MAINE PUBLIC • May 7, 2021
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association has announced plans to go ahead with an in-person fair for its signature event: The Common Ground Country Fair. Fair Director April Boucher says plans are still in progress, but the fair will be reshaped to allow for social distancing. Face coverings will be mandated, and additional sanitation stations will be provided. And she says the fair will develop demonstrations that allow for adequate spacing of onlookers. Since 1977, the Unity event has billed itself as a "celebration of rural living" and typically attracts more than 60,000 people over the course of three days.