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9:00am EDT

Bike Trailer Builder Forum Bicycle Valet Native American Games Maine Indian Basketmakers Buzz Fuzz: Embroidered Bugs! Kids' Cosmos Worm Cafe: What Worms Like to Eat Kids' Cosmos Ceramic Arts Mudmobile Amphitheater Threshing and Winnowing Grains Activity Children's Area Compost & Recycling Paper Mache Project Compost & Recycling Compost & Recycling Tent Tours Compost & Recycling Vegetable, Flower & Fruit Judging Exhibition Hall Farm Activities with Kids: Grind Grain, Make Butter, Cider, and Bread! Play Chess Too! Farm & Homestead Kids Tent Fleece Sale Fleece Tent Spinning Demo Wednesday Spinners The Stamp Stampede Media

9:30am EDT

Seed Germination North Orchard Directional Felling with a chainsaw Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Goat Milking Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn Oxen Demonstrations Large Livestock Demo Area Mowing with a Team Field Plots

10:00am EDT

HUmanure: Its a Resource! Garden Shed in North Orchard Farmstead Tour Farmhouse Goat Milking Demonstration Sheep & Goat Barn Harnessing a Horse Barn 1 People Powered Bike Parade: Celebration of Wheeled Mobility Bicycle Valet A Restorative Approach to Everyday Living Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Return of American Chestnuts Railcar Speakers Tent Mowing Techniques for European Scythes Meet at Booth Root Cellaring: Design, Store, and Cook From Your Land Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Garlic planting demonstration North Orchard Grafting Tomatoes and Other Vegetable Crops Litchfield Tent Pumpkin Varieties North Orchard Q&A: Organic Crops - Drop by & Ask the Experts MOFGA Tent Wet & Dry Seed Saving Agricultural Demonstrations What Forests & Prairies Can Teach Us Windsor Tent Choosing the Right Fleece Fleece Speakers Tent Perspectives on Innovative European Forestry Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Creating Healthy and Happy Families Health & Healing Speakers Tent Nourishing the Nervous System Herb Tent Clipping Cattle for Show Barn 3 Goat Hoof Trimming Sheep & Goat Barn Goat Milking Demo Barn 3 Listen Carefully: understand your horse and get to ÒworkÓ Round Pen Meet the Icelandic Horse, a Versatile Breed Show Ring Raising Heritage Breed Pigs Pig Pen Raising Turkeys Livestock Speakers Tent Sheep Dog Demonstrations Sheep Dogs Learn to Play the Spoons Maine Folk Traditions Stage Cold Weather Housing in Alaska Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Ash Log Pounding Demo Maine Indian Basketmakers Bow-Making Demo Folk Arts Tent 1 Knitted Garment Closures ClassLIMITED Folk Arts Tent 2 Make a Leather Pouch, Class: $10 Folk Arts Tent 1 Quills on Birch Bark Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Soundings Life Breath Whole Life Tent Agricultural/Forestry Projects at MeANS Young Maine Speakers Tent Bioleveraging: Advanced Soil Building Hayloft Tour of Low Impact Forestry Harvest in Progress: Draft Animal and Human Powered Options at Work Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Plant Weaving Young Maine Area Wilderness Expedition Activities The Woods Woodland Exploration The Woods Woods Skills and Activities The Woods Food & Farms Quest Young Maine Area Bark Dyeing Pocket Park Horse Drawn Rides Large Livestock Demo Area Spreading Compost with a Team Field Plots

10:30am EDT

Garden Parade (arrive 15 min. early to dress) Children's Area OC and Sarah Sunflower Stage Jonboy Nemo Spotlight Stage Raw Foods: Raw Corn Chowder Country Kitchen Demos

