<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" id="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563docs-internal-guid-69d530be-7fff-f187-1da6-927e7ff29aa6" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Community Food & Agriculture Coalition will host our final </span><a href="https://www.farmlinkmontana.org/farmer-field-days-2018/" id="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563LPlnk328193" class="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563OWAAutoLink" title="Cmd+Click or tap to follow the link" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Farmer
Field Day</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the 2018 season next </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, September 19</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">County Rail Farm</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Huson, MT. </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img width="408" height="408" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/If_HaouKMeZERkZCLOU9wmIAq55N-or_nevGIHGLeXTcwxZH5uwLtPJlwqjxQ6HAB3JRF1PPr81msc1iFSr3nZUC_rM5gMHOZVgUMFz50D19ByzYQJ_klv88Odg38QMsMormPClE" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; border: none;"></span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Salad Greens From Seed to Store</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">September 19 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> || </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3pm</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> || </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">County Rail Farm </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> || </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Huson, MT</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our final Farmer Field Day of 2018 will be at </span><a href="https://countyrailfarm.com/" id="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563LPlnk447361" class="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">County Rail Farm</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in Huson, MT. County Rail is a small-scale, certified organic vegetable farm run day to day by Tracy Potter-Fins with heavy input from her partner Margaret DeBona on the big picture. At this Field Day Tracy will talk about their production systems for arugula and lettuce mix, which they sell at farmers markets and at grocery stores in Montana, Idaho, and Washington through the Western Montana Growers Cooperative. Come learn how County Rail uses efficient systems to serve a wide range of markets a consistent, quality product, while operating at a small scale. We will see firsthand how they plan for the season, manage greens succession, handle greens post-harvest, and continue production into the shoulder season.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More than just a farm tour, Farmer Field Days cover techniques and tips that will help beginning farmers learn new approaches that they can implement on their own farms. While geared toward beginning farmers, all Farmer Field Days are open to the public. Afterward, stick around for a potluck social and meet more of your local farming community.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.9872"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information and to register for this Field Day, visit the</span><a href="https://www.farmlinkmontana.org/farmer-field-days-2018/" id="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563LPlnk966152" class="gmail-m_-3640106595988578563OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Farm Link Events Page</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div><br></div><div>Dave Renn<br><br></div>Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program Manager</div><span style="font-size:small">Community Food & Agriculture Coalition</span><br style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.farmlinkmontana.org/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.farmlinkmontana.org</a><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">406-926-1004</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>