Maine Fiddlehead Festival celebrating the rural healthy lifestyle returns to the UMF campus April 30
FARMINGTON — Following a two-12 months hiatus, the well known Maine Fiddlehead Festival is slated for a revival on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington.
Beginning in 2012, the local foodstuff-centered competition was held annually till the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled options in 2020 and again in 2021. In its ninth edition this yr, the competition is held on the UMF campus, where it was originally conceived, formulated, and organized cooperatively by UMF college, pupils, and staff members and local community associates, with the generous guidance of local location organizations.
Attendees at the Fiddlehead Pageant encounter an eclectic selection of regional farmers and meals producers, craft distributors, foodstuff vans, neighborhood non-revenue, reside farm animals, lots of children’s actions, local musicians, and even a neighborhood tummy dancing ensemble. Centered on area food items, each farmed and foraged, the occasion celebrates neighborhood dwelling and rural wholesome existence.
It marks the commencing of the farmers industry year and as these types of is attended by quite a few area sellers. Timing of the occasion generally coincides with the emergence of the legendary Maine fiddlehead, the immature variety of the ostrich fern. Dave Fuller, just lately retired from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will once all over again lead readers on his preferred walk and communicate in search of the festival’s namesake. A fiddlehead cooking demonstration has been a common attract during the historical past of the festival, and UMF’s talented Ashley Montgomery will be back again again this 12 months to whet the hunger of website visitors for the seasonal delicacy.
The competition is totally free and open up to the public. It is relatives-welcoming, with numerous kid-oriented functions and sights, which include crafts, farm animals to interact with, and a lot more. The rain or shine event takes put in the courtyard involving the Olsen Scholar Middle and Roberts Understanding Middle structures at the southern close of the UMF campus.
Parking is accessible in close by university tons situated on Significant Street and on decreased Primary Road around Abbott Park.
For a lot more info, get hold of Mark Pires, UMF campus sustainability coordinator, at 207-778-7015, [email protected], or take a look at the Maine Fiddlehead Pageant Facebook webpage.
For latest UMS COVID plan for visitors, go to https://www.maine.edu/alongside one another/group-guidance/anyone/.