{"id":52821,"date":"2022-08-30T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/fair-keynote-speakers-2022-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:54:30","slug":"featured-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/featured-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ground Country Fair Featured Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"52821\" class=\"elementor elementor-52821\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d5d9d7b elementor-section-height-min-height masthead elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7d5d9d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46cb48b\" data-id=\"46cb48b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-73517243 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73517243\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-403042bb\" data-id=\"403042bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d151ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d151ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Featured Events<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b697289 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b697289\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d83e8c\" data-id=\"5d83e8c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1194d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad1194d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read more about some of our featured events at the 2025 Fair!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59090ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59090ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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title=\"Keynote_Saturday_Adam Alexander\" alt=\"Headshot of Adam Alexander\" class=\"elementor-animation-float\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\">Adam Alexander<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-375f49d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"375f49d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seed detective Adam Alexander takes us on a journey around the world with his stories of discovery: finding rare, endangered, culturally important and delicious vegetables and grains and the amazing people who breed, conserve, and maintain them. He shares the encounters \u2014 from Indigenous farmers to open-source and freelance breeders in Albania, India, and Ethiopia \u2014 in his latest book, \u201cThe Accidental Seed Heroes.\u201d He introduces us to passionate amateurs on a mission to increase diversity and resilience, championing low-input, agroecological approaches to feed us all in a changing and uncertain climate in Austria and Denmark. He meets plant scientists and agronomists who believe that collaboration and participatory breeding, working with farmers developing and improving locally adapted crops, offers an inspiring and positive road to ensuring food security, better health, and wellbeing for us all.<\/p><p>Please join Alexander on <strong>Friday, September 19 at 1 p.m.<\/strong> for <strong>&#8220;Meetings with Remarkable Seeds and the Heroes Who Grow Them&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>in the DIY #HomeHacks Speakers Tent.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e6f6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87e6f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesse Alexander<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9997205\" data-id=\"9997205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264d9a7 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"264d9a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Featured-Event_Stephanie-Wang-r9iz8qjk5bcj4oh25yjhmwxzhlgqhs1uzjvw1faqo8.jpg\" title=\"Featured Event_Stephanie Wang\" alt=\"Headshot of Stephanie Wang\" class=\"elementor-animation-float\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\">St\u00e9phanie Wang<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdcadf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bdcadf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>St\u00e9phanie Wang was born in Montreal to Cantonese parents who grew up in Madagascar. She completed a master&#8217;s degree in sociology of agriculture and worked five years with farmers\u2019 organizations affiliated with La Via Campesina. She founded Le Rizen in 2016 in Frelighsburg, Eastern townships of Quebec. The farm specializes in the organic production, processing, direct marketing, and promotion of more than 40 Asian vegetables, plants, and seeds.<\/p><p>Wang is the author of \u201cPerennial Farms for Now and the Future\u201d and co-author of \u201cAsian Vegetables.\u201d In 2023, she received the Producer of the Year award at the Lauriers de la Gastronomie qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise. She sits on the board of directors of Union Paysanne because she believes that borderless solidarity is necessary to bring food sovereignty initiatives to life.<\/p><p>Please join Wang for her first visit to the Fair, where she will be sharing her passion and experience with growing and cooking Asian vegetables. On <strong>Saturday, September 20 at 2 p.m<\/strong>, Wang will teach <strong>&#8220;Cooking with Asian Vegetables: Malabar Spinach Cake Demonstration and Tasting&#8221; in the Country Kitchen Demo Tent.<\/strong> On <strong>Sunday at 10 a.m.<\/strong>, Wang will teach<strong> \u201cLacto Fermenting Asian Vegetable: Sichuan Pickles Demonstration\u201d in the Country Kitchen Demo Tent.<\/strong> She will also share her vision and decade-long work of cultivating food sovereignty through diversity, resilience and solidarity from local to international levels on <strong>Saturday, September 20 at 4 p.m. in the DIY #HomeHacks Speakers Tent<\/strong> during her talk, <strong>\u201cLe Rizen: Diversity, Resilience, and Collectivism for Perennial Farms.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca53d50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca53d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by Olivier Bourget<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa4deda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa4deda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-657ae4d\" data-id=\"657ae4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8929522 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8929522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Featured-Event_Eliot-Coleman-r9izavmbpqa1kpd3nvuwbdhs76wu0yjum5dpe44gi0.jpg\" title=\"Featured Event_Eliot Coleman\" alt=\"Headshot of Eliot Coleman\" class=\"elementor-animation-float\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\">Eliot Coleman<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d21b92 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d21b92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Four Season Farm is a commercial market garden and working farm in Harborside, Maine, founded by farmers and writers Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman. At Four Season Farm, they sow multiple crops of green manures to create and maintain soil fertility, rather than importing compost and manure from off the farm. This has saved them money, energy, and time and avoids the hassles of acquiring outside organic matter. The farm introduces no new incidental pollutants to the soil and covers everything that is needed to maintain a fertile soil because green manures are a living soil improvement system. Four Season Farm is an example of how organic vegetable growers can keep their soil uncompromised by industrial residues by relying solely on home-grown green manures.<\/p><p>Please join Eliot Coleman on <strong>Saturday, September 20 at 10 a.m.<\/strong> for <strong>\u201cThe Self Fed Farm\u201d in the Litchfield Tent.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20556e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20556e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by Barbara Damrosch<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52e12df\" data-id=\"52e12df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f1287 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b9f1287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Featured-Event_Pete-Kilpatrick-r9iz8rhec5dtgafp0gy47epg2zc3ph5lbojdip9ci0.jpg\" title=\"Featured Event_Pete Kilpatrick\" alt=\"Pete Kilpatrick standing in an open road.\" class=\"elementor-animation-float\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJkb19ub3Rfc2hvd19hZ2FpbiI6IiJ9\">The Pete Kilpatrick Band <\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb70984 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb70984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Pete Kilpatrick Band is an indie folk-rock group based in Portland, Maine. The band features Pete Kilpatrick (vocals, acoustic guitar), Pete Morse (electric guitar), Tyler Stanley (keyboard), Colin Winsor (bass), and Chris Sweet (drums). Beginning his musical journey at 16, Kilpatrick has released nine studio albums and performed nearly 2,000 shows. The band has shared the stage with artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Ray LaMontagne, Guster, and Blues Traveler. Their music has been featured on over 15 network TV shows, including The Office, Parks and Recreation, and New Girl. The band is currently working on their 10th studio album, slated for release in 2026.<\/p><p>Come and enjoy The Pete Kilpatrick Band on <strong>Sunday, September 21 at 3:30 p.m. on the Amphitheater stage.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a6311 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01a6311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by Matt Cosby<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8d5d87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8d5d87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-511efc5\" data-id=\"511efc5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7345403 elementor-align-end elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7345403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/schedule\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fad fa-chevron-double-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Back to Schedule<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Events Read more about some of our featured events at the 2025 Fair!\u00a0 Adam Alexander Seed detective Adam Alexander takes us on a journey around the world with his stories of discovery: finding rare, endangered, culturally important and delicious vegetables and grains and the amazing people who breed, conserve, and maintain them. 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