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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 06, 2009 9:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maura McDermott; Louise Garvin<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Melanie Zoeller<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PRESS RELEASE November 5, 2009 - Free Report Removes Guesswork
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<p><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>PRESS RELEASE November 5,
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: Maura
McDermott, 918.231.0328 or</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><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - USE UNTIL Dec. 31, 2009</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Free Report Removes Guesswork from Small Farm Organic Certification</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Small farmers can find the
USDA organic standards complicated and confusing. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Small Scale Organics: A
Guidebook for the Non-certified Organic Grower</span></i><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> can help.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This free publication from
the non-profit Kerr Center in Poteau helps farmers, farmers’ market managers,
produce buyers, extension agents, and others to figure out exactly what federal
law requires in order to sell farm products as “organic.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Small Scale Organics</span></i><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> is available free from the Kerr
Center website,</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"'> or by calling the center at
918.647.9123 </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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