![]() ![]() ![]() A year later, a vision for a permanent Common Ground fairground started to take shape. In 1978, the number of fairgoers doubled. The Apprenticeship Program was formalized in 1975.ġ977 – The first Common Ground Country Fair, conceived as a harvest celebration, drew 10,000 people to Litchfield. Also in 1974, the first apprentice, Chellie Pingree (then Chellie Johnson), applied to work on a farm. Later, in 2002, MOFGA Certification Services LLC formed to provide USDA-accredited organic certification services to Maine farmers and food processors.ġ974 – The first issue of The Maine Organic Farmer & Gardener, published in August, offered practical articles about farming and homesteading. Twenty-six other farms were certified that year. Scott and Helen Nearing, authors of the 1970 back-to-the-land classic “Living the Good Life,” were guest speakers, and, from that meeting, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) was established.ġ972 – MOFGA certified its first organic farm following Rodale Organic Garden certification guidelines. Charlie Gould, a Cooperative Extension agent, invited the many people who had been calling him with questions about organic gardening and farming to gather on August 12, 1971. The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) started as a group that brought people together to learn from one another - a model we have continued to follow since.ġ971 – Organic growers started organizing for a statewide organization called the Maine Organic Foods Association (MOFA) in 1970. ![]()
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