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Abundant Acres

Contact: Rick and Beth Mitidieri
Address: 5089 199th Place
Live Oak, FL 32060
Phone: 386-658-1721
E-mail: abundantacresfl@gmail.com
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Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
8 am–5 pm
Tours: Top of every hour

Abundant Acres is a 45-acre family farm located in the northwestern corner of Suwannee County. Stop by and learn how we are managing our farm to be sustainable, silvopasture based, carbon collecting, holistic, chemical and antibiotic free. See laying hens and turkeys, free-ranging on pasture/woodlands. Hold a baby chick. Learn how egg mobiles and chicken tractors provide healthy foods, and a fulfilling life for the birds, all while enhancing the soil. Visit our Katahdin parasite-resistant hair sheep.

You will have the opportunity to see the difference between pasture-raised, grass-fed eggs and poultry compared to that from confinement-raised animals. Tour our cabin that is available for farm stays and vacations. Our products as well as refreshments will be available for purchase. We love what we do and invite you to let us share it with you. See you then!

Directions: From Tallahassee, go east on I-10 to exit 262. Go north (right turn) on Rt 255, go 2.8 miles to traffic light. Make a right onto Rt 90 east, travel 8.6 miles. Turn right onto River Rd (immediately past agricultural inspection station). Go 1.5 miles and make left onto 50th St. Go 0.8 miles and turn right onto 199th Place. Follow signs 0.2 mile ahead.

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Aspalaga Farm—Blueberry Work Day

Contact: Douglas Whitehouse
Address: 603 Aspalaga Rd.
Monticello, FL 32344 (close to Wacissa)
Phone: 850-556-1852 or 850-997-4929
E-mail: aspalaga@embarqmail.com

Saturday, October 24, 9 am–early afternoon
Limit 10 workers, please call if interested

Organic blueberry farmer, Douglas Whitehouse, needs help in restoring his blueberry field to full productivity in exchange for four days total of unlimited picking over the course of the next two seasons (years).

My bushes need to be pruned back so that they can put on some new growth and produce more fruit. The work will also entail removing vines that have covered the bushes on some rows. I have some tools (loppers and pruning saws), but I would appreciate anyone who can supply their own. Work gloves are a must so please bring those if you have them. A long sleeve shirt and pants are also recommended, as well as closed-toes shoes. I will supply refreshments and a shady area to rest though I don’t expect it to be hot in late October.

Directions: From Tallahassee, starting at the intersection of Apalachee Pkwy and Capital Circle, take Apalachee Pkwy south, (towards Perry). Go approximately 14 miles until you come to SR 59, turn right and go 1 mile toward Wacissa. Look for a blue road sign on the right that reads “Aspalaga Rd.” The dirt road entrance has a red fence on either side, follow signs to blueberry field.

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Backyard Farm

Contact: Pam Bowling
Address: 1276 Cherry Tree Rd.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-4647
E-mail: pambowling@embarqmail.com
Website: www.farmerpam.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–4 pm
Tours: 9:30 am, 11:30 am, 2:30 pm

Your tour of Backyard Farm will include a stroll around our French intensive-style raised bed garden, chicken coop and free-range chickens, and the personal domain of Miss Red Pig, who will be 450 pounds by the time of the tour. You will also enjoy a viewing of our volunteer Cherry Apple Tree which is the mother of all apple trees, originating in Tibet.

We will discuss our monthly organic gardening workshops, our elevated raised beds for the physically challenged, and more. We will be serving apple and pear cider. Fresh homemade breads, baked goods, and farm eggs will be available for purchase, along with other seasonal items. Please e-mail us if you’d like to receive our bi-weekly newsletter or have a gardening question.

Directions: From Tallahassee, Backyard Farm is located 15 minutes from the Wal-Mart on Apalachee Pkwy. Head south on Apalachee Pkwy/Hwy 27 into Jefferson County. Go 2.3 miles past the blinking light at the intersection of Hwy 59 and Hwy 27 toward Waukeenah. Turn left onto Cherry Tree Rd, go 0.8 mile, turn left into the driveway at 1276; follow arrow signs to parking area.

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Blue Ridge Farm

Contact: Wayne Hawthorne
Address: 804 Frank Smith Rd.
Quincy, FL 32352
Phone: 850-875-9572
E-mail: stressbusterszone@mchsi.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–4 pm
Tours: 10 am, noon, 2 pm

At Blue Ridge Farm our specialty is growing lettuce and accents for salad mix using NFT hydroponic-growing method. We incorporate Ocean Solution CCS (approved for organic production) in our growing method. We also have Chestnut and Fuyu Persimmons that are naturally grown, available late summer and early fall.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take US Hwy 27 to Havana. Turn west on Hwy 12 to Quincy. Go 1 mile to intersection of 159. Turn right. Go north for 5 miles. Turn right on to Frank Smith Rd. Then go 8/10 mile to 804 Frank Smith Rd. The greenhouse is on the right.

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Calathora Farms

Contact: Michael and Jeanine Morton
Address: 1299 Georgia Hwy 111
Moultrie, GA 31768
Phone: 229-890-1889
E-mail: calathora@windstream.net

Saturday, October 24, Daylight-3 pm
Tours/Demonstrations/Samples:
9 am, 11 am & 1 pm

Calathora Farms, located in Colquit County, Moultrie, Georgia, is home to three generations of the Morton family. Vegetables and fruits are grown naturally, using nothing but sunshine, water and composted manure added to the soil. Beef is grown on rotated pastures with no hormones or chemicals—just more of that sunshine and fresh grass. Michael Jr. raises sheep and goats and his honey is something we really enjoy.

Calathora is a loose translation of the Gaelic, “fruitful rest.” It expresses what we try to do here at Calathora farms: be productive, but not frantic, have rest and enjoy the journey.

