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Canadian Organic Growers OTTAWA REGION NEWSLETTER
Summer 2012
Summer 2012 · Down to Earth · 1
Editor’s Corner
A s summer kicks off, I am happy to announce that Canadian Or-
ganic Growers-Ottawa has a number of exciting programs being offered in the coming months. Whether it is at-tending farm tours and garden tours, or participation in Feast of Fields, the op-portunities to enhance your knowledge of organic growing have never been greater. A wide network of experts are available to teach you how to act locally and grow organically. So take a lead from the maple tree in your back-yard and come on out and make some buds! Organic growing has never been more rewarding. COG-Ottawa depends entirely on its volunteers and members to function. So get involved by sharing your gardening skills or soaking up the knowledge of a like-minded expert.
I wish everybody a safe and fruitful summer and I look forward to sharing your stories in the fall.
Cheers, and keep your spades in the dirt.
Matthew [email protected]
Sunday July 22, 201210 am Morning Visit – Tom Marcantonio, 460 Wentworth Ave., Ottawa
Tom’s vegetable garden was started in 1978 and has been organic from the beginning. Tom has 350 square feet of raised bed gardens producing
COG-Ottawa Garden Tour 2012 (Rain or Sun)
Ave. and turn right (west), continue to fifth block on your left past Pinecrest – take Grenon Ave. left (south) to Michele Drive on your right and Michele Park.
2 pm Afternoon Visit – Rebecca Last, 2930 Haughton Ave.
Rebecca is an active member of COG-Ottawa and Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton having evolved from growing pretty flowers to gardening for wildlife. Most recently she has developed an interest in growing food, permaculture and food security.
Her three compact gardens contain orna-mentals, fruit bushes and annual food plants, including a selection of heritage tomatoes. The backyard features a pond, waterfall and an edible fig tree.
Directions: Directly across Carling Ave. from Michele Park take Scrivens Ave. north to Haugh-ton Ave.(second block on right). No. 2930 is in the middle of the first block on the right.
There is no charge for the tours, but a vol-untary donation will be gratefully accepted by COG-Ottawa, and will be put towards the ongoing costs of operating our chapter, including organ-izing these tours. $10 per person is suggested.
To sign up for the tours, please contact Lloyd Strachan at [email protected] or (613) 257-8362.
150-175 kg of food per year with 3 crops har-vested in most years (spring, summer and fall). The garden has roof top water collection, 2 small greenhouses, a bakeoven and a unique com-posting system.
In his spare time, Tom volunteers with COG-Ottawa’s Growing Up Organic Program, Just Food, Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario and Master Gardeners. He is also Food Production Coordinator for the Woodpark Community Asso-ciation and provides guidance for the Woodpark Edible Local Landscape (WELL) project.
Directions: Wentworth Ave. runs north off Car-ling Avenue, 4th block west of Woodroffe Ave. 460 Wentworth is near the end of the first block be-fore Lawn Ave.
12 pm Picnic in Michele ParkVisit the Community Garden in Michele Park where Tom provides support and talk to some of the gardeners there. Bring your own lunch and a blanket.
Directions: From Tom’s garden return to Carling
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COG-Ottawa Farm Tours 2012 (Rain or Sun)
By Dick Coote
Chelsea-Area Evening Tour - Wednesday July 11th, 2012 at 6:30 pm.Brad Wright and Leela Ramachandran manage Chelsea Gardens on the Hedrick Farm development in Chelsea, QC. In 2012, they are growing two acres
of vegetables and herbs, including over 40 types and 80 varieties. They use organic seeds and production methods, focusing on heir-loom seed varieties chosen for quality, flavour and diversity. Their produce is harvested fresh and marketed directly to local eaters through farmer’s markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), and a farm gate stand. See http://www.jardinschelseagardens.ca/; as well as the Hendrick Farm website, www.hendrickfarm.ca for further details.
Directions: Heading north on Hwy 5 from Ottawa/Gatineau: take the Old Chelsea Road exit and turn left. Just after crossing over Hwy 5, you will pass a driveway leading to the old farmhouse at 165 Old Chelsea. Right after their driveway is a road called Chelbrook. Turn left onto Chelbrook and then left again onto a gravel road that leads to the barn. Park and meet in front of the barn.
Jasper Area Tour - Sunday August 19th, 2012. This tour starts at 10:00 am and is followed by a picnic lunch at 12:30 pm and a second farm tour at 2:00 pm.
Jasper Apple Farm is run by Ted Turner and Mary Bayes. It is a ‘pick your own’ apple
orchard and this year they are celebrating their 32nd year. In addition to apples, they grow a wide array of certified organic produce. Besides supplying
many local restaurants, they sell their organic produce at the farm. Their sea-son is quite long as they have been able to extend the growing season through the use of garden domes and a greenhouse.
Directions: Go south through the village of Merrickville, then take the right fork onto County Road 16 towards Jasper. Jasper Apple Farm is about 5 minutes from Merrickville, at #1629, County Road 16.
Picnic lunch at 12:30 pm: Bring-your-own picnic lunch, which can be enjoyed at the Jasper Apple Farm, or alternatively, retrace your steps to Merrickville and find lunch in one of the many restaurants in the village.
Second farm tour 2:00 pm: Samantha Hart and Aaron Klinck run Funny Duck Farm, a certified organic livestock farm, specializing in pasture raised heritage pork as well as chicken. They also make and sell herbal teas and tinctures, and can supply a variety of other organic products.
Directions: From Jasper Apple Farm, continue south on County Road 16 through Jasper. Just after Jasper, turn left onto County Road 7, cross Line 5 (Kinch)/Arnold Road, then Leacock/Crystal Bates Road, then turn left on Line 8 (formerly Morrison) Road; Funny Duck Farm is about 100 metres down Line 8 (Morrison) Road.
