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The Go Local Fair: Saturday May 21st, 9:00am - 4:00pm
This year, Sustainable Living Maryland will host the 4th annual Go Local Fair. There will be activities for all ages: information booths and workshops showcasing a wealth of information, delicious food with options for all types of diets, a farmers' market stocked with local plants and veggies, live music and a kids area! Check out the Fair Gallery page to see photos from past events.
Featured Presentations
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Edible Landscaping: Growing Your Own Edible Eden the Permaculture Way
10:30 - 11:30
Imagine a yard where trees are dripping with fresh fruits and ripening nuts, shrubs packed with delicious berries, and other plants are medicinal herbs, culinary spices, or beautiful edible flowesr. Tubers and root crops are abundant underfoot, mushrooms sprout in the shade, and kiwi vines climb back up through the layers of this forest of food. Join us for a presentation on designing food forests and back yard mushroom cultivation with regional permaculture designer and educator Michael Judd.
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Dan Rowell: You Can Make the Ride: Electric Bike Commuting
10:30 - 11:00
Dan Rowell has been an Electrical Engineer for 23 years and his interest in bicycling as well as electric and hybrid cars led him to his first electric bicycle in 2005. He now commutes by electric bike and his interest in green technology has driven his efforts in maximizing the efficiency of his commute.
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Richard Waybright: Opportunities for Better Sustainability in Agriculture
11:00 - 12:00
Dick established Mason Dixon Farms with his father and brother. It has grown to over 4000 head of Holstein dairy cows, heifers and calves; 2400 of which produce some 62 million pounds of milk yearly. In 1980 the farm received the first presidential award given for being energy self sufficient. IDFA’s first Farmer of the Year Award was presented to Mason Dixon Farms in 1999. With efficiency being the center of importance the farm has advanced to using 20 robotic milkers made by DeLaval with plans to expand to 40 robots. |
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The Slow Cook
1:30 - 2:30
Nationally acclaimed sustainability writer Ed Bruske, author of The Slow Cook blog, leads a workshop in teaching children to cook wholesome dishes with seasonal ingredients. A master gardener and leading author on school food issues, Ed's culinary work with children is inspired by "food appreciation" classes he teaches in the after-school program at the Georgetown Day School in the District of Columbia. Kids learn to eat all kinds of healthful foods when they are engaged in the act of preparing it with their own hands. |
Workshops
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Workshop |
Presenter |
10:00 - 10:30 |
My $4 Electric Bill |
Dan Andrews |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Recycling: 102 |
Maria Myers |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Cooking with the Seasons |
Lisa Simons of Whirled Peas |
12:00 - 12:30 |
Terrific Tightwads |
Kim Brown |
12:30 - 1:30 |
Small Scale Wind Turbines |
Carlos Fernandez |
12:30 - 1:30 |
Beekeeping |
Allen Hayes |
1:00 - 2:00 |
Energy Audits and More |
Gene Swier |
1:30 - 2:00 |
Preserving Food for Winter |
Tim Norwood |
2:00 - 2:30 |
Building Resilient Communities |
Shawn Connell |
2:00 - 2:30 |
Solar Presentation |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Keeping Backyard Chickens |
Lee Royer |
Vendors and Exhibitors
Farm, Home, Health |
Renewable Energy,
Green Building |
Other |
De La Tierra Gardens
Evermore Farm
Nev R Dun Farm
Orchard Country Produce and Bakery
Rare Opportunity Farm
Sattva Place
Truffla Seed Produce
White Rose Farm
Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board
Carroll County Master Gardeners
Midnight Homebrewers
Project Bona Fide
Westminster Farm Fresh
Byrdcall Studio
Daniel Creations
Sally’s Beadworks
Global Baskets
JEB Enterprises: Shaklee
Kaylala Organic Apothecary
Melaleuca, The Wellness Co.
Sterling Quality Water LLC
Fountain Valley Analytical Lab Inc. |
Ambassador Servies (Silver)
Apple Plumbing & Heating
A Quality Heating & Air Conditioning
Energy Savers America (Silver)
Greenspring Energy LLC
Lite Line Companies Inc.