Come visit–we will be starting an old-fashioned Brunswick stew in our big iron pot before daybreak and it will be served at lunch, our treat. We’ll show you the garden and the pastures, share some recipes and let you see how a family with 12 children works together to grow fresh, clean food.

Directions: From Tallahassee, drive north on Hwy 319 until you come to Temple Baptist Church–the Murphy community. Turn left on Mack Deckle Rd. Stay on this road, even when it changes names. You will dead end into Hwy 111, turn left on Hwy 111. Go 1 mile and turn in at the Calathora sign–1299 on the mail box. Go through a gate and a pasture. Go through another gate and you have arrived–keep coming–we really are back here.

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Dragonfly Fields

Contact: Charles Bush & Shueh-Mei Pong
Address: 1600 County Hwy 192
Defuniak Springs, FL 32433
Phone: 850-259-3739 (cell)
850-859-2854 (farm)
E-mail: dragonfly1600@embarqmail.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am–4 pm
Tours: 10 am & 2 pm

Dragonfly Fields is located on 17 acres in northern Walton County just 15 minutes north of Defuniak Springs. Currently, vegetable production is the main focus with one acre under intensive cultivation with plans to expand to around three acres to allow for more crop rotation. On-farm composting, vermi-composting, cover crops and crop rotation is utilized to promote an environmentally sound, healthy and sustainable approach to growing vegetables. Natural fertilizers and amendments are used to grow, almost year round, major crops such as arugula, salad mix, Asian greens, strawberries, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini and squash. Sweet potatoes were planted for the first time in 2009 and with any success should be available by early fall and plans are to offer strawberry transplants for sale by late October or early November. Currently, most of the production is sold to some of the better restaurants in South Walton County. Seasonal produce and homemade strawberry ice cream will be available for sale during the farm tour.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 west to Defuniak Springs exit. Exit right (north) and go to Hwy 90. Turn right and go to 1st traffic light. Turn left which is Hwy 83 and head north for 6 miles. Turn left on Hwy 192 and go about 1.5 miles. Seyvilla Arabian horse stables will be on the left and the farm entrance will be the next right after crossing a small creek. Follow the drive up to the house and garden. Approximately 2 hours from Tallahassee.

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Dreaming Cow Creamery

Contact: Kyle Wehner
Address: 940 Magnolia Church Rd.
Pavo, GA 31778
Phone: 229-221-5335
E-mail: kyle@dreamingcow.com

Saturday, October 24
Tours: 10:30 am & 1:30 pm

From the same family that brings you Sweet Grass Dairy, we welcome you to come see us at Dreaming Cow Creamery. Dreaming Cow Creamery is a high-quality producer of fine dairy products. We specialize in offering innovative, delicious and ecologically-responsible dairy products to the Southeastern United States. Dreaming Cow uses only the highest quality of milk collected from our family’s own grass-grazed, Jersey-cross herds. The farms practice biological farming methods which nurture the animal from the soil upwards, granting the cows the nutrients, exercise, and lifestyle necessary to provide us with exceptional milk used for our products. Currently we only produce yogurt at the creamery, but will soon be bottling drinking yogurts and other dairy products.

Our yogurt is non-homogenized, non-standardized and all natural. The yogurt is naturally pot set with bio-active cultures yielding the characteristic cream-top layer and thick creamy matrix. We currently offer Vanilla and Agave Nectar, Sourwood Honey, All Natural Creamtop, and Strawberry & Red Tea yogurt varieties.

We welcome you to come visit us during this series of tours so you can experience firsthand being on a grass-based dairy farm and processing plant where we will show you the yogurt making process from the pasture to the pot.

Directions: From Tallahassee, head north on Thomasville Rd. Arriving in Thomasville, follow Jackson St. through town and when you get to the intersection of Jackson and Pinetree Blvd (Wendy’s on the corner) take a right. The next intersection (Remington/Hwy 122), take a left. Follow Hwy 122 until you reach the town of Pavo. Continue to follow Hwy 122 through Pavo until you reach Rick’s BP Station (the only BP station) and take a left onto Magnolia Church Rd. Dreaming Cow Creamery is located 0.5 mile on the right, pull in where you see the Southeast Milk sign.

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E & M Organic Farm at Pebble Hill Grove

Contact: Eric Cason and Mary Sinclair
Address: See Pebble Hill Grove listing
Phone: 229-322-0491

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am-end of last tour (at Pebble Hill)

E & M Organic Farm is a 20-acre certified organic farm located in Wilcox County, Georgia. We have a small grape and blueberry orchard. We also grow okra, sweet potatoes, and popcorn. We have bats out here which aid us in insect control, as well as barn owls that help control the rodent population.

We have strived to center the farm around a healthy and very diverse eco system. The populations of Eastern Monarch butterflies, quail and toads have increased dramatically. Due to habitat loss and modern farming, these species have declined dramatically. E&M farm will be at Pebble Hill Grove (our close friends) selling our organic blue popcorn and organic sweet potatoes.

Directions: See Pebble Hill Grove directions.

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Fisher Landscape Garden Tour & Presentation

Contact: Stephen and Phyllis Fisher
Address: 1109 Brandt Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850-877-4718
E-mail: phyllis@creativelandscapeservices.com
Website: www.creativelandscapeservices.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–12pm & 1 pm–5 pm
Tours hourly
Limited space, please call for reservations

Cost: $20 per person, $30 per household (Special – Sign up early and use your $20 Garden Tour fee as 20% off a Customized Landscape and Design Consultation)

Join Phyllis and Stephen Fisher, professionally landscaping since 1974, to learn how to beautify your property with trustworthy shade and sun loving plants. The Fishers will discuss edibles, dependable seasonal color, culinary and medicinal treats in the garden, correct use of tropical plants, container gardening, making use of fragrance, color and water, serenity gardening, passive watering systems, underground cisterns, living fences, healthy organic lawn care, outdoor living spaces, environmentally-safe products and more. One of their innovative and charming garden/environments was featured in the Friends of Maclay Garden Tour, Spring 2009.

