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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Dear </span><span style="color:#1F497D">SPLS</span><span style="color:#1F4E79"> Supporter of CEA,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Love locally harvested University of Arizona produce?</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Appreciate the knowledge of Dr. Andrew Weil?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Enjoy trying Arizona wines? Or the cooking of Chef Janos Wilder?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Then, consider attending the inaugural CEA Leadership Dinner.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Your support of Controlled Environment Agriculture and CEAC in its fund-raising and awareness-raising for CEA food products will also help student scholarships and programs!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F4E79">Attend the Dinner/Buy a Table/Support CEAC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">The inaugural CEAC Leadership Dinner –
</span><a href="http://ceac.arizona.edu/secure-sustaining-sensational-cea-dinner"><span style="color:#033160">“Secure, Sustaining & Sensational CEA!”</span></a><span style="color:#1F4E79"> – will bring together - at one of the key sites for demonstrating Tucson
as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy - fresh local harvest of food to make examples of our region’s culinary histories, celebrating CEA and the staple it is becoming for farm-to-table trends.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Chef Janos Wilder</span></b><span style="color:#1F4E79"> and his outstanding Carriage House culinary team have created a multi-course menu that is sure to be a memorable gastronomic feast.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Adding to the momentous festivities will be the commentary of the renowned UA faculty,
<b>Drs. Andrew Weil</b>, (Founder, University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine) and
<b>Joaquin Ruiz</b> (UofA VP for Innovation & Executive Dean College of Science), sharing their visions of how CEA impacts the future of food quality, availability, nutrition, and peoples’ health.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">The dinner is the concluding event of the UofA-CEAC’s Annual Greenhouse Short Course (April 3 – 6), which many leaders from the worldwide CEA industry will attend. The dinner is designed to advance CEA education
and research programs of CEAC to continue the important work of assuring secure, sustaining and sensational foods and practices to feed the region, our nation, and the planet. For information on how CEAC is securing food sources,
</span><a href="http://tucson.com/news/science/university-of-arizona-grad-grows-million-heads-of-lettuce-without/article_237c6eee-9714-51d2-93f2-12f2bf51ec73.html"><span style="color:#033160">see the recent article in Arizona Daily Star.</span></a><span style="color:#10253F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">The standard contribution for the four course meal is $130 per person, or a discounted rate of $210 for two. Larger donations are acceptable and greatly appreciated. The assistance of the Clean Energy Corporation
Inc. to facilitate this event is greatly appreciated. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Alternatively should you be unable to attend, but still want to offer your support, you may donate to reserve a table for your group or organization (10 seats for $1300). This would provide for students,
and other special guests to be accommodated because of your donation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Local harvest provided by</span></b><span style="color:#1F4E79">: University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, Arizona Vegetable Co., University of Arizona MycoCats, Fish Farmacy, University
of Arizona Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Hungry Planets Systems and Services LLC.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Local wine presented by</span></b><span style="color:#1F4E79"> Arizona Wine Growing Association members including: Pillsbury Wine Company, Lightening Ridge Cellars, Rune Wines, Sand-Reckoner Vineyards, Callaghan
Vineyards. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">For additional information, contact Austin Smith – 520.626.9566 /
</span><a href="mailto:azsmith11@email.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#1F4E79">azsmith11@email.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Gene A. Giacomelli, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Professor Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Dept
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Director, Controlled Environment Agriculture Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">The University of Arizona, CEA Building, 1951 E. Roger Road, Tucson, Arizona 85719<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Voice: 520 626-9566 FAX: 520 626-1700
<a href="mailto:giacomel@ag.arizona.edu">giacomel@ag.arizona.edu</a>; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://ceac.arizona.edu/">http://ceac.arizona.edu/</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">;
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/abe/people/gene-giacomelli">https://cals.arizona.edu/abe/people/gene-giacomelli</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Website: <a href="http://ceac.arizona.edu/">
http://ceac.arizona.edu/</a> Twitter: @ArizonaCEAC instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arizona_ceac/">
https://www.instagram.com/arizona_ceac/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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