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Laredo Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Committee Meeting, 05/04/2023

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Let me just go from.

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Agent Gomez.

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And academic circular School.

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Anybody set up my mask overhead, so moving forward.

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We'd like to concentrate.

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Some kind of an open discussion of what's going to be happening with the event that's coming up. Everybody has been.

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We have exactly two weeks well, one day less than two weeks.

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All starts with Mark winning in the evening and then the next day is the workshop and the exhibit.

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We would like to discuss what's going to happen at the workshop when it gets to that point and I'm just gonna.

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So uh secretary report.

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Secretaries reporting today was not new on the position, but I was reading the bylaws and I just wanted to share with you.

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So I'll be taking a meeting in minutes and then I'll distribute them.

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And have just records of any board actions, so um anything else that you ought to be good. Let me know.

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um Would you all introduce ourselves foreign.

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Ers Market.

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Environmental Services.

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Minutes and sending those out and any notices that you all might want to share.

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That as well I have some grant writing experience as well. So if we ever need to.

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For pregnant store and the Environmental Services Department, so I'm really close.

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uh Moving on to the translator report.

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And cash and then another 240.

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From Andy's.

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I don't see any rain.

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Some remarks to.

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People, but it's like eating this kindly enough to buy the.

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Partnerships that work at the narrated Job Corps editor in an area to established in relationship with them.

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Vestor we are going to provide technical assistance.

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Inside um also well.

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The natural Wildlife Federation as a search.

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I register of organization.

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We invented our Apartments.

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That's all absolutely so. It's a certified Garden.

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But it doesn't explain in the positives.

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As you imagine, life should be.

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Okay, that's right.

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Or state Grant updates, which discussion with possible action.

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Going to apply for facility, it comes up the movies yeah, so.

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And on the agenda stating.

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This healthy food system so.

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Opening some new guidance and also micrograms.

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Capacity both for economic development and the charitable food system.

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We have a partnership with.

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Practice the recreational activities, the parks and great programming and the other portion is to become more inclusive of.

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We're not liking what we're doing I think we can always shift.

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Or is there a target audience or is there a Target programming of agencies into that nature or which is.

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Sustainability within the household for me.

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Sustained or um yeah.

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We've got a professor tamiu who um I did not say: I was going to bring up her name.

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A garden uh I'm not sure entirely, but she's backyard, gardening and then orders all her.

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Needs fermenting and beneficial mobility and things like that eat.

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Some mostly vegetables that are on Garden to eat that.

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So we're inviting her to see if she wants to come in and just to introduce what she started herself.

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Because of her needs- and maybe we could.

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Say um she's she said: okay,.

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We sit together in that, but we briefly talked about.

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It it'd be great.

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If she could go to the workshop.

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Or pretend they have so much in their faith that sometimes need to travel out, but.

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Thank you for coming yeah.

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uh Well, the food policy Council for sure is it's a.

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Interviewer organization.

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Kind of participate as part of the council so.

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Do you want to come so.

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Like the record show, it says.

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It's not the record, that's whenever it wasn't.

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uh Thank you for coming. Oh.

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Thank you. It's always a little late, I'm coming from another meeting.

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Hello, Mr Taco, but if I can just kind of go back to something that you'll that you mentioned I know you mentioned, got broken into.

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For stronger Gates, I ordered three cameras that are going to be.

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Found that those there are surveillance going on if I have been signs around I will.

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There's a busy street right, but but they.

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Come in from the side street over here, that's what we're gonna.

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Just about putting it back right.

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That's when we resorted okay.

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They close the gate.

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The the gate was broken: okay, I'm seriously,.

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Were probably wasn't the first one to see it there, but now we're gonna put signs.

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Vegetables and all the all, the planting that we have there, but not.

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Okay, so it'll be connected with PD. So that's that's. The plan.

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Requires a center of wireless connections that we're going to we're going to put here.

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Two weeks or so we should be getting a thing and.

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It's just uh through allocation.

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To make sure that we've invested so much money in their Diamond resources.

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So um can we move on to the next item.

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25 committee members.

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uh Exhibit and who's committed so far.

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um Yesterday, let me see me.

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The boards we have I think about. We have 15.

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I'll I'll talk to him after uh and Health Department. If there could be a booth from you guys.

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And then I think we have Paulo Blanco Blanco.

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Which is um also going to be there Bella Gourmet. We have love.

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The health department we wanted to confirm, we have a.