The Fisher’s Landscape Presentation and Garden Tour will give you the guidance you need to understand how a residential landscape can be all that you want it to be, in addition to, helping you extend your living space outdoors in North Florida’s 24/7 growing and living zone using green methods.

Pioneers in the organic movement, the Fishers have been professionally landscaping and growing edibles and ornamentals since 1974. With over 30 years green horticulture experience they provide homeowners with a wealth of information and helpful solutions.

GREEN yard care products will be on display. Homeowner’s green starter kits will be available for purchase/order along with helpful and printed information.

Refreshments and nutritious snacks will be provided.

Directions: From the intersection of N Magnolia and Tennessee St, continue east on Mahan Dr Turn left on Mary’s Dr. Turn right on Kathryn Dr, continue on Kathryn to Brandt.

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FM Guess Pecan & Produce

Contact: Jason DeLoach
Address: 201 S Lee St., Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone: 229-292-2156
E-mail: jdeloach@fmguesspecan.com
Website: www.fmguesspecan.com

Saturday, October 24, 9 am–5 pm
Sunday, October 25, 10 am–4 pm

FM Guess Pecan and Produce is located in downtown Valdosta, Georgia. We are a family owned and operated pecan processor. We will be processing new crop Georgia pecans. Visitors will be able to view this process and samples will be provided. Our goal is to supply our customers with the highest quality Georgia-grown pecans.

We have added locally-grown seasonal produce in our downtown garden. The garden will also be open to visitors. You will see and learn about sustainable growing practices in an urban setting. In our gift shop we will be selling pecans, local produce, gift items and early holiday specials.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take Hwy 84 east to Valdosta. Turn right on to S Lee St (downtown Valdosta, GA). Go 1/10 mile. We are located on the corner of Lee St. and Savannah Ave behind the Georgia Department of Labor. Distance from Tallahassee is 80 miles, travel time 1.5 hours.

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Full Circle Farm

Contact: Dennis and Alicia Stolzfoos
Address: 20997 174th St., Live Oak, FL 32060
Phone: 386-776-2770
E-mail: thisisdennis@juno.com

Saturday, October 24 Workshop only
(e-mail for details)
Sunday, October 25, 8 am-6 pm
Tours on the hour

Saturday, October 24—Open only for workshop with internationally renowned speaker Jerry Brunetti. Jerry is a popular author, speaker and consultant on organic farming. Please e-mail for details, times, cost, etc.

Sunday, October 25—Farm tours on the hour starting at 8 am, last tour at 5 pm. For more information on the delicious farm products that will be available for purchase please e-mail Dennis for the complete list.

Full Circle Farm is a small farm producing milk, beef, pork, eggs and more. Our goal is to make the most nutrient-dense foods money can buy. Full Circle does not use toxic chemicals of any kind on animals or land. Owner, Dennis, comes from a long line of Amish farmers in Pennsylvania. Come and visit with our animals as we take you on a farm tour and show you how we farm and why.

Directions: From Tallahassee, go east on I-10 to exit 258. Go south on SR 53 about 12 miles and turn left on 250 east. Go about 8 miles to 193 Rd. (just past a white board fence), turn right and go 5 miles to a T in the road which is Rt 51, turn right (south) and go 2 miles to just past another white board fence and turn right on 174th St. On 174th St. go 1.5 miles to red-roofed house on right. This route will take you right past Kurtz and Sons Dairy (also on the farm tour).

Alternate Route: Take 27 south to Mayo, FL. Then take Rt 51 north for 5 miles. Go through a yellow blinking light and go about 0.5 mile and turn left on 174th St. Go 1.5 miles. Look for red roof house on right.

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Full Moon Farm & Apiary at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café

Contact: Rebecca and Tony Hogg
Address: 220 West Washington St.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: Tupelo’s Bakery 850-997-2127
Phone: Full Moon Apiary 850-997-3974
E-mail: rjhogg@earthlink.net

Saturday, October 24, 10 am–2 pm

Full Moon Apiary is located in Northern Jefferson County. We have been beekeeping for eight years. We currently have 35 bee hives throughout Jefferson County. We will be discussing the importance of honey bees in our culture at Tupelo's Bakery in Monticello. Come and see the observation hive with a live frame of bees, sample our honey with a delicious slice of organic bread baked by Tupelo's and spend a few hours learning about the world of the honey bee with our Master Beekeepers. We will have honey and wax products for sale.

Tupelo’s a full service organic bakery and cafe that creates amazing specialty cakes, wedding cakes and dessert platters, as well as, muffins, cookies, scones, tarts, quiches ... on and on!

Directions: From Tallahassee follow Hwy 90 east into Monticello city limits just before you get to the center of town you'll see a blinking yellow light. Tupelo's Bakery and Café is located on your left at 220 West Washington St. (Hwy 90). There is parking behind the building and you can turn left prior to the light, or at the light to get to that parking area.

From Thomasville, travel south on Hwy 19 into Monticello. At the courthouse roundabout, turn right (west) onto Hwy 90 or West Washington St. We are located in the block just past the blinking yellow light and there is parking in the rear accessed by turning just before, or just after, the building.

