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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">June 5, 2018 Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Lunch ‘n Learn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Out in Blue Fields, A Year at Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Janice Riley and Stephen Spear<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"></span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents their popular series
<i>Lunch & Learn. </i>We kick off the 2018 season with <i>Out in Blue Fields, A Year at Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm</i> with journalist Janice Riley and conservationist Stephen Spear authors of the book of the same name published by Schiffer Publishing, LTD,
<b>Monday, July 2, 2018 at 11:30am <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Spear's family has owned the farm since 1973 and began cultivating blueberries exclusively in1986, selling thousands of pints each
season. Riley and Spear will share photographs and personal reflection, practical knowledge and inspired</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">thoughts on the reasons farming is important and the ways we find meaning in</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">the natural world. Learn about the history of blueberry cultivation, the</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">biodiverse flora and fauna on the farm, and facts about blueberries. Fans of stories about the natural world, farming, or simply Cape Cod, will appreciate</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">this celebration of blueberries and a life lived close to the earth. Book signing to follow.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Janice Riley is a writer, photographer, webmaster, and documentary filmmaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">An avid gardener for thirty years, she has been a blueberry farmer for fifteen years. She holds a BA from Wellesley College. Stephen
Spear is a conservation specialist with the USDA-NRCS on Cape Cod. He has owned and operated Hokum Rock Farm for forty-four years. He holds a BS from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">Admission: Non-Member $25 / Member $15 / Includes Program, Box Lunch & Museum
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