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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Fre</span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">e,
<span style="color:black">1</span> hour tours</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> of the Turlock Community Gardens (TCG) this academic year for all CSUS
<u>students, faculty, staff, and alumns</u><span style="color:black">. Winter and spring dates and times have been posted to the TCG website. More dates will be added soon. Consider bringing your class out to the comm garden so they can learn about community
gardens, organic gardening, composting, drip irrigation, and sustainable urban agriculture.
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Registration is required here: <a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/csustours">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/csustours</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">There are a few plots available for rent
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(10x20’). If interested, let me know.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The community garden is at 4105 Crowell Ave (behind the church), 2 blocks north of campus. TCG is a local nonprofit set up to establish community gardens in Turlock.
<a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/</span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Turlock Community Gardens and CSUS will be co-hosting a conference,</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
<b>Rooting for Change: A Conference on Urban Agriculture in the Central Valley</b>, Saturday March 5, 2022 at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This will be a free, one day conference on urban agriculture. Topics will include: community and school gardens, food waste and composting, organic gardening, urban green space, biodiversity, and urban agriculture
as part of the solution to the climate crisis. All welcome! Registration is <u>required (below)</u>. Conference will be limited to
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">100 </span></em>people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morning</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: Lectures, small discussion groups, and poster sessions.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Afternoon:</span></strong> Field trips to local community and school gardens.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hosted by: </span></strong>Turlock Community Gardens and California State University Stanislaus<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: </span></strong>Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/conference"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/conference</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We would love to have you attend, participate, and even help out by leading tours, giving presentations, or many other activities.
<span style="color:black">If you have any questions or suggestions or want to help out, please email co-host, Alex Tagge:
</span></span><a href="mailto:atagge@csustan.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">atagge@csustan.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Julia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Julia T. Sankey, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Professor, Paleobiology/Geology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sustainability Faculty Fellow, Council for Sustainable Futures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">209-667-3090; JSankey@csustan.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.csustan.edu/geology/sankey"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">https://www.csustan.edu/geology/sankey</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#464646">Turlock Community Gardens:</span></u></b><b><u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#464646"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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