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10 <br />"The Common Ground Country Fair" (Unity. Maine <br />Fairs also exist in other part of the country of course, many with very different <br />themes and approaches. The Common Ground fair, sponsored by Maine <br />Organic Farmers and Gardeners (MOFGA), is one such fair. <br />Organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in <br />1976, the three -day Common Ground Country Fair drew 59,000 people in <br />2012 and netted $300,000 in ticket sales and booth fees which pays for <br />training programs for new farmers, workshops and operating expenses. <br />Events included livestock shows, exhibition hall judging, live music and contra <br />dances, workshops, talks and demonstrations on topics in farming, organic <br />gardening and lawn care, seed saving, cooking with local foods, energy - <br />efficient building technologies, and environmental, health and social issues. <br />Spread over the 200 -acre grounds of the association headquarters — where <br />the water in the barnlike exhibition hall and offices is heated with solar panels, <br />the resident farmers pasture their livestock and raise heirloom vegetables and <br />medicinal herbs. <br />More information may be found at http: / /www.mofga.org /theFair. <br />omMON GRO(j � <br />COUNTRY FAZE <br />SEPTEMBER 20, 21 & 22, 2013 <br />UNITY, MAINE <br />GAI E% OPFln AT 9.00 AXI <br />%Iaine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association <br />WW .MAf,3ANg <br />