SEVEN SPRINGS — Mother Earth News – the original guide to living wisely – returns to the Seven Springs Mountain Resort, one hour southeast of Pittsburgh, for the Seventh Annual Mother Earth News Fair. This unique event, is geared towards people who want a more sustainable and often rural lifestyle. It features dozens of workshops that cover organic gardening, off grid living, renewable energy, and natural health.
“Wonderful event! Excellent speakers and the booths had great organic and sustainable items, and books and resources. It is exciting to see how many like-minded people exist,” said Claire Cooper of a past Fair.
Other presentations include an introduction to Biogas Systems, vermiculture, raising pigs, bee keeping, aromatherapy, plant medicine, and so much more. Workshops and presentations are held over a dozen stages and vendors are set up throughout the mountain resort.
Workshops run all three days of the Fair, which will be held Friday, 23 September through Sunday, 25 September. Sponsors include: Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, Mountain Rose Herbs, Yanmar, Botanical Interests, the John C. Campbell Folk School, Jung Seed, and Cabela’s.
Advance weekend wristband passes are $20 for adults when ordered through the event’s website or toll-free number. Adult wristbands at the gate are $35. Children and teenagers under 17 are free. To order, go to www.MotherEarthNewsFair.com or call (800) 234-3368. For lodging information and reservations at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, call (866) 437- 1300.
© Therapeutic Thymes, 2016
Author: Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman
Publisher/Editor
