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Bob Martin, interviewed by Jamie Moreira, September 21, 2002, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine.

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Identifier
NA 3090 (local)
Date
September 21 2002 (Date created)
Summary

Martin talks about his involvement with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; his interest in organic gardening in the early 1970s; his trial garden experiences; country kitchen demos at the fair; local reception of back-to-the-landers; growing melons in Maine; information booth at the fair; why the Common Ground Fair is unique; how the fair has changed in its relationship to MOFGA; growing gladiolas; and his favorite memories of the fair.

Creator and/or Contributor
Bob Martin (interviewee), James Moreira (interviewer)
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Back-to-the-land movements (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Agricultural fairs (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Information (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Rural life (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Civil Engineers (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Vegetable gardening (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Culture conflict (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Cooking (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Public policy (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Pest control (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Temporal Coverage
1923 - 2002
Geographic Coverage
Unity, Maine (Geonames)
Belgrade, Maine (Geonames)
China, Maine (Geonames)
Orono, Maine (Geonames)
Augusta, Maine (Geonames)
Lewiston, Maine (Geonames)
Burlington, Vermont (Geonames)
Litchfield, Maine (Geonames)
Windsor, Maine (Geonames)
Related Entities:
Bob Martin (interviewee)
James Moreira (interviewer)
Related Objects
First page of the transcript for NA 3090