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Glori Farm

Contact: Mark Tancig
Address: 5900 Ebbie C Henry Lane
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Phone: 850-222-2237
E-mail: tancig00@yahoo.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
3 pm–5 pm

Glori Farm is an organic vegetable production that was just established in February of 2009 on 11 beautiful acres that has been in agriculture for 100 years. The property owner has “leased” the property to a group of young farmers so as to maintain the agricultural classification of the property. This model demonstrates an innovative way for young aspiring farmers to obtain access to land on which they can gain farming experience. Participants visiting the farm can discuss opportunities to link farmers looking for land with landowners who don’t have the time, energy, passion, etc. to obtain, or keep, their agricultural exemption. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to further discuss composting, vermiculture, and cover cropping to rehabilitate soils after being depleted by conventional farming techniques of the past.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take Centerville Rd to Bradfordville Rd, turn left and head north on Bradfordville Rd for approximately 0.5 mile. Turn left on Ebbie C Henry Lane—rough road—and follow for 0.25 miles to a fork in the road. Take left fork and follow around to the house and farm. The farm is located behind the Bradfordville Blues Club.

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Golden Acres Ranch, LLC

Contact: Bobbie Golden
Address: 704 Barnes Rd.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-6599
E-mail: bobbie.golden@gmail.com
Website: www.goldenacresranchflorida.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25, 10 am-4 pm

Golden Acres Ranch, located in northern Jefferson County, includes 68 acres of pasture and planted pines. There is also a Mayhaw Tree Pond on the property. Bobbie and Fred Golden purchased the property in 2001, not knowing anything about ranching. Now they raise Tennessee Fainting Goats and Katahdin (Hair) Sheep, free-range chickens for eggs, provide pet boarding and various sort of farm supplies and equipment.

The goats browse in a natural habitat eating their desired woody plants, while the sheep are pasture-fed with an abundance of grass. Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs keep all the animals safe. Bobbie recently received an Innovative Farm Award from the University of Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises conference. Golden Acres ranch is the only USDA certified producer of local, naturally-raised, lamb and goat meat. Their products carry the Fresh from Florida label.

Hayrides will be offered throughout the day, pulled with a 1954 Ford tractor. There will be a petting zoo and tasty samples of lamb and goat meat. There is plenty of parking and a picnic area to enjoy time with family and friends.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take 1-10 east, take exit 225 and turn north to Monticello, or take 90 east to Monticello. Travel US 19 north through Monticello toward Thomasville. Four miles north of Monticello are caution lights at the entrance of Greyhound Racing JCKC. One mile further is Barnes Rd. Turn right (east) onto Barnes and travel 0.7 of a mile and turn right onto our driveway.

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Green Meadows Farms

Contact: Ronny and Delores Green
Address: 177 Bluebird East
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-997-4886
E-mail: annadgreen@gmail.com
Website: www.localharvest.org

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am–4 pm

We are a small, family-owned and operated farm in Jefferson County growing USDA certified organic U-Pick blueberries. Our fresh blueberries are available in June each year. In addition to the best tasting blueberries ever, our customers seem to enjoy the natural setting of the farm as we try to live and grow in partnership with the land and nature. We encourage birds and other wildlife with buffer zones designed to provide food, shelter, and water. Although the fall is a working season on the farm and no fresh berries are available, we think you will enjoy seeing the bushes after pruning as their leaves turn red and they prepare for winter. We will share our experiences in organic farming and give some insight into the certification process for interested visitors.,/p>

We will have some homemade blueberry treats and hopefully a limited amount of frozen berries from the 2009 harvest for sale. You may also visit our “underground” organic greenhouse and add your name to our e-mail list for information about harvesting the 2010 crop next June. See you at the farm!

Directions: From the intersection of US 90 and I-10, go east on US 90 for 14.8 miles. Turn right on Main Ave. Go 2 blocks. Turn left on Bluebird Rd East. We are at the top of the hill on the left. Look for the farm signs.

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Holly Hill Farm at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café

Contact: Margie A. Cole
Address: 220 West Washington St.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: Tupelo’s Bakery 850-997-2127
Phone: Holly Hill 850-509-1768
E-mail: cole32344@yahoo.com

Saturday, October 24, 11 am–1 pm
(Holly Hill’s selling time)

Here at Holly Hill Farm in Jefferson County, Florida, we are serious about food quality and stewardship of the land. That is why we have managed the food production part of our farm according to high organic standards since we purchased the property in 1997. In 2000, we became “Certified Organic” and now are “Certified Naturally Grown.”

Everything we sell is grown right here on the farm: vegetables, cut flowers, and pecans. Our produce is available at Tupelo’s Bakery and Cafe in Monticello on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 11 am to 1 pm.

Directions: See directions for Full Moon Apiary, which will also be at Tupelo’s Bakery & Café.

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Horner Farms, Inc

Contact: Connie Horner
Address: 124 Horner Dr., Homerville, GA 31634
Phone: 912-520-0452 (cell) or
912-487-3049 (home)
E-mail: horners@dishmail.net
Website: www.hornerfarmsinc.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am–4 pm
Workshop: 11:00 am-Growing Blueberries Organically, $12.00/person, call to register

You will learn to grow and maintain healthy blueberry bushes organically. We will demonstrate proper pruning techniques; discuss organic fertilizers, fungicides and more. Each participant will receive an informational handout and one free potted blueberry plant.

Horner Farms, Inc. is a small (50 acre), family-owned, organic farm in South Georgia. We currently grow eight acres of blueberries and six acres of various fruits and vegetables. We started our plant nursery this past fall and hope to have it in full production in the spring of 2010. Our farm is unique in that we have Haygrove tunnels over a third of an acre of our highbush blueberries. We use a wind machine for frost protection instead of overhead sprinklers. We also have a greenhouse which we use multiple ways depending on the season.

