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Join Thurston Conservation District for a locally-based conference for farmers and ranchers, growers and gardeners, and\u00a0those passionate about local food. This two-day event will celebrate our local food economy while also diving into some of the place-specific impacts of climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Buy your Friday tickets here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Join us for our Saturday conference to learn about emerging climate change science, how this is impacting our farming community, and tools and practices to support adaptation and mitigation of climate change.\u00a0Our Saturday event features an exciting keynote address by Dr. David Montgomery!<\/strong><\/p>\n Buy your Saturday tickets here.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n When purchasing a ticket you\u2019ll see an option to add a donation for our Saturday scholarship fund. Please consider adding to our fund to make a limited number of need-based tickets available to our community members. If you\u2019d like to be added to the waitlist for need-based tickets,\u00a0please fill out this form<\/a>. When our funding goal has been reached we\u2019ll share a promo code for free or reduced price ticket with those who\u2019ve shared their info. If you\u2019re interested in volunteering, there are Saturday volunteer tickets available at a reduced cost.<\/p>\n Questions?\u00a0<\/strong>Contact nwhite@thurstoncd.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,176,40,7,13,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51745,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51744\/revisions\/51745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thurstoncd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SSWAFH-Vertical-Logo.png?resize=418%2C595&ssl=1\"){kind=logo}
Join us for our Friday night celebration of local food at the Eagles Ballroom in Olympia.\u00a0This evening event is a fundraiser for the Southwest Washington Food Hub<\/a><\/strong> and will feature local food prepared by local chefs. Engage in a fireside chat between our communities\u2019 farmers and chefs to learn about local food infrastructure and access, and enjoy live music from Briarfinch<\/a>.\u00a0Please note, this venue is only accessible by stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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