Lipfert discusses moving to Maine from Connecticut; buying a farm with an interest in organic farming; joining a local chapter of MOFGA in Woolwich; how the Common Ground Fair was initiated as a fund-raiser to pay the wages of MOFGA staff members; his insight as MOFGA president for 2 years in the ‘80s, including the financial considerations that led to the movement of the fair from Litchfield to Windsor to Unity; stories about changes in MOFGA over the years, including a policy change allowing the Executive Director to hire his/her own staff members, and the addition of a Technical Director of the fair; MOFGA’s failed attempts to advocate for the Maine Food Policy in the Maine Legislature; MOFGA’s continuing influence on conventional Maine farmers by means of education about sustainable agriculture.