MAINE PUBLIC • August 25, 2021
The 45th Common Ground Country Fair in Unity is set to open in just one month's time. But the flagship event of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association is still lacking almost half of the volunteers needed to produce the yearly three-day celebration of rural living. Sarah Alexander, executive director of MOFGA, says the quest for volunteers goes on, but they're also working on some contingency plans in case there aren't enough people. Alexander says some volunteers had been coming to help for 40-plus years, but uncertainty over the delta variant of the coronavirus has had a chilling effect on finding enough help.