Common Ground Country Fair
common ground country fair also known common ground fair agricultural fair unity maine held third weekend labor day sponsored maine organic farmer gardener association mofga held common ground education center first held fair celebrates organic living farming growing food sold event must organic fair regularly host people fair began litchfield maine moved windsor maine mofga purchased acre unity maine fair take place yearly first fair held litchfield fairground fundraiser mofga raised portland press herald article fair history said small item first common ground country fair ran portland press herald sept headline “fair extra features” “few touches” would make fair “a cut traditional” “a roster speaker includes helen scott nearing renowned homesteader authors” story word long suggests editor press herald limited expectation future common ground country fairin novdec maine organic farmer gardner magazine lloyd ferris wrotethe common ground country fair really big define word one left lot pleasant memory picture lot good thought never forget instance incredible tent looked bit like egyptian pyramid star food beneath strong brothers’ egg roll people lined deep hungry hunza sandwich loaded cheese sprout good thing mary’s homemade ice cream hot apple krystina’s delightful bakery good fine swichel i’m spelling right cooked sagadahoc county chapter mofga kind hot cider mixture told consumed worker long ago haying seasonin hurricane hugo flooded fairground delayed saturday opening mofga installed water bottle filling station test viability longer offering sale bottled water test run deemed success sale use bottled water wasnt offered following year coffee sale offered fair many decade vendor could sell organic fairtrade coffee first time fair powered entirely alternative source including kilowatt solar array series heat pump small wind turbine may mofga announced fair wouldnt take place first time since inception due covid pandemic fair director april bouchard said statement cancellation allows u begin planning marquee virtual event fair commonly feature traditional skill demonstration alternative energy demonstration handicraft vendor farmer market food court selling range organic food fair also host large number political group activist political social activism group attendance anne raver new york time visited fair wrote fair grand celebration organic grower also spinner weaver woodworker jewelrymakers drover ox horse mule sheep herder dog mention poet fiddler reflexologists herbalist solar wind power guru seed saver wormkeepers time also noted wasn’t toasty smell cotton candy filled air fruity fragrance sweet annie artemisia annua european herb selfseed garden like invading army woman old young wore golden crown head portland press herald reported instead typical fair staple cotton candy carnival ride common ground country fair draw crowd seeking veggie burger workshop worm composting fair known numerous vegetarian vegan glutenfree option vegan columnist avery yale kamila wrote vegetarian contest come agricultural event largest selection meatfree option common ground country fair win blue ribbon consistent vegfriendliness year year maine campus newspaper wrote fair significantly vegan vegetarian option average fair day fair feature one keynote address plus hundred speech talk panel discussion demonstration educational event past keynote address common ground country fair delivered wendell berry scott nearing helen nearing elliot coleman vandana shiva bonsall kent whealy jim hightower ross gelbspan percy schmeiser mofga hold annual competition artwork featured next year fair poster merchandise maine resident mofga member enter contest featured artwork dahlov ipcar poster still life oil painting canned good dacia klinkerch kate seavers medicinal herb drawing competition poster painting two kunekune pig arika von edler painted highlight livestock raised meat common ground country fair