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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of events coming up, food and farm related:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Cook County Farm Bureau’s 5<sup>th</sup> Annual Farm Crawl<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Saturday September 11, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333">The U of I Extension Cook Co. Research and Demonstration Farm will be open for informal tours from 10 am - 2 pm, along with twenty two other farm stands, farms, greenhouses,
garden centers & feed stores.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333">The Demonstration Farm is located at 4821 Southwick Drive, Matteson, IL at Prairie State College's Matteson Area Center. Please wear sturdy closed toe shoes and dress for the weather. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333">For a list of participating locations please visit </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://cookcfb.org/discover-local/farm-crawl-event?fbclid=IwAR3h_0zE0rNhyMZe8x1EufTmB_AaZugllVV1m1NFJ9SCOqO0t4DXL9ru5cQ" target="_blank"><span style="color:#444444">https://cookcfb.org/discover-local/farm-crawl-event</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">MOSES Organic Field Day <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Saturday September 18, 11 am – 1 pm<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#561F1E;background:white">Join us for an inspiring field day with Sustain DuPage, one of the 2021 MOSES Changemakers! This educational nonprofit focuses on promoting sustainability in Wheaton, IL. Come
and see how they utilize their organic, urban-sized market garden as a teaching space to promote sustainable food and agricultural practices, while supporting native wildlife, inspiring political change, and building community in the Chicago suburbs.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="https://mosesorganic.org/events/organic-field-days/sustain-dupage-september-18">https://mosesorganic.org/events/organic-field-days/sustain-dupage-september-18</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">McHenry Country Farm Crawl
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333">Sept. 26, 2021, 10 am – 4 pm
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333">A family-friendly, free, self-guided tour of McHenry county’s diversified family farms. A total of 12 farms will be part of this educational agriculture-centric tour.
Fruit and vegetable growers, dairy cows, beef cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, horses, honey bees, perennial plants and more will be featured.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="https://mchenrycfb.org/news/mchenry-county-farm-stroll-2021">https://mchenrycfb.org/news/mchenry-county-farm-stroll-2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Batka <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Local Foods and Small Farms Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Illinois Extension – Cook Co<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sbatka@illinois.edu"><span style="color:black">sbatka@illinois.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">w. 217-300-8636 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://extension.illinois.edu/cook/local-foods-small-farms">https://extension.illinois.edu/cook/local-foods-small-farms</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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