Great Maine Apple Day previewed in Free Press

The Free Press reported Great Maine Apple Day will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) Common Ground Education Center in Unity. The day is sponsored by MOFGA, Fedco and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and will feature apple sampling, talks, workshops, a tour of MOFGA’s Maine Heritage Orchard, and local foods and products for sale, according to the article. Workshops will include a course on beginning beekeeping, as well as a hands-on lesson in making hard apple “cyser,” a type of mead, the article states. Admission is $2 for MOFGA members, $4 for nonmembers, and children are free.