Our kids and their cousins grew up at the fair. Each fair is special, but for me the most memorable was 1994.  I was coordinating the Maine AIDS Alliance booth in SPA

Here’s a memory from Emily Perkins: “My dad and I are stirring the huge pot of split pea soup at the fair. The soup is always delicious but particularly special when the fair weather is rainy. When customers aren’t certain about pea soup, they just ‘give peas a chance.’”

Here’s a memory from Beedy Parker: I think this is more of a history sampling than a “story,” but I miss our old Coastal Knox MOFGA chapter and wish we could bring it back! I think we were introduced to it in about 1976, when it met in a church basement in Thomaston — and

Here’s a photo from Catherine Gibson: “Here is an old polaroid photo I just found of the Common Kitchen crew. I believe it was 1997, the last year at Windsor.”

Here’s a memory from Aaron Anker, chief granola officer at GrandyOats: “MOFGA has been such an important part of the GrandyOats journey. It is hard to imagine our focus on organic as being possible without MOFGA’s support … We need MOFGA to help achieve our certification and guide us to be a better company. This

Here’s a memory from Dwight Gagnon:  “Here’s an image of my great-grandfather in the field at our homestead in Benton, Maine. My mom said that I was the most like my great-grandfather of any of my siblings. I like simple things, good food, nature and peacefulness. My daughter Amy and I still co-own the homestead.