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um So she'll be there as well.

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uh Well as well, I think that up.

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We wanted to check with Laredo sustainable, to see if.

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You know Burma, yes, he would be.

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We have several things that we have to go over, and that was one of them.

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um For her restaurant book.

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Or for the table.

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No she's invited to the table to the table.

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We're also reaching out to um saludo Brewing because they have.

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um So um and I'm getting uh that's great content for them. Hopefully they told me that.

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And so we're we're inviting them.

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Or have they come out yet do you know like they? They should send them out on Tuesday of everyone.

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Yeah, but we also yesterday when we met, we also went over like a little.

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Not just the flyer every single day.

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Every single day, pull from here to the till the day after the event or.

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It's an interview so.

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So I mean the 4K DNS is on the 11th May 11th.

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That's how I practically check my calendar to see what dates they are, but they're all set like they're.

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Sabrina would be there to announce it for for the interview, but.

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I mean it could be three.

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um But it'd be great to like use it as a.

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um Or maybe you want to do a Spanish one? Yes,.

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Radio Spanish radio stations yeah.

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And we cannot everyone, we can add 98.1 and it doesn't know that's uh c93 and.

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How do we get debates so that we can send it out to the producers and people who are going to.

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Tomorrow we can finalize.

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Is that something anybody here has a producer, everybody.

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Maybe we could have dates.

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Thoughts and entravision will go to you, but it's but.

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Interviewing you in Spanish and in English, so we can I, can.

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In the English you know somewhere they can be there so they're, very flexible.

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I think, even whenever.

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We're going for a transition of University.

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Hall of administration changes this year and probably next year,.

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Always work with foreign.

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Even during this chance, and so.

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That will help everybody.

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I turned off about pretty quickly um I wanted to check out Health Department about the public, access stream or.

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I was supposed to get back at us. They've been busy.

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Just helping us out with this event and helping City my career um she's handling the volunteer.

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um Sabrina, who.

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Provide support.

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Just I think he said about six.

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Also reached out.

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Right now, but um I also have friends where I need volunteer hours, I'll be reaching.

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You know kgs, so if you want to do like, like the radio live, podcast um I think we should.

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The days like so how many more days do we have been up to the event you said.

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Maybe like the 15th May 15th like we can have like okay, the 15th, we'll.

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Be doing something.

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So we can have specific things leading up to the event, because I feel like I.

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It we're going to like spread the word yeah, so the calendar that we worked on yesterday. That's.

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The location is closed and it's like they find the temperature in it. Or did you see or did you.

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Like all these things, every single day, from the day of from here to the.

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um Oh yeah and then the podcast, so we are.

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We have it on the schedule right, Friday or Monday yeah.

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We'll be doing live streams um with Belle.

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Charges all the time for everything.

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It depends like you, maybe his radio station, like he'll, invite you as an interview, maybe he'll.

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That you would do the Spanish version right.

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Yes and I, just confirmed with Italian 106.

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Copies to the council.

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They're uh fees on on social media.

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Invitation from the health from Dr Chamberlain that's going to go out.

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And hopefully, what we're trying to do is.

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All right, um so what we're.

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We need to really we need all your help to get people committed to come. Those.

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And uh and anybody.

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John also, maybe her from waste um that we.

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Announce be at some of those tables, because we do need people who understand a little bit about what you know.

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Easter or little things that have to do with the food system.

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Looking for doctors or looking for people who just have some touch of what it means to be in the uh you know, dealing with waste.

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So, coming up with and I'm hoping that you all can give us some feed.

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Those are complex, so what we're trying to do with these.

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Experience where, hopefully, people with with um with uh you know, who who are passionate about some of these things, people who are curious.

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So there's various types of people and various reasons for them to be there, including um I'm.

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um I've gotten tentative yeses from a lot of.

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I think it is, is a lot of these people.

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Are studying or whatever um that they will um that they will come and thank them.

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Maybe we're streaming versus TV, so the prompt from a workshop is essentially to go around.

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About for everybody, the idea is to is to say, okay,.

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Right, that's the that's! What we're trying to do create a food from when we say.

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In terms of these system, so everybody would have the same problem in terms of think of. This is what we've come up with.

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What is with it.

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S, uh border uh Cuisine or coffee.

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Very much a part of your experience and really in the City Brewing.

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That's about essentially the center a couple. It's Mexican right.

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We don't take advantage of it on many different levels, because silent.

