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FUN-FILLED, FAMILY-ORIENTEDSUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE EVENTS

PUYALLUP, WASHINGTONJUNE 2-3, 2012

SEVEN SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIASEPTEMBER 21-23, 2012

FUN-FILLED, FAMILY-ORIENTEDSUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE EVENTS

PUYALLUP, WASHINGTONJUNE 2-3, 2012

SEVEN SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIASEPTEMBER 21-23, 2012

TEMPLE GRANDIN JOEL SALATIN ED BEGLEY JR

WILL ALLEN BRYAN WELCH PAUL STAMETS

www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com

MOTHER EARTH NEWS magazine has been helping folks live self-reliant, sustainable, meaningful lives for more than 40 years. With an audience of more than 3 million readers worldwide, it is the largest and longest-running environmental lifestyle magazine on the planet.

WELCOME TO THE MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS!

The MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS are fun-fi lled, family-oriented sustainable lifestyle events that feature dozens of practical, hands-on demonstrations and workshops from the leading authorities on: Renewable Energy, Small-Scale Agriculture, Gardening, Green Building, Green Transportation and Natural Health.

In between sessions, attendees enjoy an array of entertainment options, organic local food and beverages, as well as outdoor gardening and livestock demonstrations. Plus, they save on great deals from dozens of regional and national vendors that feature sustainable lifestyle

products and services, including: books, tools, seeds, crafts, organic foods, clothes, solar gadgets and more!

Programming at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR isn’t just for adults. A full slate of exciting, informative workshops is dedicated for children ages 17 and under, who are admitted free to the event. Whether it is learning the fundamentals of gardening or beekeeping, or learning how to make (and taste!) homemade ice cream, the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR “Tree House” is chock-full of engaging, eco-friendly activities for children of all ages.

BRINGING THE MAGAZINE TO LIFE!

Puyallup, Wash. • June 2-3 | Seven Springs, Pa. • Sept. 21-23

PUYALLUP, WASH.June 2-3, 2012Puyallup FairgroundsSaturday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-7:00 PMSunday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

SEVEN SPRINGS, PA.September 21-23, 2012Seven Springs Mountain ResortFriday Fair hours: 12:00 PM-7:00 PMSaturday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM Sunday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

Purchase your tickets online at www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com and save money and time. PLUS weekend and three day pass advance ticket holders get an additional 25% discount at the FAIR bookstore and a commemorative MOTHER EARTH NEWS bumper sticker!

Pre-Order Three-Day Pass – $30.00$35 at the gate (for Seven Springs only)

Pre-Order Weekend Pass – $25.00$30 at the gate (for Puyallup only)

Pre-Order One Day Pass – $15.00$20 at the gate

VIP Pass – $100Includes guaranteed front of house seating and a private hospitality lounge. Plus, the Complete MOTHER EARTH NEWS ARCHIVE DVD and a FAIR T-shirt.

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Number of Workshops: 150 Number of Exhibitors: 250

The Western Washington Fairgrounds is home to the world-famous Puyallup Fair—one of the largest state fairs in the United States. In 2011, MOTHER EARTH NEWS launched its inaugural West Coast version of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR at the venue’s state-of-the-art Americraft Showplex. Thousands of attendees experienced dozens of informative, hands-on workshops on more than 10 stages peppered throughout the Showplex and across the neighboring courtyard into the venue’s Centennial building. As anticipated, our guests showed up eager to learn and then set their newfound knowledge into motion as they shopped with our exhibitors. For 2012, expect to see new workshops based on what was most popular in 2011, more outdoor features, more exhibitors and a bigger stage site for our keynote speakers. Throughout both days, the FAIR buzzed with action as the MOTHER EARTH NEWS culture came to life! Check out images and video from 2011 at www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com.

PUYALLUP FAIRGROUNDSJUNE 2-3, 2012 • PUYALLUP, WASH.


Number of Workshops: 200 Number of Exhibitors: 250

The second annual MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR at Seven Springs Mountain Resort was a SMASH! More than 13,000 guests enjoyed the setting of this beautiful four-season resort nestled in the rolling Laurel Highlands approximately one hour southeast of Pittsburgh, Pa. Check out images from 2011 at www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com. Fortunately we learned a thing or two from the previous year and the traffi c fl owed through our designated workshop and exhibitor spaces effortlessly. For 2012, we’ve added a third day, so attendees can take advantage of expanded workshop programming and spend more time perusing our exhibitors.

Perhaps this attendee surveyed from our 2011 event sums it up best:

“There are so many good things to see and so many people, it’s hard to fi nd time to see the vendors ... but we make it work!”

SEVEN SPRINGS MOUNTAIN RESORTSEPT. 21-23, 2012 • SEVEN SPRINGS, PA.

