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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">Laurie</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond"> Tompkins at 508-457-0495
x108</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">“</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">Cape</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">
</SPAN></B><st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">Friendly</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond"> Farming: Grow
Local, Buy Local, Eat Fresh” Workshop at the
</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">Waquoit</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN
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</SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond">Bay</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond"> Research
Reserve</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve is hosting a gardening workshop on <STRONG>Thursday, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>March 19<SUP>th</SUP> from
</STRONG></SPAN><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="0"><STRONG><st1:time Hour="19"
Minute="00"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">7:00pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> – </SPAN><st1:time Hour="21" Minute="00"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">9:00 pm</SPAN></st1:time></STRONG></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Visitor</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> on Route 28 in </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">E. Falmouth</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">. The workshop will highlight where to buy and eat
local foods on </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Cape
Cod</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> as well as techniques
on organic gardening. Participants are invited to arrive between
</SPAN><st1:time Hour="18" Minute="30"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">6:30</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> and </SPAN><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="0"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">7:00</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> to check in, take a look at the Reserve’s visitor
center, and sample some locally grown snacks. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Jessie Gunnard, Coordinator of the Buy Fresh, Buy
Local Cape Cod Program, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, will reveal where
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Cape</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Codders</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> can purchase and eat foods that are grown locally
and highlight the benefits of local foods. Stan Ingram will teach participants
about the process of growing their own food-from soils and seeds, to working
with the season’s challenges of weather, diseases and insects; right through to
a healthy harvest. He’ll also give tips on extending the growing season. Stan,
who grew up working on truck farms in </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Southeast Massachusetts</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">, was the Garden Manager at New Alchemy Institute
in the 1980s. Stan recently returned to the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Cape</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> from a few years growing his own food in
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Maine</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> to start a Community Supported Agriculture
program at Coonemessett Farm in Hatchville and is presently the field manager
there. Joan Muller, Education Coordinator at the Waquoit Bay Reserve will
introduce the program with an overview of the environmental benefits of organic
gardening and farming.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 3pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The program is free and sponsored by the Reserve,
the Buy Local, Buy Fresh Cape Cod program, and the MA Department of Conservation
and Recreation.<SPAN style="COLOR: black"> Waquoit Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve is </SPAN>located at </SPAN><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">149 Waquoit
Highway</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">/Route 28 in Waquoit. Please register at <A
href="http://www.waquoitbayresderve.org/">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</A>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For additional information, call
</SPAN><st1:phone phonenumber="$6457$$$" o_x003a_ls="trans"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">508-457-0495</SPAN></st1:phone><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> x108 or email
laurie.tompkins@state.ma.us.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Laurie
Tompkins</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>Event
Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>P.O. Box
3092</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>Waquoit, MA
02536</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>Tel. 508-457-0495
x108</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Georgia color=#000080 size=1>Fax
617-727-5537</FONT></DIV>
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