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<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:mediumblue">Veteran Scholarships Available for</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:mediumblue">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sustainable Ag Conference</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Southern SAWG conference focuses on practical advice for farmers
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scholarships are available for military veterans who would like to attend Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s (SSAWG) annual
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference</span></em>. The popular conference, which will take place January 22-25, 2020 in Little Rock, AR, focuses on practical tools and solutions
to build the necessary bridges between farmers, marketers, ag professionals, and local-food system advocates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The University of Arkansas and the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) are partnering to offer the veteran scholarships. Fifteen partial
scholarships, which will cover the cost of general conference registration, will be awarded. Five full scholarships are also available, which will cover the cost of conference registration, short course and field trip attendance, and lodging at the conference
hotel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The deadline to apply for the scholarships is December 6, 2019. The application is available online at
<a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fout02.thedatabank.com%2F%3Fr%3DMTAwMw0KSjQwNDU2MS1DNDI3LU0yNTQ5OTMtLXJvYnluDQozNzU1NjQyNzEwMTc3MjcxMDc3Nzc3MzUxMjU0OTkzMTQxDQoxMWIwMDAwMDAwM2NlNmYNCmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5jYXQub3JnL2F0Zl9BUl9zc2F3Zy8NCmF0ZmFyc3Nhd2cNCnNhbmRyYWJAbmNhdC5vcmc%253d&data=02%7C01%7Crobynm%40ncat.org%7Ce503d2ac76584367e21808d75ca7b60e%7C833912b329304964ab4dec38e988d2c4%7C0%7C0%7C637079747694407186&sdata=Ld9zjhJ%2BVZJtOeWQ9Tw7bQ%2F%2Buve3Y9N%2BZSgneKZ1sJE%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.ncat.org/atf_AR_ssawg/</a>. Applicants will be notified no later than December 13 about the status of their scholarship application.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on the scholarships, contact Margo Hale at
<a href="mailto:margoh@ncat.org">margoh@ncat.org</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To learn more about the conference, visit
<a href="https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fout02.thedatabank.com%2F%3Fr%3DMTAwMw0KSjQwNDU2MS1DNDI3LU0yNTQ5OTMtLXJvYnluDQozNzU1NjQyNzEwMTc3MjcxMDc3Nzc3MzUxMjU0OTkzMTQxDQoxMWIwMDAwMDAwM2NlNmYNCmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNzYXdnLm9yZy9qYW51YXJ5LTIwMjAtY29uZmVyZW5jZQ0KamFudWFyeTIwMjBjb25mZXINCnNhbmRyYWJAbmNhdC5vcmc%253d&data=02%7C01%7Crobynm%40ncat.org%7Ce503d2ac76584367e21808d75ca7b60e%7C833912b329304964ab4dec38e988d2c4%7C0%7C0%7C637079747694417185&sdata=Vu9I0EvB%2BHPkIo%2FY8BbyKabxb3ufXMipuj%2FYGflHZII%3D&reserved=0">
https://www.ssawg.org/january-2020-conference</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Robyn Metzger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Program Specialist/Armed to Farm Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">National Center for Appropriate Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">479-442-9824<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ncat.org/"><span style="color:windowtext">www.ncat.org</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">NCAT’s mission:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Helping</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496;background:white"> people by championing small-scale, local</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496">
<span style="background:white">and sustainable solutions <br>
that reduce poverty, promote</span></span></i><i> </i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#2F5496;background:white">healthy communities, and protect natural resources.</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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