Mother Earth News Fair: Seven Springs!

We’re all set up and ready to go for this weekend’s Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania! 

We’re so excited to have both Mother Earth News Fair veterans and authors new to the MEN Fair experience along for the ride. Check out our schedule of presentations and book signings, and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram throughout the weekend for photos, updates, announcements, and special offers. See you in PA!

Friday, September 12

Alison Martin (co-author of An Introduction to Heritage Breeds)

• 1pm (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Marketing Mindset: Selling Yourself and Your Products Successfully
• 5:30pm (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Hopping for Fun and Profit with Heritage Rabbits

Spike Carlsen (author of Woodworking FAQ and The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects)

• 1pm (GRIT Stage) | 5 Simple Projects and 25 Great Tool Tips for the Backyard Homesteader

Barbara Pleasant (author of Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Gardener’s Bug Book, The Gardener’s Weed Book, The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases, and The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual; co-author of The Complete Compost Gardening Guide)

• 2:30pm (MEN Stage) | Organic Gardening for Newbies: Avoiding Beginner Mistakes
• 3:30pm — Book Signing (MEN Stage)

Jeannette Beranger (co-author of An Introduction to Heritage Breeds)

• 2:30pm (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Pig Pickin’: An Introduction to Heritage Breeds

Nan Chase (co-author of Drink the Harvest)

• 2:30pm (Storey Stage) | Drink the Harvest: Delightful Garden Wines

Stephanie Tourles (author of Naturally Healthy Skin, Natural Foot Care, 365 Ways to Energize Mind, Body & Soul, Hands-On Healing Remedies, Organic Body Care Recipes, and Raw Energy)

• 2:30pm (Mother Earth Living Stage) | Herbal Hair Care

Niki Jabbour (author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener and Groundbreaking Food Gardens)

• 5:30pm (Organic Gardening Stage) | The Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden

Saturday, September 13

Adam Danforth (author of Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork and Butchering Beef)

• 9:30am (Real Food Stage) | Sheep Butchering and the Merits of Mature Meat
• 11:30am (Real Food Stage) | Fats and Flavor: The Art of Butchering
• 12:30pm — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)

Jeanette Beranger

• 10am (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Pig Pickin’: An Introduction to Heritage Breeds
• 11am — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)

Niki Jabbour

• 10am (Storey Stage) | Groundbreaking Food Gardens
• 11am — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)
• 1pm (Organic Gardening Stage) | Groundbreaking Food Gardens

Spike Carlsen

• 10am (Organic Gardening Stage) | Build Your Own Super Simple Garden Cart
• 11am — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)

Kim Flottum (Black Dog & Leventhal, co-author of The Honey Connoisseur)

• 11am — Book Signing (MEN Stage)

Stephanie Tourles

• 11:30am (Storey Stage) | Herbal Hair Care
• 2:30pm (MEN Stage) | Herbal Remedies for Pain Relief
• 3:30pm — Book Signing (MEN Stage)

Barbara Damrosch (Workman Publishing, author of The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook, The Garden Primer, and Gardener’s Latin)

• 1pm (MEN Stage) | Growing and Cooking the Year-Round Harvest
• 2pm — Book Signing (MEN Stage)

Jessi Bloom (Timber Press, co-author of Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and the Whole Earth; author of Free-Range Chicken Gardens)

• 1pm (Seed Stage) | Easy Peasy Edibles
• 4pm (MEN Stage) | What the Cluck?! Getting Started on Gardening with Chickens
• 5pm — Book Signing (MEN Stage)

Nan Chase

• 1pm (Real Food Stage) | Can Do Easy Canning
• 2pm — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)

Alison Martin

• 2:30pm (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Adding a Cow to Your Family
• 3:30pm — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)

Barbara Pleasant

• 4pm (Seed Stage) | Managing Your Homegrown Food Supply
• 5:30pm (Storey Stage) | Compost Your Way to Better Soil

Sunday, September 14 

Jessi Bloom

• 10am (Storey Stage) | Easy Peasy Edibles

Alison Martin

• 11:30am (Livestock Conservancy Stage) | Hopping for Fun and Profit with Heritage Rabbits

Ira Wallace (Timber Press, author of The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast)

• 11:30am (Organic Gardening Stage) | Year-Round Bounty for the Home Garden
• 12:30pm — Book Signing (MEN Bookstore)
• 2:30pm (Seed Stage) | Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions

Nan Chase

• 11:30am (Storey Stage) | Can Do Easy Canning
• 2:30pm (Real Food Stage) | Drink the Harvest: Delightful Garden Wines

Stephanie Tourles

• 11:30am (Mountain Rose Herbs Stage) | Herbal Remedies for Pain Relief

Adam Danforth

• 1pm (Storey Stage) | Fats and Flavor: The Art of Butchering

Barbara Pleasant

• 1pm (Seed Stage) | Compost Your Way to Better Soil
• 4pm (Seed Stage) | Managing Your Homegrown Food Supply

Spike Carlsen

• 1pm (GRIT Stage) | 5 Simple Projects and 25 Great Tool Tips for the Backyard Homesteader
• 4pm (GRIT Stage) | Build Your Own Super Simple Garden Cart