Potomac Wind Energy
Rainbow Cleaning Systems
Regal Services
Renewal by Andersen
Solar Energy World
Solar LED Innovations LLC
Terra Logos Energy Group
Viridian Energy |
Carroll Community College (Gold)
Carroll County Office of Recycling
Express Marketing Design/Runkles Sign Service
Sierra Club Catoctin Group
Carroll County Beekeepers Association
Carroll County Bureau of Resource Management
Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board
Natural Parenting Carroll County
WasteNot! Carroll |
Music
| 10:00-10:55 |
Chasmo has played the local Maryland scene for over thirty-five years, as a solo act—Chasmo—and in a diverse assortment of bands such as Easy Green, Straight Up, Sidewinder, Sagebrush, Willow Creek, Second Wind, Fast Luck, and Chasmo & Cassandra. An avid songwriter and traveler, Chasmo has played all over the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. Chasmo & Cassandra perform an assortment of classic rock & oldies from the golden age of rock & roll.
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| 11:10-12:05 |
Strings on Wings
Strings on Wings play traditional fiddle tunes and waltzes in the Appalachian, Celtic, Folk, New England, and French Canadian styles. Todd Clewell plays guitar and fiddle, and Barb Schmid plays fiddle and supplies vocal harmony. Strings on Wings actively play at numerous venues around the region as well as at weddings. |
| 12:20 - 1:15 |
The groove is GrooveQuest’s foundation. It is strong, warm, lively, happy, communicative, supportive, respectful, highly exuberant, and inspirational. GrooveQuest songs are carefully chosen, vibrantly alive, rhythmically enriched, and abundantly soulful. The arrangements encourage the musicians to creatively stretch out and spontaneously express their musical passions. GrooveQuest is Steve and Lisa O’Brien, Al Steele, and Joel App. |
| 1:30 - 2:25 |
Céol Anam Cara is comprised of four multi-instrumentalists, Bob & Toni Dougherty and Tom & Dorothy Scanlan, who have a passion for the traditional folk music of Ireland and the British Isles. Performing mainly dance music, Céol Anam Cara is known for their playing of jaunty jigs, pulsating polkas, rousing reels and an occasional sweet air. Songs ranging from traditional Irish sean nos, English folk revival fare and American folk mixed up with the odd original piece all help to round out the mix. |
| 2:40 - 3:35 |
June Star
June Star, formed in 1998 by Andrew Grimm, is an Americana, roots-rock band. Literate and accessible, Grimm’s songs meditate on subjects from falling in or out of love, being all right no matter what, to playing in the local music scene. The voice in these songs speaks loneliness and redemption, jumpstarts and slow fades, both separation and discovery. However, sonic epiphanies travel only as far as the music will allow. Singing electric guitars and slippery pedal steel frame the lyrics with vibrancy as Grimm’s distinctive nasal baritone allows the lyrics to unfold, a thinking man’s country music. |
Good Grub
| Offering a variety of exotic culinary selection from Caribbean food to vegetarian cuisine. |
| Offering grass-fed beef hamburgers and cheeseburgers, raised on a local, diversified, sustainable farm that sells pastured poultry, grass-fed beef and lamb, pork and a vegetable CSA. |
| Offering fresh, hand-cut french fries. |
| Offering a variety of healthy, vegetarian selections, including veggie burritos, hummus plates, smoothies and more. |
| Brewed and by the pound by a company dedicated to employing the developmentally disabled in Carroll County and helping those around the world in need by selling fairly traded, organically grown coffee and sharing its wealth. A dollar of every pound sold is donated to Mission to Ukraine, which works with developmentally disabled orphaned boys in Ukraine. |
| Hand-dipped ice cream made here in Carroll County by Hoffman's Creamery. |
For Kids
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The Ava Wanas Montessori School of Sykesville, MD will be offering free children's activities including:
Ink leaf printing
Animal track relief making
Butter churning
Other activities focusing on nature and reskilling
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Become a Junior Forest Ranger!
The Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board will be conducting tree activities at the start of each hour. Children can learn to identify native trees, plant a tree seedling and discuss why trees are so important to our communities. Upon completion, participants will receive a Maryland Junior Forest Ranger patch. Look for the board’s vendor space. |
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