Common Ground Country Fair 2012: Full Schedule

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11:00am

Unraveling Consumerism

Speakers

Shannon Hayes

Sap Bush Hollow Farm

Blending story telling, farm humor, and an uncanny knack for stirring up trouble, Shannon examines the history of consumerism in America, how it played out in the household, the effects it has had on our food system and culture, and how we can recover our households, our communities, our ecosystem and our country. Like much of her work, this talk is characteristically controversial, and is likely to stir up debate as well as inspire action, even among those who disagree. Shannon Hayes...
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Friday September 21, 2012 11:00am - 11:45pm
The Common

Keynote

1:00pm

Fifty Years Since Silent Spring - Thirty Years of Organizing for a World Free of Toxic Pesticides

Speakers

Jay Feldman

Beyond Pesticides

For more than three decades, Jay Feldman has been hammering away at the likes of Monsanto, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Dow, Dupont, Bayer, Syngenta and pesticides industry lobby groups such as the misleadingly named RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment). Feldman cofounded the advocacy organization Beyond Pesticides and has been its director since 1981. Like MOFGA, Feldman seeks a transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. Under his leadership, Beyond Pesticides maintains a...
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Saturday September 22, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm
The Common

Keynote

11:00am

Farming, Family, and Community

Speakers

Sarah Smith

Grassland Farm

Sarah Smith and her husband, Garin, own and operate GrasslandOrganic Farm in Skowhegan, where they milk 40 cows and raise 4 acres of mixed vegetables, organic beef, pastured broiler chickens, laying hens and pigs. They offer seasonal CSA shares, and Sarah attends four farmers' markets year round while also raising their three children, Cedar (6), Reed (3) and Charlotte (9 months). Additionally, Sarah manages a multi-farm CSA in Skowhegan called The Pickup, which supports 40 food producers...
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Sunday September 23, 2012 11:00am - 11:45am
The Common

Keynote