The Fair lasted for two very full days and we had so much fun! There were hundreds of booths offering information and products from herbal remedies to freeze-dried food to solar panels to gardening gadgets to animal castration devices. Interesting stuff! There was so much to look at and learn about that it was hard to fit it all in.
The main attraction for me, however, was the speakers and workshops.
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| Temple Grandin |
Renowned animal behavior expert, Temple Grandin, gave a fascinating talk about how to improve animal welfare.
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| David Schafer of Featherman Co., left, and Joel Salatin, right |
Hubby Dear and I really enjoyed the poultry processing demonstration given by the inimitable Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm. We are thinking about raising broiler chickens now after learning a few tricks of the trade.
In addition to these big name speakers, we attended lectures on raising mushrooms, dairy goats, and heritage pigs, composting, and beekeeping. There were so many interesting workshops that we could have attended had we been able to be in three or four places at once.
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| Some of the booty I brought home |
I brought home a bag full of goodies, some of which you see in the above photo. I bought mostly books and other informational material, but I did buy one item of especial note.
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| A WAPI |
I was able to pick a WAPI (Water Pasteurization Indicator) from the Sun Oven Company. The WAPI they used to sell came on a nylon cord and would burn or melt when being used to test water pasteurization anywhere else than a solar oven. This has been remedied in the product they currently carry, making it much more useful.
If you are able to attend a Mother Earth News Fair, I highly recommend it. There are four fairs scheduled for next year:
April 12-13, 2014 Asheville, NC
May 31- June 1, 2014 Puyallup, WA
September 12-14, 2014 Seven Springs, PA
Date TBD, Lawrence, KS
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