11:00am EDT

Drop Spinning Workshop Wednesday Spinners Forestry for Kids The Woods Top Bar Bee Hives: the How and Why Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Gear Up YOUR Community! Get Bike Friendly Bicycle Valet Anti-Globalization Storytelling Folk Arts Tent 2 Investing in Maine to Make Maine a Better Place Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Making Molded Maple Sugar Meet at Booth Beginning Seed Saving for Home Gardeners Windsor Tent Changing weather for farmers and gardeners Litchfield Tent Chinese Therapeutic Movement Health & Healing Speakers Tent Fermentation and Food Relocalization The Common 4-H Youth Development, how to become involved Livestock Speakers Tent Games on Horseback that Teach Round Pen Hoof Care for Sheep Sheep & Goat Barn The Morgan Horse in Maine Show Ring Serving Beanhole Beans Bean Hole Beans Ask Us About Tree Work Maine Folk Traditions Stage Fully-Automated Wood Pellet Central Heating Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Basket Weaving Demo Maine Indian Basketmakers Cinnamon Rolls Over Campfire Maine Guide Camp Felt a Sampler, Class: $12 Folk Arts Tent 2 Foraging & Wild Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Processing Acorns into Flour Maine Guide Camp Clearing Chakras to Restore Balance and Vitality Whole Life Tent Connecting Youth with the STEM in their Community Young Maine Speakers Tent

11:30am EDT

Leah Wolfsong & Reinaldo Cortez Spotlight Stage

12:00pm EDT

Fire and Ice with Mad Science Sunflower Stage Easy Bike Fit Forum Bicycle Valet Cooperatives 101 Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Intro. to Vermicomposting (Worm Composting) Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Making Mead in Maine Hayloft Why I Enjoy The Common Ground Fair Railcar Speakers Tent Mowing Techniques for European Scythes Meet at Booth Advanced Seed Saving Windsor Tent Conserving Farmland for the Next Generation Litchfield Tent Q&A Meet Up: Farm Apprenticeships MOFGA Tent Soil Trench Overview Soil Pit Alpaca: Choose The Best Fleece For Your Handspun Project Fleece Speakers Tent Building Woods Roads & Trails Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Transformative Power of Story Health & Healing Speakers Tent Women's Herbs, Women's Health Herb Tent Calm the Nervous Horse Round Pen Gould Academy: Our School Farm Barn 5 Guinea Hen Breeding Livestock Speakers Tent Routine Sheep Hoof Trimming & Care Sheep & Goat Barn Sheep Dog Demonstrations Sheep Dogs Trimming the Fijord's Mane Barn 1 DEFFA Sing-Along Maine Folk Traditions Stage Energy Efficiency & Healthy Homes Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Kolunkayowan Wikpiyik - Protecting the Ash for Future Generations Maine Indian Basketmakers The Tarot: a Glimpse into the Cards Whole Life Tent Creating Garden Ecosystems Using Permaculture Young Maine Speakers Tent Perpetual e-Motion Amphitheater

12:30pm EDT

Cooking with bean flour, and baking with cooked be Country Kitchen Demos Audrey Ryan Spotlight Stage

1:00pm EDT

What to Look for When Purchasing an Older Tractor Antique Tractors Honey Bee Swarms: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Women's Tyre Repair Bicycle Valet Anti-Globalization Storytelling Folk Arts Tent 2 Growing Medical Cannabis in Maine Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Making Hard Cider Hayloft Sharpening the European Scythe Meet at Booth Building the Modular Moveable Hoophouse North Orchard Soils of Maine Windsor Tent Wet & Dry Seed Saving Agricultural Demonstrations Methods of Shearing an Angora Rabbit Fleece Speakers Tent Thinning For Value Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Preventing Cesarean Birth Health & Healing Speakers Tent All About St John's Wort Herb Tent Birthing Lambs and Improving Survivability Sheep & Goat Barn Clipping Cattle for Show Barn 3 Fitting the Driving Harness Round Pen Q&A: Organic Livestock - Drop by & Ask our Expert MOFGA Tent Raising Backyard Beef Livestock Speakers Tent Learn to Play the Spoons Maine Folk Traditions Stage Sustainable Home Heating Options for Maine Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Home Funeral How-To Folk Arts Tent 2 Astrology 101 - the Basics Whole Life Tent FoodCorps and Farm to School Programming in Maine Young Maine Speakers Tent What's the impact of the proposed E/W Corridor? Railcar Speakers Tent Saw Mill Demonstrations Low Impact Forestry Mill Yard

1:30pm EDT

Hula Hooping with Zoe Sunflower Stage Canning and Freezing Basics Country Kitchen Demos Directional Felling with a chainsaw Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Milk & Honey Rebellion Amphitheater Log Scooting Contest Large Livestock Demo Area

