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Common Ground Country Fair
The Common Ground Country Fair, also known as the Common Ground Fair, is an agricultural fair in Unity, Maine held the third weekend after Labor Day and sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). It was first held in 1977. The fair "celebrates organic living, farming and growing," and all the food sold at the event must be organic. The fair regularly hosts 50,000 to 60,000 people. History The fair began in 1977 in Litchfield, Maine. In 1981, it moved to Windsor, Maine and in 1996, MOFGA purchased 200 acres in Unity, Maine, where the fair now takes place yearly. The first fair was held at the Litchfield Fairgrounds as a fundraiser for MOFGA. It raised $22,000. In 2016, a Portland Press Herald article about the fair's history said: A very small item about the first Common Ground Country Fair ran in the Portland Press Herald on Sept. 2, 1977 under the headline “Fair to Have Extra Features.” The “few touches” that would make the fair “a cut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avery Yale Kamila
Avery Yale Kamila is an American journalist, vegan columnist and community organizer in the state of Maine. Biography Kamila was born in Westminster, Massachusetts in the 1970s and grew up on an organic farm in Litchfield, Maine. Kamila adopted a vegan diet in 1991 after reading “Diet for a New America,” while she was a freshman studying journalism at Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. She graduated from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1995 with a degree in Environment Policy and Management. Kamila is married to Adam Hill and they have a son. She lives in Portland, Maine. Journalism Kamila is a journalist who wrote the ''Natural Foodie'' column for the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine, the largest newspaper in Maine, for many years starting in 2009. At one time, she wrote the ''Society Notebook'' column for the Maine Sunday Telegram. Kamila currently writes the ''Vegan Kitchen'' colum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairs In The United States
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs include: * Art fairs, including art exhibitions and arts festivals * County fair (USA) or county show (UK), a public agricultural show exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. * Festival, an event ordinarily coordinated with a theme e.g. music, art, season, tradition, history, ethnicity, religion, or a national holiday. * Health fair, an event designed for outreach to provide basic preventive medicine and medical screening * Historical reenactments, including Renaissance fairs and Dickens fairs * Horse fair, an event where people buy and sell horses. * Job fair, event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. * Regional or state fair, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dahlov Ipcar
Dahlov Ipcar (née Zorach; November 12, 1917 – February 10, 2017) was an American painter, illustrator and author. She was best known for her colorful, kaleidoscopic-styled paintings featuring animals – primarily in either farm or wild settings. Life and work Ipcar was born November 12, 1917, in Windsor, Vermont, the younger of two children, to parents William and Marguerite Zorach. She was raised in Greenwich Village, New York City; attended the City and Country School, Caroline Pratt's famous progressive school; and grew up surrounded by bohemian influences. Encouraged by her parents, she started painting at a very young age. She briefly attended Oberlin, dropping out after only one semester, frustrated with the academic restrictions on her artistic expression. In 1936, at the age of 18, Dahlov married Adolph Ipcar, a young man hired to tutor her in math for her college tests. They spent that year in New York City, with Adolph working as a math tutor while Dahlov taug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Schmeiser
Percy Schmeiser (5 January 193113 October 2020) was a Canadian businessman, farmer, and politician. In 1954, he took over the operations of the family owned farm, gas station, and farm equipment dealership. He renamed the farm equipment dealership Schmeiser's Garage and added a second farm equipment dealership in Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Central Farm Sales) in 1986 and oversaw their operations until their sale in 2003. He became an international symbol and spokesperson for independent farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops during his protracted legal battle with multinational agrichemical company Monsanto. While farming, he specialized in breeding and growing canola, field peas, mustard, and wheat. He is the subject of the 2009 film ''David Versus Monsanto'' and the 2020 film ''Percy''. ''Monsanto v. Schmeiser'' In 1997, Schmeiser found volunteer canola plants and a number of weeds growing along the road in one of his fields. He testified that he sprayed thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Gelbspan
Ross Gelbspan was a journalist, writer and environmentalist. He has written two books relating to global warming: ''The Heat Is On'' (1997) and ''Boiling Point'' (2004). ''The Heat Is On'' received national attention when President Bill Clinton told the press he was reading it. ''Boiling Point'' was the subject of the lead review in the Sunday ''New York Times'' Book Review. That review was written by former Vice President Al Gore. Gelbspan maintains the websitheatisonline.org which he updates on a daily basis. Prior to his involvement in the climate issue, Gelbspan worked as an editor and reporter at a number of newspapers, including '' The Philadelphia Bulletin'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Boston Globe''. At the Globe, he conceived a project, selected the reporters and edited the articles. The series won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984. Since becoming involved in the climate issue, Gelbspan has delivered a number of lectures, radio and television interviews and has published m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Hightower