THREE DAYS!


SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

Bryan Welch – Keynote at Washington and PennsylvaniaPublisher and Editorial Director, Ogden Publications

Writer, farmer and media executive Bryan Welch grew up in New Mexico where, at age 9, he began caring for a neighbor’s dairy goats and other livestock. Today, Welch and his family raise cattle, sheep, goats and chickens on their 50-acre farm. All their animals range freely, and the grazing animals are strictly grass-fed. Author of the recent Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want, Welch will inspire audiences to look beyond immediate obstacles and envision a world that is not only sustainable, but prosperous.

Joel Salatin – Keynote at Washington and PennsylvaniaAmerican Farmer, Lecturer and Author

Joel Salatin is a self-described environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic farmer, or as The New York Times calls him, “the high priest of the pasture.” Profi led in Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Salatin employs an innovative farming system that has gained attention from around the country. He’s penned more than a half dozen books, including Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal and The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer.

Joel Salatin American Farmer, Lecturer and Author

The New York TimesPollan’s that has gained attention from around the country. He’s penned more than a half dozen books, including Being a Lunatic Farmer.

Dan Chiras, Ph.D. – Keynote at Washington and PennsylvaniaAuthor and Renewable Energy Expert

Dan Chiras paid his last electric bill in the June of 1996. He hasn’t given up electricity and modern conveniences, though—he’s turned to the sun and wind to meet his family’s needs. Chiras is a visiting professor of environmental science at Colorado College and director of The Evergreen Institute in east-central Missouri. He is the author of 30 books, which include The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence Through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower; and The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Effi cient, Environmental Homes.

Jenna Woginrich – Keynote at PennsylvaniaAuthor, Farmer and Blogger

Former urbanite, present shepherdess and current farm writer—Jenna Woginrich has big plans. Plans that include living a more self-suffi cient life with dogs at her side and Wi-Fi in the barn. She drives a dented pickup truck and shares her New York farm and gardens with working sled dogs, a border collie, sheep, a cart horse, a fl ock of gregarious chickens, two awkward geese, meat rabbits, a hive of bees and loud turkeys. She’s also the author of Barnheart and you can fi nd her on MOTHER EARTH NEWS blogs, talking up sustainable living.

Sandor Katz – Keynote at PennsylvaniaAuthor, DIY Food Activist

Sandor Ellix Katz is a self-taught fermentation experimentalist. He wrote Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods—which Newsweek called “the fermenting bible”—in order to share the fermentation wisdom he had learned, and demystify home fermentation. Katz has taught hundreds of fermentation workshops across North America and beyond, taking on a role he describes as a “fermentation revivalist.”


SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

Temple Grandin – Keynote at PennsylvaniaAnimal Science Doctor, Professor and Author

Temple Grandin is a doctor of animal science, professor, best-selling author and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is listed in the 2010 Time 100 as one of the 100 most infl uential people in the world.

Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations. In 1995, Allen began developing farming methods and educational programs to improve the diet and health of the urban poor. Allen was awarded the Ford Foundation leadership grant, the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” and the Kellogg Foundation grant.the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” and the Kellogg Foundation grant.

Will Allen – Keynote at WashingtonAuthor and Educator

Ed Begley Jr. – Keynote at Washington and PennsylvaniaGreen Living Advocate and Actor

Ed Begley Jr. is an actor, author and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of fi lms, television shows, and stage performances. He’s best known for his role on the television series St. Elsewhere, for which he received six Emmy Award nominations, and his reality show about green living, Living With Ed. His work has earned him a number of awards from some of the most prestigious environmental groups in the nation.

Temple GrandinAnimal Science Doctor, Professor and Author

and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior. As a person with high-functioning autism, Grandin is also widely noted for her work in autism advocacy and is listed in the 2010 people in the world.

Paul Stamets has been a dedicated mycologist for more than 30 years. Over this time, he has discovered four new species of mushrooms, and pioneered countless techniques in the fi eld of edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. A dedicated hiker and explorer, his passion is to preserve, protect and clone as many ancestral strains of mushrooms as possible from our pristine woodlands.

Paul Stamets – Keynote at WashingtonAuthor and Mycologist

this time, he has discovered four new species of mushrooms, and pioneered countless techniques in the fi eld of edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. A dedicated hiker and explorer, his passion is to preserve, protect and clone as

Author and Mycologist

Linda Gilkeson is a passionate organic gardener with over 40 years of gardening experience. She is a regular instructor in the Master Gardener programs and has led hundreds of workshops on pest management and organic gardening. As the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy, Linda is deeply committed to preserving natural ecosystems through conservation and public education.

