Mother Earth Harvest Fair: A Celebration of Sustainable Living at Spoutwood Farm
September 29th & 30th, 2007
10 A.M. till 6 P.M.
Food and Farming
Baltimore Eats
From the farm to the city, Baltimore Eats is a guide to good food and fine wine, with a mission to entertain, excite, and enlighten. Baltimore Eats promotes regionality by introducing local growers, vintners, restaurateurs and wholesale and retail purveyors to a rapidly expanding audience of informed consumers, and promotes an increased awareness of the ecological and economic ramifications of our food buying choices.
Beekeeper David Papke
Keeper of the hives on Spoutwood Farm, beekeeper David Papke will exhibit the tools, techniques, and final products of the beekeeper’s trade.
Broad Valley Orchard
http://www.broadvalleyorchard.com/
Broad Valley Orchard is a Certified Naturally Grown family farm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pennsylvania. In addition to operating a 36 family CSA, the Orchard sells to area restaurants, and have published a book entitled Getting’ By: Make your Farm Dream into your Dream Farm, with accompanying CD of original music.
Calvert Street Wine Cellars
Spoutwood Farm’s own vines are being tended by a spirited crew from Baltimore headed by Tony Pennacchia and Charles Baker. Calvert Street is where they live and thus their label.
Dietz Produce
http://agmap.psu.edu/Businesses/694
Dietz Produce began over 30 years ago, and continues as a family operation selling homegrown fruits and vegetables along the Lincoln Highway. Deitz discontinued using herbicides on the farm in the mid 1980s, and synthetic pesticides in 2001, but so far has not become certified organic. They also sell Fair Trade coffee, tea, & cocoa in solidarity with small farmers world-wide.
Downtown Westminster Farmers Market
http://www.localharvest.org/farmers-markets/M2463
A producers-only farmers market in Westminster, MD, stressing sustainable agriculture, the Downtown Westminster Farmers Market will be represented by one or more vendors. Producers-only markets keep it local!
Farm and Natural Lands Trust
Dedicated to preserving the farms and natural lands of York County for future generations. The Trust's work is based on voluntary agreements with local landowners to place conservation easements on their properties.
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
The FTCLDF provides affordable legal counsel to farmers and consumers in need, it will make the needs of the small farmer and the concerned consumer known to our government, and it will promote our shared vision: Sustainable farming and direct farm-to-consumer transactions.
Feederbrook Farm
http://feederbrook.com/farm.htm
Feederbrook is a small (15-acre) family owned and operated farm located in northern Baltimore County, Maryland. Animals raised include chickens, guineas, turkeys, peafowl,sheep, goats, llamasand cattle. All of the items offered are made and/or grown right on the farm. We are far from factory style farm. Everything is done by hand and as naturally as possible.
Firefly Farm
http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=directory/SG_Farmview.cfm&Current=63
Grass-raised Jacob sheep for the freezer, and other sheep products such as raw fleece, including beautiful spotted fleeces.
Future Harvest - CASA
http://www.futureharvestcasa.org
A non-profit organization founded in 1994, Future Harvest-CASA is a network of farmers, agricultural professionals, landowners and consumers living and working in the Chesapeake region. Future Harvest-CASA promotes profitable, environmentally sound and socially acceptable food and farming systems that work to sustain communities.
Goldfinch Farm
A Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm providing delicious, fresh, local, and chemical-free produce to the York and Lancaster County area. Also sells products including organic and sustainably-raised meats and dairy products from other local farms, as well as fair trade coffees, teas, chocolates and olive oil.
Groff’s Content Farm
http://www.discoverfrederickmd.com/farmersmarket/html/detail.htm?cat=130&store=1114
A family farm in Frederick, Maryland, Groff’s Content sells grass-fed beef, lamb, chickens, and (for the holidays) turkeys at several local markets, including the Downtown Westminster Farmers Market.
Midwest Ox-Drovers Association (MODA)
Mark and Vicki Solomon represent the Midwest Ox-Drovers Association, an organization dedicated not only to preserving America’s ox-droving heritage, but demonstrating how oxen can be useful in today’s world. Animal traction will be increasingly important to sustainability in the post-cheap-oil environment!
Painted Hand Farm
http://www.paintedhandfarm.com
Located in beautiful historic Cumberland County, Painted Hand Farm is dedicated to practicing sustainable agriculture through rotationally grazed grass-fed livestock and pastured poultry raised in a caring and natural environment.
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
"Promoting Profitable Farms Which Produce Healthy Food For All People While Respecting The Natural Environment." Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) is a nonprofit organization working to improve the economic and social prosperity of Pennsylvania food and agriculture. PASA works with the farmers that grow our food, the consumers that eat the food, and those concerned with the ecological well-being of our environment and natural resources.
Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network
The Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA-WAgN) supports women in agriculture by providing a positive learning environment, networking, and empowerment. PA-WAgN members are women farmers, agricultural professionals, and educators committed to supporting and providing educational opportunities to women working in agriculture and ag-related businesses.
One Straw Farm
One Straw Farm is the largest organic vegetable farm in Maryland. Lovingly tended by Drew and Joan Norman since 1985, One Straw Farm supplies families, restaurants and wholesalers with the finest certified-organic produce.
Seven Valleys Vineyard
Seven Valleys Vineyard and Winery offers award-winning wines to residents of southern York County and the surrounding region.
Slow Food Baltimore
The Baltimore “convivium” of Slow Food USA (http://www.slowfoodusa.org), a non-profit eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that educations people about how their food choices affect the rest of the world. Slow Food USA envisions a future food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice – in essence, a food system that is good, clean and fair.
