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The Humble Farmer
Appearing on the Voices stage
at 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM on Saturday July 23rd, 2005
Robert Skoglund, perhaps better known to Maine Public Radio listeners as The Humble Farmer, lives in St. George where he was born and brought up.
Skoglund has been profiled in Yankee magazine and featured in a Boston Herald cover story, which called him, "New England's answer to Garrison Keillor." A tireless recorder of dry wit, his humor has been proven in over 50 newspapers in the United States and Canada. Humble has spoken at the Fifth International Conference on Humor in Cork, Ireland, WHIMSY (humor) conferences in Tempe and at several U. S. Press Associations. Last July, while speaking at Nijenrode University, he almost died from Holland's ubiquitous second hand cigarette smoke. He is featured on "Maine, A Video Tour" which is available in L. L. Bean's and 80 other Maine outlets. Eight hours of his stories are available on audio cassettes. A television commercial he produced, wrote and narrated was awarded Best of Show by the Advertising Club of Greater Portland. At present he produces six new television commercials each week for his Channel 9 humble Farmer show and continues to speak at conventions.
Educated in St. George schools and at colleges in Potsdam, Gorham and the University of Maine at Orono, humble was an NDEA fellow at the University of Rochester where he earned a graduate degree in linguistics. While at Rochester, he represented United States graduate students at the 10th International Congress of Linguists in Bucharest. While picking up his grant money in Bucharest, he asked to meet the other U. S. delegates, and was told, "There is but one delegate from each country." Amazed, Skoglund said, "You mean I'm representing Yale, Harvard, MIT and Machias State? Why did you pick me?" Dr. Mohrmon looked him up and down and replied, "Perhaps you were the only one who applied."
Visit this artists website at
http://www.thehumblefarmer.com/