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Time
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Title
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Speaker(s)/Demonstrators(s)
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Location
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All Day
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Biochar Demo
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George Hoche, Downeast BioChar
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AG DEMO
|
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All Day
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Garden Tool Demonstrations
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Johnny's Selected Seeds
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NO
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9:15 am
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Permaculture Principles
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Charles Yelton, Newforest Institute
|
HL
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|
10:00 am
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Root Cellaring
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Cheryl Wixson, MOFGA Organic Marketing Specialist
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AV
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10:00 am
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Fiber Beyond the Local Fence
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Nanney Kennedy, Get Wool
|
HL
|
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10:00 am
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Bioefficiency: What Forests & Prairies Teach Us
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Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
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AD-1
|
|
10:00 am
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Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
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Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
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Meet @ Booth in F&H
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|
10:00 am
|
The ABCs of Ecology in the Garden
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John Ibsen, Ferry Beach Ecology School
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RC
|
|
10:00 am
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Growing in Greenhouses
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John Pino, Mooarhill Farm & Greenhouses
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AD-2
|
|
10:30 am - 11:00 am
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Organic Beekeeping & Using Topbar Hives
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Luis Feliciano, Miel Farm & Apiary
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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
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Alison LePage, ELFC
|
AV
|
|
11:00 am
|
Farmstead Tour
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Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm
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Farmhouse
|
|
11:00 am
|
Bees for Fun
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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
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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
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Ross Conrad, Dancing Bee Gardens
|
AV
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Growing for Fedco
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Gene Frey, Fedco Seeds Inc
|
HL
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Growing Peaches in Maine
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Leslie Cummins & Tim Seabrook, Five Star Nursery
|
AD-1
|
|
1:00 pm
|
Mowing Techniques for European Scythe
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Carol Bryan & Richard Scott, Scythe Supply
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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
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Edward Smith
|
AD-2
|
|
2:00 pm
|
Letting Bonsai Get Ready for Winter
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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
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AD-2
|
|
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
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Grape Tasting
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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
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Mark Follansbee, Worm Mainea
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HL
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Programs & Support for New Farmers in Maine
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Andrew Marshall, MOFGA Educational Programs; Nina Young, Maine Farmland Trust
|
AD-1
|
|
3:00 pm
|
Market Garden Tour & Weed & Pest ID
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Molly Crouse & Christa Sanders Fleming, Double Bit Farm; Eric Sideman, MOFGA Organic Crop Specialist
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SO
|
|
3:00 pm
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Soil Mgmt. in New & Existing Gardens
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Bruce Hoskins, Maine Soil Testing Service
|
AD-2
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Backyard Grain Growing
|
Will Bonsall, Khadighar Farm
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AV
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Using Common Weeds
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Kayla Scheimreif, Shepards & Such Homesteading Farm
|
AD-2
|
|
4:00 pm
|
Worm Composting
|
Brett Thompson, The Worm Firm
|
AD-2
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