Welcome to Maine Fare 2012!

ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
Some tickets can still be purchased at the event locations. 

Friday, September 7 in Downtown Belfast

9 AM to 3 PM Farmer’s Market and MaineFare Midway
Over 50 Vendors of local vegetables, meats, cheeses, and prepared foods
where: on Main St and High St near the intersection (streets closed, under tents)

12 PM Farm to Table Lunch (View Menu)
Four course gourmet lunch served under a tent on High Street
where: between the intersection and Pendleton St

1:30 PM “How Maine can feed ourselves”
Opening Remarks from John Piotti,
Maine Farmland Trust executive Director
where: at the Colonial Theatre

2 PM Panel Discussions
“Feeding Maine”
How Maine can feed itself (and help feed New England)
Panel with expertise in five areas:
Meat: Troy Haines, SPW Meat Cutting
Grain: Amber Lambke, Maine Grains
Vegetables: Polly Shyka, Village Farm
Dairy: Bill Eldridge, MOO Milk
Seafood: Amanda Beal, Eat Local Foods Coalition
where: at the Colonial Theatre

3 PM MOO Milk and Cookies
A sampling of Maine’s Own Organic milk
and fresh backed cookies from Sweet Henry’s Bakery
where: at the Colonial Theatre

3:30 PM Screening of Film “Truck Farm”
“Truck Farm” documents a mobile garden education project founded in Brooklyn, NY
where: at the Colonial Theatre

4:30 PM Panel Discussion “Moving Forward”
A look at some of the creative and innovative work
that is underway and what it can mean for Maine’s future
Bonnie Rukin, Slow Money Maine
Nancy Harmon Jenkins, widely known food writer
John Piotti, Maine Farmland Trust
where: at the Colonial Theatre

5:30-9 PM “Local Plates” A farm to table dining experience
Local fare prepared by participating Belfast restaurants
Chase’s Daily, Darby’s, Delvino’s, Front Street Pub, La Vida, Lost Kitchen, and Rollie’s Bar and Grill
in corroboration with the Belfast First Friday Art Walk

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE

ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
Some tickets can still be purchased at the event locations. 

Tickets to the panel discussions and film are $15

If you also wish to attend lunch, the total price is $30

Tickets to Maine Fare can be purchased at www.maine-fare.com or by calling the MFT office at (207)338-6575. Tickets can also be purchased the day of the event, although hopeful attendees are discouraged from waiting, as there is limited space available for both the lunch and film screening.

For more information contact:
Erin Herbig MFT Outreach Coordinator
erin@mainefarmlandtrust.org (207)338-6575