BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 25, 2022
It may well have been the longest line in Maine over the weekend, but no one was complaining. The thousands of people queuing up to enter the Common Ground Country Fair gates on Saturday had been waiting for three years. Another 30 or so minutes hardly mattered. Estimates placed attendance in the thousands by early afternoon. Common Ground Fair is organized and put on by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Now in its 46th year, it is recognized around the country as one of the premier events celebrating farming and a sustainable lifestyle. In addition to animal exhibits and vendors selling Maine-made food and products, fair goers could sit in on musical performances or listen to speakers address topics including Indigenous peoples issues, food sovereignty, herbal medicine or human waste composting.