Common Ground Country Fair 2012: Full Schedule

11:00am EDT

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... Read More →

Friday September 21, 2012 11:00am - 11:45pm EDT
The Common

Keynote

1:00pm EDT

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... Read More →

Saturday September 22, 2012 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
The Common

Keynote

11:00am EDT

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... Read More →

Sunday September 23, 2012 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
The Common

Keynote

1:00pm EDT

USDA & the Future of Food

Speakers

Kathleen Merrigan

Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture

Sunday September 23, 2012 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
The Common

Keynote