SUNDAY October 12th 2025 1 to 4 pm

Join the New England Acorn Cooperative, Sacred Connections and Friends at The Possibility Alliance

85 Edgecomb Road Belfast, ME 04915

Please REGISTER through Eventbrite
This event is free (in the Gift Economy)

1:00 PM: Festival opens at the Possibility Alliance where Ethan Hughes welcomes all to explore history and initiatives of this 20+ year educational and service community, which operates in the gift economy. Autumn Jade Fitch offers consideration of right relationships, and we are guided through a forest walk to the Little River Land Trust by Allyssa Gregory, District Forester for Mid-Coast Maine region.  Here we learn health of this local forest, how that impacts human well-being and simple ways we can all steward and enjoy the endless nature of our connections. We’ll discuss how to identify a “good” (for eating) acorn from a “bad” one, and some tools and techniques for gathering efficiently with a light footprint, and touch on culinary and medicinal mushrooms that favor growing near or on oaks, as well as other items you can gather, make, and enjoy from oaks, acorns, and the ecosystem they keystone.  The walk brings us from the Possibility Alliance to the Little River Land Trust. For those who cannot walk the trail, there is also parking at the LRT: 3  Adney Place, Belfast Maine 04915

1:30-2:30 PM: Demonstrations of acorn processing and storage methods, using equipment found in most households. Festival participants are invited to add fabric to Maggie’s acorn dye pot. Safe sterile acorn tattoos for the brave by Jillian

2:30-3:00 PM: Sacred Connections ~ Autumn Jade Fitch speaks of medicinal and cultural practices and understandings of oaks and acorns in this region, and connections throughout the world.

3:00-3:30 PM: Acorn Food & Beverages tastings prepared by Allison Pyo, include fresh dotorimuk, acorn noodles, bread, cookies, crackers, pudding, acorn coffee, and various acorn gravies for seasonal feasts. The Golden Acorn Hunt commences, and all are invited to view and vote for their choices in the Acorn-Oak Art Exhibit, as well as to submit entries for the Biggest and Littlest Acorn contest, calculated guesses for the acorn cache box … and an Open Mic for those oak inspired to bardic arts.

3:30 -3:45 PM: Maggie Haaland offers experience making natural acorn inks and dye, and a community acorn ink art making activity (if interested in participating/taking something dyed home: please bring one small natural fiber: cotton, linen, silk, wool, paper item to ink/draw on or dye in the pot).

4:00 PM Closing remarks, gifts and thanks to our PA/ Little River hosts, Oaks, Acorns, and all they connect.

WHAT TO BRING: ACORNS (if you have them, be sure to store your acorns in baskets so they can continue to dry). Dress for the weather…We’ll have acorns to work with, but you are encouraged to bring acorns you have gathered elsewhere for evaluation (& to use the Cooperative’s Davebilt Nutcracker to process).

Creative? Collective? Submissions for the Acorn/Oak Art Exhibit may be entered on the day. Categories include:

  • Acorn drawing / painting / photo (please bring in a frame that can stand on table)
  • Acorn poem / song (please bring typed copy for perusal by participants)
  • Acorn sculpture or collage 

Please REGISTER through Eventbrite.
The event is free (in the Gift Economy)

This event is being supported through the Gift Economy (“free” – see page 147+ in the FVN Handbook) – covered through and by what participants want to contribute.

Registration is OPEN & we’d appreciate your signing up though Eventbrite (so we can gauge food & other preparations).

We recommend bringing snacks to take any edge off your appetite so that when the time comes you can savor the acorn dishes 🙂

Meanwhile, please check out: How to Tell Good Acorns from Bad Acorns

The Davebilt Nutcracker will be available at Festival for community use!