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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 10, 2009 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Maura McDermott Kerr Center'; Louise Garvin<br>
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<p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PRESS
RELEASE August 10, 2009</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kerr Center, PO Box 588,
Poteau, OK 74953 918.647.9123</span> <a href="mailto:mailbox@kerrcenter.com"><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>mailbox@kerrcenter.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Press releases are online
at</span> <a href="http://www.kerrcenter.com/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.kerrcenter.com</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kerr Center is a
non-profit educational foundation.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Contact: </span> <a
href="mailto:mauramcdermot.kerrcenter@ecewb.com"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>mauramcdermot.kerrcenter@ecewb.com</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ATTENTION: AGRICULTURE or
BUSINESS EDITOR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Most Oklahomans wouldn’t bring hip waders and seining nets to a
roundup. After they meet Jeremy Eaton, that could change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On September 12, Eaton will
host a field day to demonstrate how he’s been raising freshwater shrimp, or
prawns, for the past two years in the pond on his farm near Cashion, northwest
of Oklahoma City.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>During the two-hour field
day, which starts at 9:30, Eaton will harvest his second crop of prawns in as
many years. In the meantime, he’ll give visitors the lowdown on
production methods, potential problems, and harvesting and marketing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eaton received a 2008
Oklahoma Producer Grant from the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture to
demonstrate the feasibility of raising prawns in farm ponds as an additional
income source for Oklahoma farmers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Registration for the prawn
field day is free, but required by September 4 to reserve a place. Space is
limited. To register, email</span> <a
href="http://kerrcenter.com/HTML/mailto;jcastillo@kerrcenter.com"><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>jcastillo@kerrcenter.com</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>, or call 918.647.9123. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eaton says that the water
quality, oxygen levels, and prawn growth rates during the first season met his
expectations. This year, he’s been working to address challenges from
predation, as well as improving containment of the prawns.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Eaton stocks the prawns,
obtained from a Texas hatchery, in May or June, and harvests in
September. The prawns eat readily available commercials catfish pellets,
and the production area takes up three acres of a farm pond.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The way Eaton figures,
raising prawns in farm ponds makes good sense in several ways. It
provides an additional, profitable use for an asset that most farms already
possess. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>“Shrimp are a healthy food
that customers recognize and value,” he says. “They can be sold live,
maximizing freshness and quality while avoiding the cost and regulatory hurdles
of processing.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Moreover, with over $1
billion worth of frozen shrimp currently imported to the U.S. every year to
meet demand, domestic shrimp production offers a large potential market. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Since marine shrimp
production for global markets often damages fragile coastal ecosystems, Eaton
says, domestic pond-based production of prawns can also form a more
ecologically friendly alternative.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>For information on other upcoming
events related to sustainable agriculture, visit the Kerr Center's website at</span>
<a href="http://www.kerrcenter.com/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.kerrcenter.com</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Lena Moore</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Administrative Assistant</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kerr Center for Sustainable
Agriculture, Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>P.O. Box 588</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Poteau, OK 74953</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Telephone: 918-647-9123</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Fax: 918-647-8712</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>email:
lkmoore@kerrcenter.com</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>www.kerrcenter.com</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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