<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">IthaCan <<a href="mailto:mail@ithacan.ning.com">mail@ithacan.ning.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">September 9, 2010 9:42:59 AM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a href="mailto:shiragolding@gmail.com">shiragolding@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:shiragolding@gmail.com">shiragolding@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>IthaCan Dehydrating Produce Gathering</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:do-not-reply@ithacan.ning.com">do-not-reply@ithacan.ning.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div> <div style="padding:0; margin:16px; font-size:12px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="600"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" height="44" valign="middle" style="padding-left:12px; color:#6666CC;"> <div><a style="font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; text-decoration:none;" href="http://ithacan.ning.com/"><font color="#6666CC">IthaCan</font></a></div> <div style="font-size:12px;"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div class="xg_body"> <h3>A message to all members of IthaCan</h3> <table width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td><p><a class="noborder" href="http://api.ning.com/files/7yvQmrzNdnuKHVYM9rt32wA6PwTOWf4SELJ7kBlMPdGbY7f835UIX0NEH-J*IlGHzk9ep-DDYtyvk4i*mCDLPuxSxfXlW7Oo/MasonPlainLow.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://api.ning.com/files/7yvQmrzNdnuKHVYM9rt32wA6PwTOWf4SELJ7kBlMPdGbY7f835UIX0NEH-J*IlGHzk9ep-DDYtyvk4i*mCDLPuxSxfXlW7Oo/MasonPlainLow.jpg?width=200" alt="" style="float: left;" border="0"></a>Interested in drying produce? Check out the latest Event, <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/events/dehydrating-produce?xg_source=msg_mes_network">Dehydrating Produce</a>, at <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network">IthaCan</a>, the homefood preservers network for Tompkins County. Dehydrating (drying) produce preserves nutrients well and uses relatively little energy. We'll prepare a fruit, a vegetable, and an herb for drying and start batches in an electric dehydrator and in a home oven.<br><br><a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network">IthaCan</a> is also promoting a Back to Democracy event: <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/events/local-responses-to-energy?xg_source=msg_mes_network">Local responses to Energy Descent</a>. This evening (Friday, Sep 17) should prove interesting for <br> home food preservers concerned about Energy Descent. Katie Quinn-Jacobs will be speaking on the topic of preparedness, which will include home food storage and preservation. Other topics to be presented are the future of agriculture, energy and healthcare in our area.<br><br>And a Bring Your Own Apples (BYOA) <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/events/cider-pressing-2010?xg_source=msg_mes_network">Cider Pressing IthaCan Event</a> for those with organic apples coupled with a pressing need for cider is scheduled for the end of October.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p>Visit IthaCan at: <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network">http://ithacan.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network</a></p><p class="smallprint"><small> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaa; height:10px;"> </div> <div style="color:#777777; font-size:11px; padding-top: 5px;"> To control which emails you receive on IthaCan, <a href="http://ithacan.ning.com/profiles/profile/emailSettings?xg_source=msg_mes_network">click here</a></div> </small></p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <img src="http://ithacan.ning.com/xn_resources/widgets/index/gfx/spacer.gif?msgtype=broadcast" width="1" height="1" alt=""> </div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>