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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">I was wondering if anyone was able to participate in the listening session this week? If so, how was it? The reason I ask is I see there are two more sessions offered tomorrow. I can certainly
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Jenny<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Jennifer Weber<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">MARICOPA COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">4341 E. Broadway Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Office: (602) 827-8222<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">jennyweber@arizona.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">extension.arizona.edu/maricopa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin) <ecmartin@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 12, 2020 2:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ced@list.cals.arizona.edu; Armstrong Florian, Traci L - (tarmstro) <tarmstro@cals.arizona.edu>; Mostafa, Ayman M - (ayman) <ayman@cals.arizona.edu>; Chamberland, Michael J - (mchamb) <mchamb@arizona.edu>; Koenig, Scott R - (skoenig) <skoenig@arizona.edu>;
Merk, Patricia A - (pamerk) <PMerk@cals.arizona.edu>; Senior, Rebecca - (rsenior) <rsenior@arizona.edu>; Umeda, Kai - (umedak) <KUmeda@cals.arizona.edu>; Webb, Gigette Aja - (gigettewebb) <gigettewebb@arizona.edu>; Weber, Jennifer - (jennyweber) <jennyweber@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: You're Invited! Urban, Indoor & Emerging Ag Listening Sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI - Ed<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<br>
4341 E BROADWAY RD | PHOENIX, AZ 85040-8807<br>
Office: 602-827-8232 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#767676">| </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767676">Cell: 520-709-0939 <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ruemenapp, Marie <<a href="mailto:ruemenap@msu.edu">ruemenap@msu.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 12, 2020 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alomar Richard <<a href="mailto:richard.alomar@rutgers.edu">richard.alomar@rutgers.edu</a>>; Boyd Owens (<a href="mailto:bowens@scsu.edu">bowens@scsu.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:bowens@scsu.edu">bowens@scsu.edu</a>>; Brenda Rogers <<a href="mailto:bgrogers@ufl.edu">bgrogers@ufl.edu</a>>;
Carol Parker (<a href="mailto:cmp10@cornell.edu">cmp10@cornell.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:cmp10@cornell.edu">cmp10@cornell.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:carrie.edgar@ces.uwex.edu">carrie.edgar@ces.uwex.edu</a>; Courtney T. Owens (<a href="mailto:Courtney.owens@kysu.edu">Courtney.owens@kysu.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:Courtney.owens@kysu.edu">Courtney.owens@kysu.edu</a>>; Martin, Edward C - (ecmartin)
<<a href="mailto:ecmartin@arizona.edu">ecmartin@arizona.edu</a>>; Eric Killian (<a href="mailto:killiane@unce.unr.edu">killiane@unce.unr.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:killiane@unce.unr.edu">killiane@unce.unr.edu</a>>; Fe Moncloa <<a href="mailto:fxmoncloa@ucanr.edu">fxmoncloa@ucanr.edu</a>>;
Jason Henderson (<a href="mailto:jhenderson@purdue.edu">jhenderson@purdue.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:jhenderson@purdue.edu">jhenderson@purdue.edu</a>>; Katherine Williams (<a href="mailto:kwilliams@wakegov.com">kwilliams@wakegov.com</a>) <<a href="mailto:kwilliams@wakegov.com">kwilliams@wakegov.com</a>>;
Manami Brown (<a href="mailto:mbrown4@umd.edu">mbrown4@umd.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:mbrown4@umd.edu">mbrown4@umd.edu</a>>; Nicole Debose (<a href="mailto:debose.8@osu.edu">debose.8@osu.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:debose.8@osu.edu">debose.8@osu.edu</a>>; Ronald
A. Brown (<a href="mailto:brown@ext.msstate.edu">brown@ext.msstate.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:brown@ext.msstate.edu">brown@ext.msstate.edu</a>>; Ruemenapp, Marie <<a href="mailto:ruemenap@msu.edu">ruemenap@msu.edu</a>>; Tuggle, Anthony <<a href="mailto:atuggle@Tnstate.edu">atuggle@Tnstate.edu</a>>;
Young, Jeffery A. <<a href="mailto:jeffrey.young@uky.edu">jeffrey.young@uky.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT]You're Invited! Urban, Indoor & Emerging Ag Listening Sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently posted a notice that they are taking stakeholder input to help inform and set priorities for $40 million of grant funding for research, education and extension around urban agriculture, indoor agriculture
and emerging agriculture. To respond to NIFA with aggregated and organized comments, the Western Center for Metropolitan Extension and Research (WCMER), National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL), and a number of local Farm Bureau chapters located in urban counties
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to join research, extension, or education grant teams via a survey (<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">survey coming soon</span></em>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">How we will use this information:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">Input from the listening sessions and survey responses will be aggregated and summarized by WCMER for the purpose of providing comments to NIFA; no personally identifying
information will be included. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">Background information</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">: NIFA invests in
Urban Agriculture research and education through its Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, AFRI Foundational Knowledge of Agriculture Production Systems, Specialty Crop Research Initiative, AFRI Small and Medium Sized Farms, Community Food Projects,
and the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. Information on these programs and how they help address urban, indoor and emerging agricultural production priorities can be found in NIFA's website through the following address: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nifa.usda.gov/program/uie-ag?utm_source=Metropolitan*Center*for*Applied*Research*and*Extension&utm_campaign=7a3374be06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_29_09_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5dd3d07cf-7a3374be06-__;KysrKysr!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8ygOauoxfeqqn-nMYYpfOViFOlFz85035NH-RF-DaQU4RTGrq7MwbanrJuUQHapv$"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#007C89">https://nifa.usda.gov/program/uie-ag</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">Listening Sessions:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">WCMER member institution Michigan State University’s
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.canr.msu.edu/nci/?utm_source=Metropolitan*Center*for*Applied*Research*and*Extension&utm_campaign=7a3374be06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_29_09_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5dd3d07cf-7a3374be06-__;KysrKysr!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8ygOauoxfeqqn-nMYYpfOViFOlFz85035NH-RF-DaQU4RTGrq7MwbanrJq5tk4LH$">
<span style="color:#007C89">National Charrette Institute</span></a> has designed and will provide facilitation for the on-line listening sessions. The dates/times and registration links for the Listening Sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Registration Link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lfu6hrD8uHtYzm0UxDYIC3v6Dg0yUjHgW__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8Vhgq2YOuNhTt9UBQ7gy97GP9xuTpjpZ_p1M8KGm8ygJBXkSow7YHxyF_NSiYNVN$?utm_source=Metropolitan+Center+for+Applied+Research+and+Extension&utm_campaign=7a3374be06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_29_09_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5dd3d07cf-7a3374be06-">
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Registration Link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuqurD8vH9JRiHkDDl1kL1tepfCtEWXp__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8Vhgq2YOuNhTt9UBQ7gy97GP9xuTpjpZ_p1M8KGm8ygJBXkSow7YHxyF_JCRSMnw$?utm_source=Metropolitan+Center+for+Applied+Research+and+Extension&utm_campaign=7a3374be06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_29_09_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5dd3d07cf-7a3374be06-">
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Registration Link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMuf-6pqTkjHtTGkaXRLY9GR17nocRrh_bT__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!8Vhgq2YOuNhTt9UBQ7gy97GP9xuTpjpZ_p1M8KGm8ygJBXkSow7YHxyF_NgipX6Q$?utm_source=Metropolitan+Center+for+Applied+Research+and+Extension&utm_campaign=7a3374be06-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_29_09_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c5dd3d07cf-7a3374be06-">
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