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2009 Location Key for Areas & Events!
Locations for events in the Schedule are abbreviated.

AD-1—Litchfield Tent (AG Demo 1)
AD-2—Windsor Tent (Ag Demo 2)
AG DEMO—Agricultural Demonstrations Exhibitors' Tent
AMP—Amphitheater
AV—Audio Visual Tent
BP—Bicycle Parking
CA—Children's Area
CR—Compost and Recycling
CKD—Country Kitchen Demonstration Tent
ES—Energy and Shelter Speakers' Tent
EH—Exhibition Hall
FA-1—Folk Arts Tent 1
FA-2—Folk Arts Tent 2
F&H—Farm & Homestead
FP—Field Plots
FM—Farmers’ Market
FST—Fleece Speakers’ Tent
FT—Fleece Tent
HH—Health and Healing Speakers' Tent
HL—Hayloft
HT—Herb Tent
HST—Harry S. Truman Games
LIF—Low Impact Forestry Tent
LIF WT—Low Impact Forestry Woodlot Tent
LL—Large Livestock Demo Area
LST—Livestock Speakers’ Tent
MFT—Maine Folk Traditions Tent
MGC—Maine Guide Camp
MI—Maine Indian Basketmakers
NO—North Orchard
PB—Poultry Barn
PT—Poultry Demo Tent
RB—Rabbit Barn
RC—Railcar Speakers
RP—Livestock Round Pen
RT—Reiki Tent
SDA—Sheep Dog Demo Area
SGB—Sheep & Goat Barn
SO—South Orchard
SPA—Social and Political Action Speakers' Tent
SR—Show Ring
SS—Spotlight Stage
SUN—Sunflower Stage
SW—Stone Workers
WL—Whole Life Tent
WS—Wednesday Spinners
YEZ—Youth Enterprise Zone

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Schedule of Events - Sunday, September 27, 2009

  

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Gates open at 9:00 a.m. Vendors stay open until 5:00 p.m.
Registration for 5-K Foot Race - 6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Race starts at 8:00 a.m.
Fair goes on, rain or shine.

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Agriculture – Farming, Gardening, Orchards:


Time
Title
Speaker(s)/Demonstrators(s)
Location
All Day
Biochar Demo
George Hoche, Downeast BioChar
AG DEMO
All Day
Garden Tool Demonstrations
Johnny's Selected Seeds
NO
9:15 am
Permaculture Principles
Charles Yelton, Newforest Institute
HL
10:00 am
Root Cellaring
Cheryl Wixson, MOFGA Organic Marketing Specialist
AV
10:00 am
Fiber Beyond the Local Fence
Nanney Kennedy, Get Wool
HL
10:00 am
Bioefficiency: What Forests & Prairies Teach Us
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
AD-1
10:00 am
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
Meet @ Booth in F&H
10:00 am
The ABCs of Ecology in the Garden
John Ibsen, Ferry Beach Ecology School
RC
10:00 am
Growing in Greenhouses
John Pino, Mooarhill Farm & Greenhouses
AD-2
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Organic Beekeeping & Using Topbar Hives
Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary
Meet @ Booth in F&H
11:00 am
Seed Cleaning Workshop
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
AG DEMO
11:00 am
Answers to Your Certification Questions
MOFGA Certification Services Staff
AG DEMO
11:00 am
Eat Local Foods Coalition (ELFC) Meetup & Networking
Alison LePage, ELFC
AV
11:00 am
Farmstead Tour
Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm
Farmhouse
11:00 am
Bees for Fun
Lincoln Sennett, Swan's Honey
HL
11:00 am
Get the Dirt on Farm Business Planning
Gray Harris, Coastal Enterprises Farms For Future
AD-1
11:00 am
Garlic Cultivation
Jack Kertesz, MOFGA Trial Gardens Coordinator
NO
11:00 am
Modular Gardens: 3-Foot-Square Raised Beds
Edward Smith
AD-2
noon
Brief History of Organic Ag.
Andrew Marshall, MOFGA Educational Programs
AV
noon
Plants, Minerals & Biology: an Inseparable Relationship
Mark Fulford, Teltane Farm & Nursery
HL
noon
Old World vs. New World Crops
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
AD-1
noon
Sharpening the European Scythe Blade
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
Meet @ Booth in F&H
noon
Tour MOFGA's Apple Orchard
C.J. Walke, MOFGA Landscape Coordinator
NO
noon
Integrating Livestock into Vegetable Growing Systems
John Pino, Mooarhill Farm & Greenhouses
AD-2
1:00 pm
Answers to Your Organic Vegetable Questions
Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist
AG DEMO
1:00 pm
Nontoxic Varoa Mite Control in Bee Colonies
Ross Conrad, Dancing Bee Gardens
AV
1:00 pm
Growing for Fedco
Gene Frey, Fedco Seeds Inc
HL
1:00 pm
Growing Peaches in Maine
Leslie Cummins & Tim Seabrook, Five Star Nursery
AD-1
1:00 pm
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
Meet @ Booth in F&H
1:00 pm
Hand Tools
Jack Kertesz, MOFGA Trial Gardens Coordinator
NO
1:00 pm
Soil Preperation for Raised Beds
Edward Smith
AD-2
2:00 pm
Letting Bonsai Get Ready for Winter
Ernie Glabau, Entwood Bonsai
HL
2:00 pm
Beekeeping in Top Bar Beehives
Christy Hemenway, Gold Star Honeybees
AD-1
2:00 pm
Advanced Seed Saving
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
AD-2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Grape Tasting
Michael Phillips, Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs
Fedco Tent
3:00 pm
Seed Cleaning Workshop
Teri Balch, Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coop.
AG DEMO
3:00 pm
Worm Composting
Mark Follansbee, Worm Mainea
HL
3:00 pm
Programs & Support for New Farmers in Maine
Andrew Marshall, MOFGA Educational Programs; Nina Young, Maine Farmland Trust
AD-1
3:00 pm
Market Garden Tour & Weed & Pest ID
Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm; Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist
SO
3:00 pm
Soil Mgmt. in New & Existing Gardens
Bruce Hoskins, Maine Soil Testing Service
AD-2
4:00 pm
Backyard Grain Growing
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
AV
4:00 pm
Using Common Weeds
Kayla Scheimreif, Shepards & Such Homesteading Farm
AD-2
4:00 pm
Worm Composting
Brett Thompson, The Worm Firm
AD-2

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