James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He publishes a monthly newsletter that is notable for its in-depth investigative reporting, ''The Hightower Lowdown''. Life and career Born in Denison in Grayson County in north Texas, Hightower comes from a working class background. He worked his way through college as assistant general manager of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and later landed a spot as a management trainee for the U.S. State Department. He received a Bachelor of Arts in government from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he served as student body president. He later did graduate work at Columbia University in New York City in international affairs. In the late 1960s, he worked in Washington, D.C., as legislative aide to U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough. In 1970, Hightower co-foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Whealy
Kent Whealy (April 27, 1946 – March 23, 2018) was an American activist, journalist and philanthropist who co-founded Seed Savers Exchange and promoted organic agriculture and the saving of heirloom seeds. Raised in Wellington, Kansas he was inspired by the works of agricultural geneticists Jack Harlan and H.Garrison Wilkes to use his training in communications to promote the protection of genetic diversity in agriculture. Career Kent Whealy graduated from the University of Kansas in 1969 with a degree in journalism. He started a family garden in 1975 which through various land acquisitions he helped developed into the Heritage Farm six miles north of Decorah, Iowa growing nearly 2,000 varieties of vegetables. In 1990, Whealy received a Fellowship from the MacArthur Fellows Program for his work in agriculture. Whealy was also awarded the N. I. Vavilov medal from the Vavilov Institute in St. Petersburg. In 1981, Kent Whealy first used the word 'heirloom' in regard to seeds, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Bonsall
Will Bonsall is an American author, seed saver and veganic farmer who lives in Maine. He is a regular speaker about seed saving, organic farming and veganic farming. Biography Bonsall was born in Waterville, Maine in 1949. He graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1971 and moved to San Francisco and hiked across the U.S. and Mexico. He later returned to Maine to build a homestead on 85 acres in Industry, Maine called Khadighar Farm. In 2010, he self-published a science fiction novel called ''Through the Eyes of a Stranger (Yaro Tales)''. Bonsall was married to Molly Thorkildsen and has two grown sons. He is the founder of the Scatterseed Project and does write for organic gardening publications, does talks about gardening, and he does share vegan recipes. ''Will Bonsall's Essential Guide'' In 2015, Chelsea Green published ''Will Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-reliant Gardening: Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement. Shiva is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization (with Jerry Mander, Ralph Nader, and Helena Norberg-Hodge), and a figure of the anti-globalisation movement. She has argued in favour of many traditional practices, as in her interview in the book ''Vedic Ecology'' (by Ranchor Prime). She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. She is also a member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society. Early life and education Vandana Shiva was born in Dehradun. Her father was a conservator of forests, and her mother was a farmer with a love for nature. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Coleman
Eliot Coleman (born 1938) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and proponent of organic farming. He wrote ''The New Organic Grower''. He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture during its 1979–80 study, ''Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming'', a document that formed the basis for today's legislated National Organic Program (2002) in the U.S. On his Four Season Farm in Harborside, Brooksville, Maine, he produces year-round vegetable crops, even under harsh winter conditions (for which he uses unheated and minimally heated greenhouses and polytunnels). He even manages to grow artichokes, claiming that "I grow them just to make the Californians nervous." Coleman is married to gardening author Barbara Damrosch. For several years, from 1993, they co-hosted the TV series, '' Gardening Naturally'', on The Learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Nearing
Helen Knothe Nearing (February 23, 1904 – September 17, 1995) was an American author, advocate of simple living and a lifelong vegetarian. Biography Helen Knothe was born on February 23, 1904, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, as the daughter of Frank Knothe, who had a clothing business. She grew up in an economically comfortable family of Theosophists Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening by Mary Lutyens, London: John Murray, 1975. and was a lifelong vegetarian. She graduated from Ridgewood High School and studied the violin internationally. As a young woman, she had a romantic relationship with Jiddu Krishnamurti. She and Scott Nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, on December 12, 1947, when she was 43 and he was 64.Margaret Killinger ''The Good Life of Helen K. Nearing'', 2007. In 1934, the couple left New York City for Winhall in rural Vermont, where they had purchased a rather large forest tract for $2200 and a moderate-sized farm for $2500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