Visitors will be able to take a hayride around the farm and view the tunnel structure, greenhouse, wind machine and more. In season produce and nursery items will be available for purchase—including but not limited to: blueberry, blackberry and muscadine plants, as well as various trees, shrubs, ground cover, etc. Refreshments will be provided.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 to US Hwy 441 north (toward Fargo) exit 303. Remain on US 441 north through Fargo toward Homerville. Our farm is on the left 300 feet before mile marker 21.

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JD Enterprises of Brevard, LLC

Contact: Troy and Harold Platt
Address: 11061 W US 90, Greenville, FL 32331
Phone: 850-948-6202 (Troy),
850-971-5806 (Harold)
E-mail: jdeofbrevard@earthlink.net
Website: www.deeprootsmeat.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–4 pm
Tours: 10 am & 3 pm

The Platt Family has raised cattle for over five generations in Florida. We are now going back to our grass roots and selling cattle direct to the customer. We have 700 head of cattle grazing on approximately 4,500 acres. Our high quality forage has won, or placed, each of the last four years in the Southeastern Hay Contest in Moultrie, Georgia, for the having a High Relative Forage Quality Score. Our cattle graze only on various high-quality forages without the use of hormones, implants, animal by-products, antibiotics or commercial feed. All natural fertilizers are our primary use. Currently we are selling our beef by custom harvest orders where you can purchase a whole steer, a half or a quarter by sharing with friends and family. You can choose the way you would like your meat cut and packaged. Ground beef, New York Strips, Rib eyes, sirloins, eye of the rounds and tenderloins will also be available for purchase. We also have free range chicken eggs available.

Hayride farm tours will be given at 10 am and 3 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Samples of our beef will be given after the tours. If you are not able to make the tour, you can stop by and visit anytime from 9 am until 4 pm each day. The gates will close at 5 pm. Orders can be placed for the beef or may be purchased on site if our label is approved by the date of the tour. The free range chicken eggs will also be available for purchase.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 east to exit 241 (Hwy 221 for Greenville and Perry). After exiting, turn left (north) onto Hwy 221, go about 2.5 miles to Hwy 90 (a blinking light is there), turn right (east) and go about 2.5 miles, we are the green mailbox (11061) on the right after Hickory Hill Way (a dirt road on the right). Turn right onto our driveway, go over the railroad tracks and drive straight to the horse barn for parking.

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Just Fruits and Exotics—Teaching Orchard

Contact: Ted and Brandy Cowley-Gilbert
Address: 30 St. Frances St.
Crawfordville, FL 32327
Phone: 850-926-5644
E-mail: justfruits@hotmail.com
Website: www.justfruitsandexotics.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–5 pm

Just Fruits and Exotics is a family-owned nursery and teaching orchard. We grow a wide range of fruits, many collected from old homesteads in the area. We also grow native plants, beneficial insect and bee plants, herbs and vegetable starts, as well as unusual flowering plants. The heart of our organization lies with growing and selling plants that are suited to thrive in our climate, and teaching people how to grow them. We believe that gardening is art that feeds the soul and that growing your own food is one of the best paths to living a peaceful life.

Come visit the teaching orchard and taste what we can grow in season. We should be picking early ripening persimmon and citrus. We’ll have informal walks through the orchard showing you what varieties of fruit will grow well in this area as well as the techniques we use to build healthy soil, organic pest and weed control and how to get more food in limited spaces.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take 319 south to Crawfordville, go 6 miles beyond, to the intersection of 319 and Hwy 98. Turn left, go 1 mile. You will see our big Just Fruits and Exotics sign on right. Turn right on St Frances St. past sign and pull into parking lot.

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KBH Farms, Inc.

Contact: Kathy and Bryant Harvard
Address: 9039 US Hwy 19 South
Thomasville, GA 31792
Phone: 229-226-1357
E-mail: harvardb@bellsouth.net

Saturday, October 24, 10 am–4 pm

KBH Farms practices sustainable agriculture in Thomas County, Georgia. We are a grazing grass farm. Rotating our cattle on and off the pastures ensures the freshest and sweetest grass at all times. We offer no grain to supplement their diets. No growth hormones, feed antibiotics, or animal by-products are used. No routine use of antibiotics is practiced, and no steroids or GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) are ever given to our cattle.

Come ride in the back of a tractor-pulled wagon and see how we divide our pastures into sections for the beef cattle to graze. You will even see a herd of dairy heifers eating their own green grass. For those interested in ecology of the longleaf pine tree, come see the different stages of growth in our woods.

We will have our KBH Farms grass-fed beef for sale and our shelled pecans, which are grown at our other farm. You can order custom-made doll clothes or a cradle, a bed or a high chair for that special doll, as well as furniture for the home made from lumber cut from our farm.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take Hwy 319 north to Thomasville, GA. At the corner of 319 and Pinetree Blvd (the second traffic light), turn right. There are 3 different gas stations on 3 different corners! Follow Pinetree Blvd until the first stop light. Turn right onto Monticello Rd. Merge right onto US 19 south. Travel approximately 3 miles. You will see a large black mailbox on right with the numbers 9039 in white. Turn right and follow the road 0.5 mile until you see our home.

From Monticello, take US Hwy 19 north, approximately 12 miles. On the left side of the highway is a large black mailbox with the numbers 9039 in white. Go to the turn-around at Lower Boston Rd, turn left back up the highway, turn right at the mailbox and follow the road 0.5 mile until you see our home.

