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Round Up for the Farm Land Trust!

Did you know that according to the American Farmland Trust, the United States has been losing farmland to development at a rate of more than an acre per minute? And according to our local Washington State University Extension agency, Thurston County has lost over 75 percent of its working agricultural lands since the mid-1950's.

South of the Sound Community Farmland Trust (SSCFLT) is a local nonprofit whose mission is to promote vibrant local food and farming systems through community supported farmland preservation strategies, educational outreach, and partnerships.

Through February 2013 you can "Round up at the Register" at the Olympia Food Co-op stores to support SSCFLT. Just ask your cashier to "Round Up for the Farmland Trust!"

When you do, your total bill will be rounded up to the next whole dollar amount. For example, your grocery bill of $14.79 will become a bill of $15.00, with the difference being contributed to SSCFLT. Co-op shoppers also continue to have the option of rounding up for the Community Sustaining Fund.

Rounding Up for the Farmland Trust is an easy way to support our current goal of raising $10,000 to combine with State and local grant funding to permanently preserve a large Thurston County working farm. This farm will increase our access to healthy local food and will also offer small plots of land for new farmers as part of a planned "farm incubator" training program. In addition, salmon and wildlife habitat on the farm will be restored.

To learn more about your local farmland trust, visit the SSCFLT website at www.communityfarmlandtrust.org or contact Loretta Seppanen at (360) 786-9775 or Laurel.lodge@comcast.net


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