1:45pm EDT

Meteroa Spotlight Stage

2:00pm EDT

People Powered Bike Parade: Celebration of Wheeled Mobility Bicycle Valet Maine Feminist Herstory Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Tree Crops You Didn't Know You Could Grow in Maine Hayloft Backyard Grain Growing Windsor Tent Felt Ball Making Wednesday Spinners Spinning in the Grease Wednesday Spinners Identifying & Managing Invasive Plants Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Natural Ways to Deal with Depression Health & Healing Speakers Tent Medicinal Herbs and the Chakras Herb Tent Driving & Riding the Draft Horse: Special Considerations Show Ring General Goat Care and Knowledge Barn 3 Improving Internal Parasite Resistance in Your Flock Sheep & Goat Barn Pasture Renovation Livestock Speakers Tent Sheep Dog Demonstrations Sheep Dogs How to Eat Local All Year Long Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Frank Ferral and the Feral Cats/ Contra Dance Maine Folk Traditions Stage Certified Organic Demystified Litchfield Tent Changing Maine's Carbon Future with Solar Energy Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Cornelia 'Flyrod' Crosby Folk Arts Tent 1 Foraging & Wild Plant Walk Folk Arts Tent 1 Knitted Thumb Gussets ClassLIMITED Folk Arts Tent 2 Knots & Lashings Class Maine Guide Camp Make Wooden Spatula, Class: $10 Folk Arts Tent 1 Wilderness Camp Setup Maine Guide Camp Dispelling the Myths of Wicca Whole Life Tent Unschooling Young Maine Speakers Tent Mowing with a Team Continues Field Plots Plowing Demonstrations Field Plots

2:30pm EDT

Garden Parade (arrive 15 min. early to dress) Children's Area OC and Sarah Sunflower Stage Mrs. Thrift Cooks w/ Herbs! Country Kitchen Demos

3:00pm EDT

Trike Forum: Stable, Accesible, and Liberating Bicycle Valet Anti-Globalization Storytelling Folk Arts Tent 2 Israel & Palestine: Getting to Peace Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Apple Tasting: Come Vote for Your Favorites Hayloft Cover Crops for Northeast Farms and Gardens South Orchard Indoor Gardening and Sprouting Farm & Homestead Speakers Tent Wet & Dry Seed Saving Agricultural Demonstrations Bringing Fiber Work to Market Fleece Speakers Tent Q & A With Low Impact Forestry Professionals Low Impact Forestry Tent & Demonstration Area Urinary Incontinence Health & Healing Speakers Tent Buying a Draft Horse and Harnessing a Team Round Pen Cows on Parade Barn 3 Draft Goats: Raising, Training, Outfitting Livestock Speakers Tent Teaching Your Riding Horse to Drive Show Ring Curlew Amphitheater Q&A: Organic Certification - Drop by & Ask the Experts MOFGA Tent Solar Heating technologies for home and business Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Bow Drill Fire Class Folk Arts Tent 1 Felt a Sampler, Class: $12 Folk Arts Tent 2 Homemade Outdoor Kids Clothes Folk Arts Tent 1 Waldorf Schools: An Organic Education Young Maine Speakers Tent Mediumship Whole Life Tent

3:15pm EDT

T. Acadie Spotlight Stage

3:30pm EDT

Veggies and Eggs Country Kitchen Demos

4:00pm EDT

Goat Hoof Care Sheep & Goat Barn Time Banking State Initiative Social & Political Action Speakers Tent MOFGA's New Maine Heritage Orchard - Saving Maine's Traditional Apples and Pears Hayloft Old World/New World Crops Windsor Tent Homeopathy and Cancer Treatment Health & Healing Speakers Tent Raising Sheep & Goats Organically Livestock Speakers Tent Kitchen Table Band Maine Folk Traditions Stage Heat Local - Advances in Maine Pellet Technology Energy & Shelter Speakers Tent Mushrooms of forest and field Litchfield Tent

4:30pm EDT

Electric Bike Forum Bicycle Valet Red Bird Spotlight Stage Spencer Amphitheater

5:00pm EDT

Beekeeping for Beginners Hayloft Thinking for Collaboration Social & Political Action Speakers Tent Small Mesh Hay Nets: Less Waste, Healthier Horse Barn 5