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<p align="center"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=65d1zkCp6aIDOB1D4v8_Mw.."><img alt="August Farm Fresh News" src="http://action.farmland.org/images/content/pagebuilder/16791.jpg" border="0"></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<td style="padding: 5px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Welcome to the August edition of Farm Fresh News. In this issue, find out what a Palmettovore is, follow the wind to a new tourism hot spot, learn what's cooking at chef camp, help bring a farmers market to the White House, and dig into a farm fresh recipe!</span></em></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p align="left"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">Tom Tomato, leader of the Palmettovore movement, might tell you that a Palmettovore is a South Carolinian who consumes only South Carolina-grown and processed products. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=Zk5KQKl_vdcp521CJYiZTw..">Watch the video where</a>, Mr. Tomato explains that only 6 percent of the food consumed in South Carolina was produced in-state. That’s why the Palmetto State’s Department of Agriculture launched a website to explain why foods from local farms are good for South Carolina’s economy and the environment. </font></p></td>
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<p align="left"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">Since Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm in King City, Missouri, began operation almost two years ago, people have come in droves to see the giant windmills up close. Interest has been so high that a local group of residents has even <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=yReiJnoWmmQMg73KU2XHww..">applied for a grant to build a wind farm education center</a>. Wind farms are just one way farmers are simultaneously helping to solve our energy needs while providing farms with a new source of income. </font></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<h3 align="left"><font style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); font-family: Arial;" color="#006699" face="Arial ">Farmers Market on the White House Lawn?</font></h3><font style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); font-family: Arial;" color="#006699" face="Arial ">
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<td><img alt="White House with Veggies" src="http://action.farmland.org/images/content/pagebuilder/16801.jpg" border="0"></td></tr></tbody></table>Maybe the lawn isn’t the best idea, but why not have a farmers market at the White House? In a recent statement about his plans for a healthier America, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=c9W10_tkbgvtazSxPoji1w..">President Obama mentioned that his and Michelle’s next move to “walk the talk” for local food is to bring a farmers market to their front door</a>. A farmers market selling fresh food from nearby farms could inspire the 15 million visitors that come to the nation’s capital each year. <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=0rb96u-O7iESwZOhz0cjMQ.."><em>Sign our petition to the president and first lady to say “YES”: we want the Obama Administration to be leaders for local farms and
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<h3 align="left"><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;" color="#990000" face="Arial "><font style="color: rgb(204, 51, 0);" color="#cc3300" face=""><font style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);" color="#006699" face="">Chefs Rise and Shine for Farm Camp</font></font></font></h3>
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<td><img alt="Pig from Flying Pig Farm" src="http://action.farmland.org/images/content/pagebuilder/16793.jpg" border="0"></td></tr></tbody></table>In a few weeks, food professionals will make their way to New York’s Batten Kill river valley to walk farm roads, do farm chores and taste the difference pasture-raised and freshness make. At the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=eO0afrY3LY6OJDC37X5TgA..">two-day Farm Camp</a> the connection is made between the cook, local farmers, and the land. In the end, farmers and chefs have new bonds and energy for a lasting partnership between rural farms and urban restaurants. And the cooks get to know the answer to that burning, age-old question: will a goat really eat anything?</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<h3 align="left"><font style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;" color="#990000" face="Arial ">Local Flavor-Filled Recipe</font></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><em><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.farmland.org/site/R?i=BP80PQkEFWrWahSzRt9IFg..">Nettle Meadow Goat Farm</a> is a 50-acre 200-head goat dairy and cheese company in Thurman, New York just below Crane Mountain in the Adirondacks where happy goats = great cheese. Besides making several varieties of soft goat cheeses and semi-aged cheeses, the animal loving owners of Nettle Meadow also provide sanctuary for a number of retired and rescued farm animals which includes several young male goats looking for good homes!</font></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Arial;" size="2" color="#003300" face="Arial"><strong>Baked Apples with Raisins and Chevre</strong></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial"><br><br>6 apples<br></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">10 ounces Nettle Meadow plain chevre<br></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">1/2 cup brown sugar<br></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">1/2 cup raisins<br></font><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" size="2" face="Arial">1/4 slivered blanched almonds, toasted</font></p>
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