Spoutwood Farm CSA
Spoutwood Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) gardens supply 100+ shareholders with 22 weeks of fresh, healthy, naturally-grown produce by subscription each year. See elsewhere in this program guide for more info on Spoutwood, the host of the Mother Earth Harvest Fair, and its programs.
Wool-Spinning Demonstration
Various wool-crafters will give demonstrations of the spinner’s art. Hand-made fiber arts by skilled artisans support both small farms and the local community.
York County Sheep to Shawl Group and Fiber Club
A local organization dedicated to artisanal wool-crafts, from sheep (raw wool) to shawl (finished product).
Green Building
Ecotech
Ecotech provides alternative energy, water conservation and filtration, and septic/composting products to homes and businesses.
Energy Options and Construction
Vertis Bream, contractor for Spoutwood’s new active solar heating system, will exhibit and discuss “green” energy options and solution for the homeowner.
Timber-frame Building
Craftsmen Ted McNett and Ken Koons demonstrate the art of timber-frame building: turning local lumber, a sustainable, renewable natural resource, into sturdy houses and other buildings that can last for centuries.
Woollen Mill Fan Company
http://www.architecturalfans.com/
Hand-assembled artisanal belt-and-pulley ceiling fans made using solar and wind power: timeless beauty and careful craftsmanship coupled with ecological concern.
Health and Healing
Sonnewald Natural Foods
http://paonfarminterns.cas.psu.edu/Moore.htm
The 50-year-old farm west of York contains one of the best rural natural-food stores anywhere, Sonnewald Natural Foods. Sonnewald, started by Tim and Grace Lefever and now run by daughter Willa and her husband Bill, is dedicated to “maximizing health, sustaining the environment, and developing better communities.”
People, Environment, and Nature
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
http://www.alliancechesbay.org/
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional nonprofit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and to restore the Bay and its rivers, bridging dialogue between groups that don't see eye-to-eye, forming strategies for joint solutions, and building the capacity of communities for local-level action.
Aquatic Resource Restoration Company
Since its establishment in 2001, ARRC has specialized in providing turnkey design/build services for wetland mitigation and stream restoration projects for clients throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Codorus Creek Improvement Partnership
CCIP works to improve, protect, and celebrate the waterways and communities of the Codorus Watershed through stewardship, education, and advocacy.
GreenLine Paper Company
Since 1992 GreenLine Paper Company has been dedicated solely to the sales of quality, environmentally-sound products. Recycled and tree-free papers for home, office, or school, businesses and restaurants.
Potpourri of Animals
An assortment of critters to charm and educate.
Riverkeeper of the Lower Susquehanna, Michael Helfrich
http://lowersusquehannariverkeeper.org
Michael Helfrich is Riverkeeper of the Lower Susquehanna, a member of the Waterkeepers Alliance. The Alliance is a grassroots research, monitoring and advocacy organization dedicated to the protection of water resources.
The Temple: a Paul Mitchell Partner School
http://www.thetempleschool.com/
Representatives of The Temple will be exhibiting, discussing, and answering questions about the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree line of environmentally-friendly hair-care products.
Watershed Alliance of York
The Watershed Alliance of York (WAY) is a coalition of stakeholders committed to being innovative leaders encouraging watershed-based planning, restoration and protection, through locally led conservation, education and stewardship initiatives, in York County and beyond.
Wonder Under the Stars
Spoutwood Farm Astronomy Program
www.spoutwood.com/observatory.html
Headed by “resident” astronomy Fred Ruof, “Evenings of Wonder Under the Stars” are held regularly at Spoutwood Farm, including light fare, inspiring tales, and both naked-eye and telescopic views of the cosmos.
York County Conservation District
The York County Conservation District, formed in 1938, is the office of County government dedicated to assisting residents with their natural resource concerns.
Renewable Energy
Ecotech
Ecotech provides alternative energy, water conservation and filtration, and septic/composting products to homes and businesses.
Energy Options and Construction
Vertis Bream, contractor for Spoutwood’s new active solar heating system, will exhibit and discuss “green” energy options and solution for the homeowner.
Hanover Toyota
If hybrid-electric cars interest you, this is the exhibitor to visit.
High Tech Secrets
This company promotes an approach to saving at least 25% of your electrical energy.
Woollen Mill Fan Company
http://www.architecturalfans.com/
Hand-assembled artisanal belt-and-pulley ceiling fans made using solar and wind power: timeless beauty and careful craftsmanship coupled with ecological concern.
Sustainable & Educational Communities
Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance
The CSBA educates the public on the importance of supporting the local economy, and encourages businesses and consumers to be environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We envision a sustainable global economy as a network of Local Living Economies, building long-term economic empowerment and prosperity in communities through local business ownership, economic justice, cultural diversity and a healthy natural environment.
Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
The FTCLDF provides affordable legal counsel to farmers and consumers in need, it will make the needs of the small farmer and the concerned consumer known to our government, and it will promote our shared vision: Sustainable farming and direct farm-to-consumer transactions.
Susquehanna Sustainable Business Network
http://www.susquehannasbn.org/
Susquehanna Sustainable Business Network (ssbn) is growing a local economy that promotes social, environmental and financial sustainability in Lancaster and York Counties through support of local businesses, local food and farming, green building, historic preservation, and renewable energy.
Susquehanna Waldorf School
http://www.susquehannawaldorf.org/
The Susquehanna Waldorf School is an independent school rooted in the international movement and philosophy of Waldorf education. Our mission is to provide a nurturing and challenging environment that inspires our students to reach the highest levels of intellectual, spiritual, artistic and physical achievement.
Zero Waste
York County Solid Waste Authority
The York County Solid Waste Authority endeavors to provide environmentally responsible, efficient, and economical management of all municipal solid waste generated in York County.
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