Mother Earth News Fair

Kelly · #21 09/30/10, 04:14 AM

With ~100 classes/workshops/speakers offered "per day" if was hard deciding which ones to go to! (and still leave time to check out the booths and eat!). My husband and I rarely saw each other during the day because we split up so we could gather lots of information.

I've seen conferences that charge at least $250 for two days. Definitely a steal at $25 (bought early passes). I just tried "youtube.com" and searched mother earth news fair and found lots of videos available to check out (fyi to those interested).

roachhill · #22 09/30/10, 10:10 AM

You know the 4 person early pass brought the price down to $12.50 per person for 2 days so $25 wasn't such a steal. I learned alcohol fuel sounds difficult but pressure canning and soap making seem surprisingly easy. Oh and can't forget determining a good chicken from a poor one their was alot of info in the seminar. The fair needs to go on for a week to get to everything, two days just isn't enough.

Tinker · #23 10/01/10, 03:37 PM

I went with a friend. I think it would have been nice if they offered the classes more than once. There were plenty of people there, and the few we wanted to attend were overflowing.

The resort was beautiful, and the weather was great. I was a bit disappointed in the food selections. Other than the extremely pricey resort food, the other venders were your typical carnival/festival food wagons. I expected to see something much healthier.

Also, I wish there had been more craft type venders. I would have loved to shop for some nice homemade gifts.

Ohio dreamer · #24 10/01/10, 04:23 PM

We were very glad we went. It wasn't as perfect as we expected. Every conference/fair I have gone to before that had kid activities were the kind where you "check your kid in" and then go see your class then come back and get them. This was "stay with you kid" activities. Fine, but that means I couldn't go to the classes I wanted. I took the kids with me to some, but chose different ones so that they might get something out of it too (or at least not be as board), and I let them pick a few. I had to skip the ones I really wanted to see. But we know for next year, so we will be better prepared for our kids.

We also learned that 4 people and 2 double beds is BAD math, even with a sleeping bag and pillow so one kid could sleep on the floor each night. No one really slept for 2 nights. But we'd do it all again!

I agree, there were too many good choices each session.....making choosing very hard. DH and I, luckily, are wired differently so we could split up and share later. He could go to the more technical classes and then explain when he learned to me. Food prices were a bit too high. 4 sandwiches came to $30! DD and I ran out to the truck and got our own drink while DS and DH stood in the mile long lines. Saved $10-12 that way!