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Kurtz & Sons Dairy, LLC

Contact: Bubba Kurtz
Address: 11805 193rd Rd., Live Oak, FL 32060
Phone: 386-776-1038

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25 Daylight-Dark
Tours: noon, 3 pm, 6 pm, $5 per person
(takes about 2 hours)
Be sure to wear durable clothing.
(No sandals or high heels, please)

Kurtz and Sons Dairy is an all pasture family dairy farm that harvests fresh Florida sunshine as fresh milk, meat and eggs. In cooperation with Mother Nature is the most healthful, safe and rewarding way to grow any crop, whether it is livestock, wildlife or children. We always believe that the way we produce food makes a difference in us, our livestock, our soil and, of course, our environment. Here we welcome the seasons with the prospects of renewed health, wealth and happiness. With our farm tours we intend to share these ideas and give our visitors an experience that cannot be found at the theme parks and zoos.

The tours will begin at noon and go until the birds have roosted. The tour is a guided walk through of our Grade A facilities followed by a hayride out in the pasture to meet the cows.

All of our dairy products are available in our “on-farm honor system store” and beef will be offered between tours.

Directions: From Live Oak, FL, take Hwy 51 south for 4 miles; right on CR 250 west for 6.8 miles; left on 193rd Rd south 7/10 mile; dairy on right.

From Dowling Park, FL, CR 250 east for 6 miles; right on 193rd Rd south 7/10 mile; dairy on right.

From Mayo, FL, Hwy 51 north for 8 miles; left onto 193rd Rd for 4 miles; dairy on left.

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Lichgate Community Garden

Contact: Nancy George
Address: 1401 High Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Phone: 850-363-6556
Website: www.damayan.org

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am–3 pm
$2 donation is requested towards Lichgate Cottage

The Damayan Garden Project’s demonstration community garden is located at the beautiful Lichgate Cottage. This Garden Project is a small, non-profit made up of local gardeners, educators, and entrepreneurs who want to enhance the quality of life in our community by teaching people how to grow their own food. Damayan members will be there to discuss community gardening and will be holding hands-on gardening workshops such as sowing seeds, worm composting, how to build a Garden Fairy House, as well as a scarecrow building activity for the children. Participants will also be able to browse the garden and enjoy refreshments from the garden.

Directions: The Lichgate Cottage is located on the east side of High Rd south of Tharpe St and just north of the First Christian Church of Tallahassee.

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Monticello Vineyards & Winery

Contact: Cynthia Connolly
Address: 1211 Waukeenah Hwy.
Monticello, FL 32344
Phone: 850-294-WINE (9463)
E-mail: clcfarm@aol.com
Website: www.monticellowinery.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am–5 pm, Free Wine Tasting

Monticello Vineyards & Winery is a small Florida farm winery located on the 50-acre farm of Ladybird Organics. Situated in the Red Hills bioregion of Jefferson County, Florida, the winery features wines made from organic Muscadine grapes. The farm and all vineyards are USDA certified organic.

Over 18 different varieties of Muscadine grapes are grown on site. Small batches of hand-crafted wines are manufactured, reflecting the unique soils and sunshine of each vintage year, and the holistic organic farming system being implemented on the farm. Each wine is a “one-of-a-kind” product of place, labeled with the classic Jefferson County Courthouse and the ingredients—organic grapes. Wines are distinctly Muscadine and include the white varietals of Carlos and Magnolia. The red varietal Ison produces our fabulous Florida Red. Wines are available in both semi-sweet and dry versions. Monticello Vineyards & Winery invites and welcomes visitors to our farm and winery for tastings and sales of our wines.

Farm products for sale: worms, worm bedding, worm castings that qualify for USDA organic operations, organic potting soil, potted grape vines, unique ornamental nursery plants and trees, flowering cotton roses, other fruits and vegetables in season and eggs. Note: all nursery stock is propagated organically on site and certified by Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take Apalachee Pkwy south (about 18 miles) to Waukeenah, then turn left on CR 259/Waukeenah Hwy and go about 8 miles. The farm is on the right at 1211 Waukeenah Hwy. Signs for Ladybird Organics and Monticello Vineyards & Winery are on the highway and at the gate entering the farm.

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Orchard Pond Organics

Contact: Mary Phipps
Address: 400 Cedar Hill Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone: 850-591-5766
E-mail: mgmphipps@earthlink.net
Website: www.orchardpondorganics.com

Sunday, October 25, noon–5 pm

Orchard Pond Organics is a certified organic vegetable farm in the Red Hills region of Leon County, Florida. We currently have five acres of organic produce in production. Our produce is available through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, Wednesdays at the Lake Ella Growers Market (3 pm-6 pm) and Saturdays at the Tallahassee Farmers Market (8 am-noon). Our goal is not only to produce healthy organic food that is good for us, but to do it in a sustainable way that is also good for the land.

Come see our farm and learn about sustainable farming methods. Feel free to bring a sack lunch and enjoy a picnic under the trees. Seasonal produce and Tupelo honey from bees kept on our farm will be available for purchase.

Directions: From Tallahassee, head north on Meridian Rd, turn left onto Cedar Hill Rd after you pass Ox Bottom Rd and the Summerbrooke entrance. The Orchard Pond Organics driveway will be on your right in 0.2 miles.

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O’Toole’s Organic Herb Farm

Contact: “B” O’Toole
Address: 305 NE Artemesia Trail
Madison, FL 32340
Phone: 850-973-3629
E-mail: herbfarm@shareinet.net
Website: www.otoolesherbfarm.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 am-4 pm
Tours: 10 am, noon, 2 pm

O’Toole’s Herb Farm is a certified organic nursery growing herbs and perennials that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Through organic farming methods, O’Toole’s practices stewardship of the land.

O’Toole’s Herb Farm is located in beautiful Madison, Florida. The farm opened for business in 1990, but the land has been in ‘B’s’ family since 1840. O’Toole’s wholesales and retails herbal plants, fresh-cut herbs and greens, and shitake mushrooms.