Linda Gilkeson – Keynote at WashingtonAuthor and Organic Gardener

gardening experience. She is a regular instructor in the Master Gardener programs and has led hundreds of workshops on pest management and organic gardening. As the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy, Linda is deeply committed to preserving natural ecosystems through conservation and public education.

Linda Gilkeson Author and Organic Gardener


DIY/HANDS-ON WORKSHOPSOur goal for this special occasion is to deliver practical, hands-on training and experience taught by leading experts in the areas we concentrate on in the magazine: renewable energy, organic gardening, sustainable agriculture, green home building and more! So expect to get down and dirty at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR!

We know anyone can sit in a lecture hall and watch PowerPoint presentations all day(we’ll have a few of these, too!), but we believe the best way to transfer knowledge is to Do It Yourself! After all, DIY skills are the linchpin to self-suffi ciency.

Here are just a few fun and informative DIY workshops you’ll fi nd:

REAL FOODHow to Make Homemade CheeseHow to Make Homemade CiderGreat Gifts: How to Make Herbal Oils and Butters

RENEWABLE ENERGY12 Easy Projects for Instant Energy SavingsInstalling a Solar Water HeaterPedal Power: Bicycle-Powered Generator

ORGANIC GARDENINGAn Easier Way to CompostHeirloom Seeds and PlantsGarden Tool Maintenance

HEALTHY HOMESEconomics of Eco-buildingRainwater HarvestingStraw Bale Building

MORE DIYPROGRAMS!Candle MakingSpinning FibersCold Process Soap Making 101Make Your Own Cleaners Dutch Oven Cooking Blacksmithing Sheer to Shawl demos Home Brewing Straw Bale Building Cob Oven Building Beekeeping Foraging and Plant Identifi cation StoneworkBroom Making


MODERN HOMESTEADING WORKSHOPSAt the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR, you’ll discover a dazzling array of workshops and lectures designed to get you further down the path to independence and self-reliance. Whether you want to learn how to perform your own property maintenance, raise your own livestock for food or start your own bootstrap business, come out to learn everything you need to know—and then some!

Here’s a small sampling of the many workshops taught by the world’sleading authorities on Modern Homesteading that you’ll be able to enjoy:

SUSTAINABLE AND NATURAL BEEKEEPING Do you like honey? Do you want to keep bees? Do you want to learn how you can do your part in saving the honeybees? It’s all about getting back to living how Mother Nature intended as we delve into the world of sustainable and natural beekeeping. Children and old hands welcome!

BALLET IN THE PASTUREJoel Salatin takes you on a virtual tour of Polyface Farm via fast-paced pictures and a dramatic presentation guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Enjoy pastured livestock systems explained in the larger environmental and economic context. This presentation has life-altering capabilities and will connect dots with humor and practice.

SMALL-SCALE HOME BUTCHERINGInterested in the quality of your food? Enjoy raising animals? Ever consider raising and butchering your own meat products on your own property? This is the workshop for you! A skilled butcher will explain the requirements, necessary equipment and steps to take for small-scale home butchering.


SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOPSSmarter farming leads to better food and a healthier environment. Period. If you have an active family farm, some land to manage or are considering becoming a farmer—good for you!—there’ll be wisdom aplenty to absorb at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR.

Interested in raising heritage breed chickens, goats or other small animals? It’s easier now than ever to create your own animal kingdom, either for your own farm-fresh eggs for Sunday brunch or for homemade cheese to sell at your local farmers market.

Whether you live on 100 acres or one acre, you can become an expert inanimal husbandry. Come on down to the FAIR and we’ll teach you how!

THE SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FLOCKThe naturally managed mixed poultry fl ock, integrated into the total work of the homestead or small farm, helps improve soil, prevent crop damage by insects and convert organic “wastes” to resources. The result is more wholesome, safer food; greater food security; and enhanced ecological health.

RESPONSIBLE ALPACA OWNERSHIPLearn about how to provide a healthy environment, nutritional needs and parasite control for alpacas, as well as the fi nancial expectations that come with keeping these gentle grazers. Gather information that will allow for planning and preparing for successful alpaca ownership.

INTRODUCTION TO HERITAGE BREED PORK PRODUCTIONHeritage pigs are the darlings of master chefs across the country. Learn about the diverse breeds, how they fi t into sustainable farming systems, and how to take advantage of their unique marketing potential.


ORGANIC GARDENING WORKSHOPS

Have you always wanted to grow some of your own food? Not sure what to grow in your weird climate, or whether or not you have enough sun to grow tomatoes and peppers? Maybe you only have a little bit of space for a small container garden, but you don’t know what to grow. Or perhaps the economy has your focus turned to ways to save money on food. You might even have 20 or 30 years of gardening experience under your belt, but now it’s time to get really serious about growing your own food. Whatever your inspiration for coaxing some of your own luscious fruits and veggies out of the ground, you will fi nd what you’re looking for at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR.