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Night, though so uh you know, we know that.

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So I mean we know that we.

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uh That you know we get part of it.

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But uh it's also a super duty totally. Okay,.

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The right methods to do that, so the idea is to.

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About what that special.

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Economy producer: where would you get the the fruits and vegetables.

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You've asked me.

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Tortillas comparison we're going to use that for our articles or something you know.

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Some point: you're gonna start a business with it. How would you happen to where would you sell.

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Well, we're not going to say that uh as a at the beginning.

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Not telling people that um they have to figure out how to sell it.

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In this great deal on this great room that they're deciding to them, you know.

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Nothing is a par public transportation or a bicycle together. So where would you put these places.

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Each one of these would have 10 minutes and at the end, every table would come up and say this is what we did go through. Anything.

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uh Just it took all of us a long time to understand, and so the Civic.

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Its potential- and this is Eric regulator now so we're hoping that.

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Is it still too complicated? Is it.

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um Is it too simple if I.

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People are good to get discouraged, yeah right, I, think.

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Yeah this is where I would put a community garden. You know the people who are I think we have six volunteers from every city, Maybe.

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Do this without being experts in the field.

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But we want people to just engage in what they think it's all about. We want to record the table, talk and.

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uh Babe at the table I'm putting in a month and.

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A lot of people just think it's that happens because.

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um Anyways, what I.

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For the restaurant business, so it is a is.

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um Anyways I I, don't know if.

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This will show up um as long as we announce it and we I think we're pretty because of the.

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Can we approach and kind of like hey and I'm, pretty sure asking them like? Do you know who's? Who.

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A nutrition or you know like or do you know.

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You can invite them I. Think one of the biggest things is um communicating or.

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Is or or they just see it and I mean if they don't know what it is, they kind of ignore it or something like.

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Explain to them, or just tell them like little kids.

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And, of course, the social media, everything of it like one of the posts is um that we talked about was.

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The picture and then right there people are even using, like the other.

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Start getting a little bit more like okay, yeah! Well, maybe I don't want to know up or I really don't care.

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Once you get them there, you start explaining or or they'll they might be interested in.

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Of the ones that are going to kind of step back but you'll have the ones once we just have to push.

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To them, but just have their opinions and then.

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Purposes so our strategy is have a conference educate the City of Laredo constituents.

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Buses in general and then the purpose.

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Of that, as long as we Advocate to have a sustainable, healthy.

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Okay, it remembers to buy it.

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I don't know this is important to.

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With yesterday, uh it was startling demanding people.

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Some of the people here live under the poverty.

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Depends on how many people, you think working thousand.

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It's 240, a lot of people say 240.

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If it goes so, it's close to 30 if you take a look down so.

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Of counties in the state we we're the.

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Bottom of food production in our County.

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Is to produce food in your area, you can produce the.

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um Or you can, you know, grow it nearby and have a farm.

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S in our County, where are they I, didn't know that there was that many.

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Where are they.

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Recorded that's true.

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I know foreign.

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There and so those were all your farms.

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Certainly, and.

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So it says this is the it's a.

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On USDA I advise everybody, I mean there must be three.

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Every County every state.

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You have to drill down and figure out, okay you're telling me there's this many: where are they.

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um We don't produce.

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To one we're at 0.14 that is very low.

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150 miles away from other places- and you know um we don't know how to aggregate Food local.

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Every and and we're 25 of our population is.

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Important to for uh for our local population.

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Every type of food that you could ever imagine passes through our border. We just have.

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Absolutely and have a great impact that we need the right people that can save them to help us.

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Saying yes, um I, you know how it is. You never know.

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And so um you know, the workshop is: is Central as.

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Ia and what it means to have a food system in a city and what you got to do.

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And Mark Winnie is going to talk about that too. That's his main.

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Vehicle system, you couldn't change, you can do a lot so.

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Concerns you know, so our area got got approved, which Celtics, we think is a part of.

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Your audience no I didn't hear.

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About it, okay, so there was six or seven different ones approved. uh We don't.

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19 million and the highest points can be 40 42.5, so this.

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So we should see some money coming into the web.

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Help producers.

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So and so, where are these centers going to be.

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We don't know yet what our role is going to be we're actually kind of working through Reading Texas, but.

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You might act as the ones that are actually going to be giving out these grants, but I can't be I, can't speak.

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There's this other legislation, that's going through right now, that is.