On your visit browse O’Toole’s quaint gift shops full of herbal products, regional art, gardening supplies and organic products. Enjoy display gardens, including a vegetable garden, a butterfly garden, and a secret garden, as well as the original “Patch.” Two greenhouses will be open to show the whole process of propagation: growing from seed and cuttings, to flourishing plants ready for purchase. Take home quality starter herb and vegetable plants for your fall garden. An ample selection of terra-cotta pots and other large garden art will be available for purchase.

On your tour you can also walk a beautiful labyrinth, dedicated to the memory Jim O’Toole. The labyrinth was completed this spring and brings peace and harmony to all who walk its healing path.

Directions: Take I-10 east to Madison, FL. Take exit 251. Continue north on SR 14 to Madison. Turn right on Hwy 90, then left on N. Duval St, and right on E. Livingston St. Go approximately 0.3 mile and turn left onto CR-591 (NE Rocky Ford Rd). Go about 0.3 mile and sign to farm will be on the left.

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Pebble Hill Grove

Contact: Frank or Teresa Bibin
Address: 9047 Moultrie Hwy.
Quitman, GA 31643
Phone: 229-775-3347
E-mail: bibin@batfarm.com

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
10 am–end of last tour
Tours: 10 am, 2 pm, 4 pm

Pebble Hill Grove is a 27-acre Certified Organic farm located in Brooks County, Georgia. On our farm we produce pecans, elephant garlic, and bat houses. We have helped pioneer the use of bats for on-farm insect control and have one of the largest bat colonies in Georgia. We provide assistance to farmers and gardeners with establishing their own bat colonies. Come tour the pecan grove, see the bat houses and participate in a discussion of sustainable agriculture utilizing biological insect control. There is also a large diversity of birds to observe during the tour. You will be able to purchase pecans, elephant garlic and bat houses.

Also for sale from E & M Organic Farm (see separate listing for information about E & M farm) will be organic miniature blue popcorn and organic sweet potatoes.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take Hwy 319 north to Thomasville, then Hwy 84 east to Quitman. From Quitman, take Hwy 333 (Moultrie Hwy) 9.5 miles north to our farm. Farm sign (Pebble Hill) out front on left side of Hwy.

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Sparkman’s Cream Valley

Contact: Steve Hargrove
Address: 1263 Rossman Dairy Rd.
Moultrie, GA 31768
Phone: 229-941-4082
E-mail: shargrove@sparkmanscreamvalley.com
Website: www.sparkmanscreamvalley.com

Saturday, October 24, 8:30 am–4:30 pm
Sunday, October 25, 12:30 pm–4:30 pm
We request that you call to schedule a time before you travel to Sparkman’s Cream Valley.

Sparkman’s Cream Valley is a family owned “All Jersey Herd” dairy farm established in 1967; located in Moultrie, GA.

During your visit at our farm you’ll be able to witness first-hand how we are able to grow and raise our herd naturally. When our herd is not out in the pastures grazing, they are able to enter the recreation barn for resting, supplemental feeding and water. We do supplement their diet during the day (within the guidelines of industry practices; a silage diet of millet and sorghum). We believe in raising a productive healthy herd naturally, and we’re able to supplement their diets year round, (where as other dairy farms will supplement during the winter months, only). A very important note to raising a healthy herd naturally is that we use NO artificial producing hormones, of any kind.

Also, you’ll be able to visit our Processing Plant and enjoy sampling the rich favor of an All Jersey Herd products produced here on the farm; milks, drinkable yogurts, ice cream and our “2008 Flavor of Georgia Award Winning Chocolate Milk.” Be sure to bring your coolers and take back with you Farm Fresh Dairy Products produced at Sparkman’s Cream Valley.

Directions: From Moultrie, Sparkman’s Cream Valley is located west of Moultrie, GA approximately 2 miles out GA. Hwy 37; then take a right onto Rossman Dairy Rd, travel 2.1 miles and SCV will be on the left.

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Sweet Grass Dairy

Contact: Karen Harper and Gabe Goodlett
Address: 19635 US Hwy 19 N
Thomasville, GA 31792
Phone: 229-227-0752
E-mail: Karen@sweetgrassdairy.com
Website: www.sweetgrassdairy.com

Saturday, October 24
Tours: 8 am & 10:30 am—Registration first come, first serve (Min. 25 per tour, max. 50)

Sweet Grass Dairy is quickly establishing itself as one of the country’s premier artisan cheese producers. Founded in 2000 by Al and Desiree Wehner on 140 acres of rolling south-Georgia pastureland, the dairy started with a small herd of 11 dairy goats, grass-based jersey cows milk from their herd in a neighboring county, and a mission to show people a better way.

We are offering two tours, 8:30 am and 10:30 am on Saturday only. Tours are rain or shine. Each tour participant will receive a 10% off coupon for cheese purchases in our marketplace. Note: This is a working farm! Wear comfortable clothes and easily cleaned shoes. We are no longer allow tours in the processing area, however we do offer a pictorial discussion of the cheese-making process.

Directions: Coming from the south (Tallahassee), take Hwy 319 north into Thomasville. Hwy 319 turns into Jackson St (the main road through Thomasville). Continue through downtown. When you get to the Hwy 19 intersection by the Super Wal-Mart, take a left heading north toward Albany. Stay on Highway 19 for approximately 5 miles and you will pass a BP Station on your left. We are the 3rd driveway on Hwy 19 on the left past the BP. The tricky part is you have to go to the turn-around by the church since you cannot cross the median. You'll see the green and white Sweet Grass Dairy sign beside our driveway.

