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<div align="left"> <b><font
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next VASCM
meeting is
Tomorrow,
Friday, March 3,
1:00-3:00pm </font></b><b><font
face="Helvetica,
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person at 3P
Vineyard in
Soquel<br>
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<div align="left"><b><font
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Preparedness and
Damage Recovery,
Plus Funding for
Vineyard
Conservation
Practices <br>
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<div align="left"><b><font
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with Rich Casale
and Drew Mather,
NRCS<br>
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<div align="left"><font
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more below</i></font><font
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
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everyone:</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">This
next meeting will
be in person -
yes, live and in
person! -
tomorrow, Friday
at 3P Vineyard in
Soquel (see
address below). <br>
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
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have had some
fierce storms, a
lot of rain and
high winds, in the
past couple of
months. And it's
still raining with
more coming in
this weekend. We
are fortunate to
have a break in
the weather for
our meeting
tomorrow. Rich
Casale and Drew
Mather of the
local NRCS office
(Santa Cruz
County) will
address:</font></div>
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face="Helvetica,
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storm
preparedness; <br>
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
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what to do (and
not to do) in an
emergency if you
experience storm
damage<br>
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face="Helvetica,
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storm damage
recovery practices
and/or strategies;
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<div align="left"><font
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and NRCS/Farm
Service financial
and technical
assistance
programs
throughout the
year for
conservation and
other management
practices. <br>
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">You
may have had trees
uprooted on your
property that have
compromised soil
retention,
drainage or
erosion issues,
etc. And if not
yet then it will
still be good to
know what to do to
avoid and address
in the future.
Plus, you'll find
out about some
valuable funding
assistance through
the NRCS for a
wide range of
conservation
practices, of
which some of our
growers have
benefited from
over the years.</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font
face="Helvetica,
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you have
particular damage
issues that you
are interested to
have addressed
during the program
you can email Rich
ahead of time at <a
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href="mailto:richcasale3@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">richcasale3@gmail.com</a> .<br>
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<div align="left"><font
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3P Vineyard,
3490 Soquel-San
Jose Rd</b>. in
Soquel (across
from Casalegno's
store). Thank you
to Dan Petrocchi
for hosting.</font></div>
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<div align="left"><font
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to bring: <br>
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<div align="left"><font
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Please bring
your own chair.</b>
We will be in a
barn for the
presentation (and
out of the weather
if it rains). <b><br>
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<div align="left"><font
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Also bring a
bottle of wine
to share!</b> We
will be providing
appetizers to go
with. </font></div>
<br>
<div align="left"><font
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look forward to
seeing you!</font></div>
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Regards,<br>
The VASCM Board:<br>
- Mary Lindsay<br>
- Ken Swegles<br>
- June Salsbury<br>
- Rick Clarke</font></div>
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