Here’s a sampling of workshops that will have you on your way to growing the freshest and best-tasting organically grown food you can possibly imagine.

GETTING STARTED IN ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENINGGardening newbies can jump-start the learning process and make plans now for a successful vegetable garden, their very fi rst year. From choosing the best crops to using time- and space-saving shortcuts, we’ll explore strategies for starting a new organic garden. BUILDING A BETTER SEED BANKLearn the difference between organic, open-pollinated, hybrid, heirloom, heritage, treated, genetically modifi ed, conventional and just about every other kind of seed. Attend hands-on workshops on saving your own garden seeds. Explore the history of crop domestication and seed diversifi cation, and fi nd out who’s doing the important work of preserving biodiversity and keeping good seeds available—and how you can help!

TRASH TO TREASURE: BIOCONVERSION OF ‘WASTES’ TO RESOURCESThe resource value in organic “wastes” such as manures, crop debris and food residuals can be reclaimed by home and farm cultivation of decomposer organisms like earthworms and soldier fl y grubs.


REAL FOOD/COOKING WORKSHOPS

The economy is depressed and, let’s face it, America’s industrial food system is pretty messed up, too. But one of the most refreshing trends in American culture today is a renewed emphasis on healthy, whole, affordable and lovingly made foods. Come celebrate America’s food artisans, taste yummy fare, take home recipes and high-quality ingredients, and participate in the revival of real food.

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Here are a few of the hands-on workshops that will leave you dying to get back to your kitchen.

MOZZARELLA AND RICOTTA CHEESE MAKINGWhile-a-whey the time in hands-on workshops on cheese making. You’ll take home simple recipes that take less time than you think and don’t require tons of special or expensive equipment.

PUT ’EM UP! CLASSIC PRESERVES, MODERN TWISTExplore the world of gourmet canning, for those new and not-so-new to food preservation.

THE GOURMET BUTCHERDiscover what can be done with common retail cuts. Learn about meat issues: the carbon footprint of the industrial meat industry, how human treatment affects meat quality, costs versus benefi ts of local meat, food safety, antibiotics and hormones, and what to know about and be wary of in retail meat products.


HEALTHY HOME WORKSHOPS

Straw bale construction, improving interior air quality, home energy savings, reclaimed building materials—there are myriad options to improve the environmental and healthy impact of your home. In fact, there are so many options for creating your green dream home that it can be daunting to make any choices all. At the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR, we assemble a panel of experts—from alternative building professionals to home energy specialists to innovative designers—so that you can determine what priorities are right for you. Interested in constructing a new home or slashing your current electricity bill? Discover affordable and attainable options that are suitable for everyone.

Check out just a few of the great Healthy Homes workshops you can attend.

HIGH-EFFICIENCY WINDOWS AND GLAZING FOR PASSIVE SOLAR AND ENERGY SAVINGSDiscover key factors in sizing and selecting windows and glass for new and retrofi t construction, with a discussion of window types, terminology, energy-effi cient design and performance.

BUILDING HOMES WITH RECLAIMED MATERIALBy reclaiming our vast stock of high-quality used building materials, smart home- and business-owners have shown how we can build low- and zero-debt homes, tackle our low-income housing crisis and keep millions of tons of waste out of the landfi ll.

WHY HOMEGROWN AND HANDMADEWhy on earth would anyone want to have a garden, milk goats or bake bread from scratch? Learn why homegrown and handmade is not only cheaper but better for you and the environment.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR HOST COMMITTEE PARTNERS

EVERGREEN INSTITUTECenter for Renewable Energy and Green Building

the politics and practice of sustainable living

CHELSEAGREENPUBLISHING

Ohio Ecological Food & Farm Associationwww.oeffa.org

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)www.ncat.org or www.attra.org

The Evergreen Institute’s Center for Renewable Energy and Green Building

www.evergreeninstitute.org

The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy www.albc-usa.org

Farm Aid www.farmaid.org

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund www.farmtoconsumer.org

Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculturewww.pasafarming.org

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange www.southernexposure.com

Seed Savers Exchange www.seedsavers.org

Organic Seed Alliance www.seedalliance.org

Chelsea Green Publishing www.chelseagreen.com

Tilth Producers of Washingtonwww.tilthproducers.org

Storey Publishing www.storey.com

The Washington Tilth Association www.washingtontilth.org

New Society Publishers www.newsociety.com

The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild www.ecobuilding.org

Fox Chapel Publishingwww.foxchapelpublishing.com

Native Seedswww.nativeseeds.org

Animal Welfare Approvedwww.animalwelfareapproved.org

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