“Common Ground Country Fair”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Common Ground Country Fair is a fair in Unity, Maine sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA). 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 places yearly.^[1] The fair "celebrates organic living, farming and growing," and all the food sold at the event must be organic.^[2] The fair regularly hosts 50,000 to 60,000 people.^[3]

The fair is also host to a large number of political groups and activists. In 2009, there were 64 political or social activism groups in attendance.^[4]

In 2008, MOFGA installed water bottle filling stations to test the viability of banning the sale of bottled water. The test run was deemed a success and the sale and use of bottled water was banned the following year.^[5]^[6]

For the first time in 2017, the fair was powered entirely by alternative sources, including a 102-Kilowatt solar array, a series of heat pumps and a small wind turbine.^[7]^[8]

The fair doesn't have a midway or race track. It features traditional skills demonstrations, alternative energy demonstrations, handicraft vendors, two farmers markets and two food courts, selling a range of organic, prepared foods. The fair is known for its numerous vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.^[9]

In 2017 the Portland Press Herald noted that "the busy food courts aren’t the only places to sample the delights of Maine’s organic vegan cuisine. The fair includes a mind-bogglingly long list of classes, many on how to grow, forage and eat plants."^[10]

Years earlier the Portland Press Herald reported: "Instead of the typical fair staples such as cotton candy and carnival rides, the Common Ground Country Fair draws crowds seeking veggie burgers and workshops on worm composting."^[11]

In 2012, The New York Times visited the fair and wrote: "The fair is a grand celebration not only for organic growers, but also for spinners and weavers; woodworkers and jewelry-makers; drovers of oxen, horses and mules; and sheep herders and their dogs. Not to mention poets and fiddlers, reflexologists and herbalists, solar and wind power gurus, seed savers and worm-keepers." The Times also noted: "It wasn’t the toasty smell of cotton candy that filled the air; it was the fruity fragrance of sweet Annie (Artemisia annua), a European herb that can self-seed in the garden like an invading army. Women old and young wore golden crowns of it on their heads."^[12]

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1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/14/for-common-ground-vendors-is-the-fair-enough/|title=For Common Ground vendors, is the fair enough?|last=Pols|first=Mary|date=September 14, 2014|work=Portland Press Herald|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2003/09/20/common-ground-country-fair-starts/|title=Common Ground Country Fair starts|last=Mack|first=Sharon Kiley|date=September 20, 2003|work=Bangor Daily News|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/25/us/maine-fair-promotes-pure-food-and-rural-values.html|title=Maine Fair Promotes Pure Food and Rural Values|last=Schneider|first=Keith|date=September 25, 1989|work=New York Times|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2009/09/27/news/activism-flourishes-at-common-ground-country-fair/|title=Activism flourishes at Common Ground Country Fair|last=Cousins|first=Christopher|date=September 27, 2009|work=Bangor Daily News|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mofga.org/TheFair/FairNews/FairNewsArchives/FairNewsSpring09/tabid/1219/Default.aspx#Water|title=Fair News|date=Spring 2009|publisher=Maine Organic Farmers Gardeners Association|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=http://mainetoday.com/blog/8-things-looking-forward-years-common-ground-fair/|title=8 things I am looking forward to at this year's Common Ground Fair|last=Kitchens|first=Sharon|date=September 9, 2014|work=Maine Today|publisher=Portland Press Herald|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2017/09/14/living/mofga-prepares-for-first-solar-powered-common-ground-fair/|title=MOFGA prepares for first solar-powered Common Ground Fair|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2017/05/08/homestead/from-universities-to-family-farms-sustainable-energy-is-everywhere-in-maine/|title=How Mainers keep finding new sources of energy|work=Bangor Daily News|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/17/vegetarian-kitchen-for-vegetarians-common-ground-is-the-fairest-of-them-all/|title=For vegetarians, Common Ground is the fairest of them all|last=Kamila|first=Avery Yale|date=2014-09-17|website=Press Herald|access-date=2017-09-03}}
10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2017/09/13/at-the-common-ground-fair-vegans-have-plenty-of-options-for-eating-and-learning/|title=At the Common Ground fair in Unity, vegans have plenty of options for eating and learning|date=2017-09-13|work=Press Herald|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2013/09/21/crowds-find-common-ground-at-unity-fair_2013-09-21/|title=Crowds find Common Ground at Maine fair|date=2013-09-21|work=Press Herald|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en-US}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/garden/the-common-ground-fair-in-maine-celebrates-organic-food.html|title=The Common Ground Fair in Maine Celebrates Organic Food|last=Raver|first=Anne|date=2012-09-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

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