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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Mountain Rose Herbs</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ), a much-loved and respected medicinal herb supply company (I have six big bags of their herbs sitting in my office right now!) wants to buy medicinal herbs grown and sustainably wild-harvested from our Southeast region</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> with a particular interest in our native botanicals</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. Brian Russell, the buyer, will be attending the Organic Growers School (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://organicgrowersschool.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://or</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">ganicgrowersschool.org</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ) on March 8 and 9 in Asheville, so we have taken the opportunity to put together an afternoon workshop on Friday, March 7</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><SUP><FONT FACE="Calibri">th</FONT></SUP></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">so interested growers and wild-harvesters can meet Brian, learn what he would like to buy from this area, and what you need to do to sell to him. It will give him a chance to learn what we have to offer. There will also be presentations by Joe-Ann McCoy from the N.C. Arboretum on how to make a voucher, by Sarah Schober on what the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Bionetwork</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Natural Products</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Laboratory has to offer you, and by Jennifer Flynn on the Blue Ridge Naturally Brand (something Mountain</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Rose is very interested in).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> I might say a few words, too.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Space is limited, so register now on EventBrite at:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/selling-locally-grown-and-wild-harvested-herbs-with-the-buyer-from-mountain-rose-herbs-tickets-10631048753"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/selling-locally-grown-and-wild-harvested-herbs-with-the-buyer-from-mountain-rose-herbs-tickets-10631048753</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. The event will be held at the Haynes Conference Center on the AB-Tech Enka Campus near Asheville (an address and map will be posted soon).</FONT></SPAN></P>
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