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Thompson Farms Smokehouse

Contact: Andrew Thompson
Address: 2538 Dixie Rd., Dixie, GA 31629
Phone: 229-263-9074
E-mail: tfsmokehouse@thompsonfarms.com
Website: www.thompsonfarms.com

Saturday, October 24, 8 am-1 pm

Thompson Farm is a family-owned farm situated on 350 acres of beautiful South Georgia grassland. We provide our customers with all-natural pork products with superior flavor. Our pork has no growth hormones or steroids, no antibiotics and no animal by-products in the feed. Our animals are free-range, pasture raised. No chemical herbicides, synthetic pesticides or fertilizers are used. Our goal is to provide fresh, naturally grown, environmentally-friendly products in a family-friendly atmosphere.

Come and shop at our retail store and tour our smokehouse, salt room, coolers and freezers. You will also be able to walk, or drive, by our pigs from newborns to full-grown sows. Don’t forget your camera.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take US 319 north to Thomasville, US 84 east to Dixie, right at caution light, go about 0.25 mile to dead end and turn right on Dixie Rd. Go 2.5 miles and look for our big sign on your left. If you see big sows on a pasture—that’s us.

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Turkey Hill Farm

Contact: Louise Divine and Herman Holley
Address: 3546 Baum Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32309
Phone: 850-216-4024
E-mail: turkeyhill@earthlink.net

Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
1 pm–5 pm (no late comers, please)
Tours: 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4 pm
Produce & simple lunch available for purchase

Turkey Hill Farm is 89 acres of diverse ecosystems in Leon County. On the 20-acre hill we grow vegetables, fruits, and shiitake mushrooms for sale at local markets and to select restaurants. We farm in the open fields as well as in the high shade of planted pines. The selective use of microclimates allows us to grow almost year round. There is a small citrus grove, a fig orchard and muscadines. The areas of fruit and nut trees, grapes and blueberries are being expanded. Elephant garlic, shallots, sweet potatoes, lettuces, arugula, winter greens, and shiitake mushrooms are all staples through the winter months. We keep a small flock of pastured Ameraucauna and assorted crossbreed chickens. Turkey Hill Farm is Certified Naturally Grown and uses absolutely NO synthetic chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

Farmer Herman Holley and Miss Louise Divine welcome you to the farm tours. Our market will be set up with produce for sale.

Directions: From Tallahassee, go east on US Hwy 90 (Tennessee St, Mahan Dr) toward Monticello. After the I-10 overpass, go 5 miles to Baum Rd (you will cross Black Creek and pass Border to Border Nursery). Turn Left on Baum Rd, and go about 0.25 mile. The farm is on the right, look for signs.

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Twin Oaks Farm

Contact: Renee Savary
Address: 3207 Creek Rd., Bonifay, FL 32425
Phone: 850-547-5636
Email: renee@twinoaksfarm.net
Website: www.twinoaksfarm.net

Sunday, October 25, 10 am-4 pm
Tours: Every two hours starting at 10 am

Twin Oaks Farm is a 94-acre certified organic farm located in Holmes County, Florida. We raise chickens and ducks for egg production, our hens are fed a certified organic feed without soy. They roam freely all day long eating grass, scratching for bugs and having fun being chickens. Our ducks and our broilers are raised the same way.

At the farm we produce a line of 100% natural preserves—just fruits and organic sugar, no pectin citric acid or ascorbic acid. All of our products will be available for purchase the day of the tour.

We will be building a spiral herb garden, there will be raw food demonstrations and much more.

Directions: From Tallahassee, take I-10 to exit 112 (Bonifay). Turn right on SR 79 going north, 8 miles from the exit turn left on to Creek Rd (kids playground at the corner of SR 79 and Creek Rd) to 3207 Creek Rd.

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Tyre Road Citrus Orchard & Gardens

Contact: Nan Young
Address: 561 Tyre Rd., Havana, FL 32333
Phone: 850-539-1912
E-mail: nanetteryoung@yahoo.com

Sunday, October 25, 5 pm–6:30 pm

Tour a small up-and-coming mixed citrus orchard and two small gardens. During this tour you will see an unusual planting method for citrus trees and also a special tomato variety that bears fruit until October. Only organic matter and natural fertilizers are used.

Directions: From Tallahassee, go north on Monroe St (Hwy 27) past Lake Jackson, over Ocklocknee River bridge into Gasden County. Look for Christmas tree farm on left-hand side. Take the next right onto Richbay Rd. Take 2nd left onto Tyre Rd. Address is 561 on the left. Look for greenhouse on left.

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White Oak Pastures

Harris Family Heritage Since 1866
Contact: Will Harris
Address: 22775 Hwy. 27, Bluffton, GA 39824
Phone: 229-641-2081 (office)
229-317-0203 (cell)
E-mail: willharis@whiteoakpastures.com
Website: www.whiteoakpastures.com

Saturday, October 25, e-mail Will for tour times and pre-registration

The Harris Family has raised cattle on this same 1000-acre farm since 1866, five generations. We just completed the construction of the only USDA inspected on-farm grass-fed beef processing plant in the USA. Come see it all.

Stewardship of the land and respect for our livestock are among the most important lessons that are passed from parent to child in our family. Today at White Oak pastures our cattle are raised in a manner that has stood the test of time. It begins with southern sunshine, unpolluted country air and fertile coastal soil. The practices of our predecessors are the template for our production system today. We produce beef the way that it is meant to be, grown in our pastures and processed in our farm USDA inspected packing plant. Our cattle are allowed to roam our pastures and graze freely on sweet native grasses all of their lives. White Oak Pastures believes in the humane treatment of animals. We do not give them hormones, antibiotics or non-natural feedstuffs to speed their growth. We proactively support nature’s food chain—sun and soil, to plants, to animals and then to people. Raising cattle and producing beef in this manner is not the cheapest way to do it…but we know it is the right way to do it.

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