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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A">See attached job descriptions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">Gene A. Giacomelli, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">Voice: 520 626-9566 FAX: 520 626-1700
<a href="mailto:giacomel@ag.arizona.edu">giacomel@ag.arizona.edu</a>; </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/">http://ag.arizona.edu/ceac/</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Per our conversation at the Indoor Ag Conference, we at Local Roots are currently looking to fill open positions for an Agronomist and a Plant Scientist. We will also be on-boarding several Farm Hands over the coming 6 months to our flagship
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know asap if you have anyone in mind who might be an ideal candidate for either position, or if you have other resources we could tap into to help us with our search. Feel free to pass on the enclosed job posting pdfs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to working with UofA and hiring many of its alumnus in the coming years! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dan Kuenzi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Local Roots<br>
E: <a href="mailto:Dan@localrootsfarms.com" target="_blank">Dan@localrootsfarms.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">C: +1 206 940 4644<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">T: <a href="https://twitter.com/LocalRootsFarms" target="_blank">
@localrootsfarms</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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