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Okay, let's have something else happening at the state level. What's up page.

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Anyway, so that one has to do and I think.

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And also getting funding for about Fleet apps that student state.

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One of the most important ways that the food access study, identity.

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At the local level to put in the policy.

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An integrated way and uh and.

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Probably the the element of the of the words.

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Directly from the people who did the research for Texas.

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um Any ideas on how to make this a little bit.

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How would you, how would you tagline.

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I'm really concerned about hitting people there.

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Have a list of the right people? Yes,.

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And are those people coming.

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Well, have we identified those and, and how are we reaching after those.

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Questions local organizations.

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Then you know make sure someone will say yes.

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What I want to say two have already said: yes,.

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I and, for example, in my board, I kind of.

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Farmers Market is the ones that are a little bit more interested in.

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And then City departments- Health Department, maybe health department has legally.

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The nutrition and nutritionist or someone that like do they have like uh people that they're reaching out to like.

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Right yeah, bright, spider will be, will be pretty good at want to help. You.

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Out with them, you can help us out with that.

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I mean you're bored, you all know certain people that you can say. We really need you to be there.

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One thing also that I wanted to okay.

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Like what's the message or how are you approaching people or.

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Because I might understand it one way, but they might understand in a different way, so I think we can all stick to.

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We are on and then they're hearing it. Oh because I've heard in several.

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Kind of like the exciting thing and then and then highlight what you're offering. But.

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We have a list of people and it's basically the people in this room and they're like board members.

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And the health department, environmental Department.

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Waiting on a letter from we're hoping to get a letter signed by the mayor about the.

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Really encourages people like okay, like if this is a.

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um We have a workshop letter and it kind of describes everything in the workshop. It's.

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Partial support system so like we do, we have producers in Laredo, um millions of dollars.

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No, it just passes that spine and then we get it. We like the add-on cost later.

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These people um just be aware about as well.

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Wasn't um emphasize the importance of documenting all this information.

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Economic Development departments, I believe.

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Situation and partner now I, don't know they're going to have the financial Outsource it or keep it, um but definitely.

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Conversation, the advisory committee.

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um Director of economics.

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Today, we're gonna um so there's a lot of people who all.

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You know planning, but they they they're waiting for all of this stuff to come for them and.

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Mass email with everybody, and with that.

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We are creating a food movement.

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We want to create.

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You know our culture of who.

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Economics and all those things that have to do with six.

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Does that spark people's.

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Again, the teacher of food Illinois.

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Something that ties everybody in Who We.

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Yeah: let's talk about the cost, the rise, the cost of immigration.

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We were talking to people behind the scenes. Podcast, we have several influentials.

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Yeah, but the thing is, while.

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From behind the scenes, because everybody's working or not but.

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The conversation were happening even us, while we were sitting at the table. Recording ourselves posting a tag.

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So those are going to be, especially if you want specific.

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Demographic regeneration to.

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To I think one of our goals for next week is to do these lives really intentional. You know so the first.

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Cycle Garden so folks can see where.

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It is where it's coming from and to your.

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Point get all those details and they feel more involved.

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That's the number one thing we see, we started interviews and it's a future.

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By the time you add, you say again.

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And just adding the Spanish tagline so maybe together we can.

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Future but it used to be your opening tag. Have your interview.

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um Because it's called further and you need to start with that tagline then continue your conversation.

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Need to repeat it so much to the point that everybody's now it's the lingo of the company.

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Associated with our purposes,.

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For some reason, they loved her o. It's.

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Still in Spanish.

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Those are all great points, but I think we need to stick to The, Branding and The. Branding is going to be your Tech.

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Also I get sponsors and.

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How much 4 500.00.

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Very short amount of time, and what that tells.

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You know uh interest number one, but we also feel.

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Or whatever, however, many there are.

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All businesses uh or secondary businesses to.

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Food uh opportunity.

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So essentially, they have a farmer's market to sell out.

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I mean you just.

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You know it's an opportunity for an exposition on.

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You know they can be small business, a large business it could be, it could be people who.

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On how to grow food bourbon juvetta is.

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Putting Gardens and teach people how to manage those compartments.

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They talk to her friends and explain what we're doing in their introduction. Oh I want to do that too, but.

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He doing anything.

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On yearly basis, maybe the workshop.

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Changes the speakers.

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I'm, not somebody that we're really missing.

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That's fine, but is there anything else at all.

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