Maine Primitive Gathering
September 7,8,9- 2012
September 7,8,9- 2012
The Maine Primitive Gathering was started in 2004 with the idea of bringing primitive/bush skills schools in Maine together to promote what they do. As the word got out, more and more folks from all walks of life have found their way to the MPG. We now have an instructor staff who return year after year that has been instrumental in building a community of primitive skills practitioners that has become a family. We welcome everyone (except pets, drugs, and alcohol) and are especially family friendly.
The first two years the Gathering was held at Earthways in Canaan, Maine thanks to Ray and Nancy Reitze. The next two years it was held at the Delta Institute in Bowdoin, Maine with the help and support of Arthur Haines. The following year (2008) we were going to hold the Gathering at a farm in Lebanon, Maine when one of their horses got equine encephalitis, and we had to make a snap decision to either find a location nearby or shut the whole thing down. Luckily, our neighbors John Cavaretta and Randy Coulton, who own the Oliver West Farm, were gracious enough to let us use the field abutting the road to our farm, and it has become the permanent home for the Gathering. In return, we donate 10% of our gross receipts to the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk. We also have restored the field and cemetery and work every year to maintain, improve, and steward the land we are so luck to be able to use. Thanks John and Randy!
Mal Stephens
Organizer
mallorystephens@yahoo.com
The first two years the Gathering was held at Earthways in Canaan, Maine thanks to Ray and Nancy Reitze. The next two years it was held at the Delta Institute in Bowdoin, Maine with the help and support of Arthur Haines. The following year (2008) we were going to hold the Gathering at a farm in Lebanon, Maine when one of their horses got equine encephalitis, and we had to make a snap decision to either find a location nearby or shut the whole thing down. Luckily, our neighbors John Cavaretta and Randy Coulton, who own the Oliver West Farm, were gracious enough to let us use the field abutting the road to our farm, and it has become the permanent home for the Gathering. In return, we donate 10% of our gross receipts to the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk. We also have restored the field and cemetery and work every year to maintain, improve, and steward the land we are so luck to be able to use. Thanks John and Randy!
Mal Stephens
Organizer
mallorystephens@yahoo.com
10% of our gross receipts go to the Animal Welfare Society
We've become a Shaklee distributor since we had trouble finding one near us. Shaklee is an old and reputable company that is dedicated to products that are completely safe for people and the environment- something we are deeply committed to ourselves. We will be donating 50% of our profits to the Homesteading Arts Cooperative and 50% to the Maine Primitive Gathering, so your purchase will not only help yourself and the planet, it will also help a great group of people. If you would like to learn more, please go to Broad-winged Farm.myshaklee.com. Thanks for supporting the HAC and the MPG!.
