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<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.666666984558105px;white-space:pre-wrap">A one-night-only Burns St. Bistro tasting menu and the opportunity to help strengthen our local
food system? You've gotta be there!</span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition (CFAC) will host the 3rd Annual Farm Fresh Pitchfest at Burns St. Bistro on
<b>Thursday, February 21st, from 6-8 PM</b>. CFAC has selected five western Montana farmers & food businesses for public funding through Kiva.org’s online microlending platform.
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At
the <b>free live event</b>, the selected businesses will present live pitches for their 0%-interest loans. Each loan will allow the businesses to invest in infrastructure upgrades and expand their operations. Attendees will have opportunities to contribute
to the loans at and after the live event. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Burns
St. Bistro will provide a complementary tasting menu using selected ingredients from the pitchmakers’ farms and businesses.
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Featured
businesses and funding goals for the event: </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tucker
Family Farm (Victor, MT): cheese press</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">House
of Ferments (Hamilton, MT): fermentation equipment</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Southbound
Flowers (Florence, MT): greenhouse and farm implements</span></p>
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Dancing Dog Farm (Stevensville, MT): walk-behind tractor</span></p>
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St. Fungi (Missoula, MT): steam sterilizer </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This
event is free and open to the public. More information is available at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.farmlinkmontana.org/farm-fresh-pitchfest-2019/" target="_blank">CFAC’s
website</a><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; we hope you'll join us!</span></font></span></p>
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