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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>HI Medicinal Plant Working Group, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>My name is Brian. Among other things, I’m the North American Buyer for Mountain Rose Herbs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I have a working background in North American plant conservation, native plant nurseries, organic farming, herbalism, and wildcrafting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Currently, I project for and manage our inventory of North American cultivated and wildcrafted plants that we offer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>We are of course concerned about the reasonable harvest of North American botanicals and I want to do what I can to help plan for and alleviate the pressures on our ecosystems and forests while helping rural communities and agencies recognize the importance of Non-Timber Forest Products. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I’ve joined this group (and others) to engage with those efforts and help where I can. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>An aside, I will be attending the United Plant Savers Conference next month if others from this listserv are also.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Thank you and I’m looking forward to the discussions, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Bests, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Brian Russell<b><span style='color:#611500'> | </span></b>Farm Representative<br><a href="mailto:farms@mountainroseherbs.com"><span style='color:blue'>farms@mountainroseherbs.com</span></a><br><b><span style='color:#611500'>__________________</span></b><br><br>Mountain Rose Herbs<br>PO Box 50220<br>Eugene, OR 97405<br>P/800/879.3337 x187<span style='color:#611500'> | </span>F/510/217.4012<br><a href="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.mountainroseherbs.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=700 height=166 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE89FB.E6FBA090" alt="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/emailtemplates/footerimage.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><br></span><a href="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/about/guiding.html"><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=128 height=32 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE89FB.E6FBA090" alt="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/emailtemplates/carbonfree.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><br><i>This email was sent using Wind Power! <a href="http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/about/guiding.html"><span style='color:blue'>Click Here</span></a> to learn more about the guiding principles and sustainability programs at Mountain Rose Herbs.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>