<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Given the ongoing conversation and continuing effort in Missoula about the need to protect our disappearing agricultural soil and farmland, we thought you’d be interested in this exciting presentation next week: </span></font></p></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1120300401343194/"><b>“Saving a Place for Agriculture in Our Community”</b></a><b></b></span></font></p></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bob Wagner, Senior Policy and Program Advisor, American Farmland Trust</span></font></p></div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://20" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="20" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Tuesday, March 22, 7:00pm</font></a></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Missoula City Council Chambers – <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://21" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="21">140 W. Pine St.</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.farmland.org/staff/robertwagner">Bob Wagner</a> will be visiting Missoula and will share his wealth of experience helping communities conserve agricultural land. Bob draws on 29 years of experience at American Farmland Trust to create and promote state and local farmland protection strategies nationwide and to oversee AFT's land project and easement stewardship activities. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By inviting Bob to speak here in Missoula, CFAC hopes to further the discussion on the need to protect our disappearing agricultural soil and farmland. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is a free, public event, sponsored by the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition, Trust Montana, Missoula Community Food Co-op and the Western Montana Growers Cooperative.</span></font></p></div><br><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1120300401343194/">Click here</a> for more event details. We hope to see you there! </span></font></p></div><br><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you for your dedication to protecting agricultural soil and farmland!</span></font></p></div></div><div><br><br>Bonnie Buckingham<div>Community Food & Agriculture Coalition</div><div><a href="http://www.missoulacfac.org">www.MissoulaCFAC.org</a></div></div></body></html>