There is no charge for the tours, but a voluntary donation will be gratefully accepted by COG-Ottawa, and will be put towards our ongoing costs of operat-ing our chapter, including organizing farm tours. $10 per person is suggested.
To sign up for either of the tours, please contact Dick Coote at [email protected], or 613-838-2900.
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Come Join the Fun at Feast of Fields 2012By Indigo Holley
Feast of Fields is only a few months away. The Feast of Fields organizing team has been hard at work planning this years’ event.
This will be Feast of Fields 12th consecutive year. Feast of Fields will be held at the Canada Agricultural Museum on Sunday, September 16th.
Feast of Fields showcases local organic farms and top-notch chefs. The event is an excellent example of the abundant organic food grown and produced locally.
Feast of Fields attracts more than 500 organic-minded, progressive participants who are health-minded and food connoisseurs from the Ottawa-Gatineau area.
Feast of Fields participants are generally located within a 100 mile radius of the event, lessening the event’s carbon footprint. We keep our carbon footprint as small as possible by using “real’ dishes (china), insisting on biodegradable food containers for serving. As well, we have implemented a recyc-ling and composting program. Although Feast of Fields’ car-bon footprint is already small, every year we strive to lessen it even more.
Feast of Fields is the main fundraiser for COG-Ottawa. The funds raised support COG-Ottawa’s outreach activities and on-
going work. For instance, Growing Up Organic, Senior Organic Gardeners and Farmer Outreach Programs all receive funding from the proceeds raised during Feast of Fields.
Feast of Fields tickets will be on sale soon . Please purchase your tickets early! Please visit the Feast of Fields’ webpage at www.feastoffields.ca We also have a Facebook page and
a Twitter account.We hope to see you at Feast of Fields on Sunday, September 16th at the Canada Agriculture Museum. Indigo Holley
Coordinator, Feast of Fields [email protected] 613-244-4000, ext. 5
NOMINATE YOUR CANDIDATE FOR THE NEW COG-OTTAWA
VOLUNTEER AWARDCOG-Ottawa is proud of and greatly appreciates all of its Volunteers!
We recognize them annually at Fall Reflections, the Chapter’s Annual General Meeting.
This year we are introducing a special volunteer award to recognize exceptional work done by vol-unteers. This will recognize volunteers who have served COG-Ottawa for numerous years and have made creative suggestions and actively partici-pated in the preparation, implementation and follow-up to volunteer activities for COG-Ottawa.
We need nominations for the award! The awards committee will consider the following criteria:• Number of years of active membership in
COG-Ottawa• Currently not on the COG-Ottawa Steering
Committee• Roles filled and length of time within each role• Depth of the contribution in each role (Creative
suggestions, actions implemented, responsibil-ities, preparation time, etc.) within each role
• Passionate approach to the mission of COG-Ottawa.
Please complete the following information and send by email to [email protected] by Sep-tember30, 2012. Be sure to write “COG Volunteer Award Nomination” in the subject line.
Person nominated:Telephone:Email:Person(s) making the nomination:Telephone:Email:
Please write a short description of the volunteer’s characteristics that make them a strong candidate for the COG-Ottawa Volunteer Award, making specific reference to the selection criteria below (maximum 350 words).
Note: you may need to contact the nominee for details of their contributions. You can copy and paste this into a reply.
Deadline – September 30, 2012COG-Ottawa Volunteer Award Nomination Form is on the COG Ottawa website www.cog.ca/ottawa.
Thank you for your participation in making COG-Ottawa a vibrant organization.
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COG-Ottawa at a Glance: Ongoing Efforts
• The Youth Farm Experience Summer Camp is on after a few delays. Registration is going well but there are still some spots available. Check out www.cog.ca/ottawa/ About Us/Members Area.
• COG Ottawa recognizes its volunteers annually at Fall Reflections and is now planning a new Volunteer Award to begin in 2012 at the AGM on Sunday, December 2. More details will be in the September Down to Earth.
• The Organic Food Directory is receiving more and more atten-tion online and we are working hard to make the process easier and more efficient for organic vendors applying to advertise. The current Project Manager is Petra Stephenson.
• Organic Week from September 22 to 29, 2012 has three major volunteers working with COG Ottawa: Lloyd Strachan, Telsing An-drews and Stephanie Lane. This is an event that raises awareness about organics and we welcome the planning and work of Lloyd, Telsing and Stephanie.
Situated in Ottawa east-end, Pantry
Plus serves Orléans and surrounding
area. We are a health food store
offering wide variety of organic
products, in both groceries and bulk,
as well as a wide, comprehensive
selection of supplements.
A Naturopathic Doctor and a
Nutritionist complement our staff.
2433 St. Joseph Blvd, Orléans, OntarioPhone: 613-830-5790www.pantryplus.ca
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Down to Earth reaches not only the members of COG-Ottawa but it is on our website and is archived so the public can consult.
In addition to any discounts, COG–Ottawa members enjoy a discount of 20%.
Organic Food Directory & Down to Earth Package:Members purchasing one-year ads in both the Or-ganic Food Directory and Down to Earth will receive an additional 20% discount on this package.
COG–Ottawa E-News Brief Classified Ads:Brief listing: $15 for 40 words plus HST of 13%. Members’ price is $10.
HST of 13% applies to all advertisements.
All of our communication tools must comply with Canadian copyright and privacy regulations, i.e. Down to Earth, COG O E-News, and our web site.
Contact: To place an advertisement in Down to Earth and/or COG-Ottawa E-News, please contact: [email protected] or call 613 244 4000 Ext. 2.
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SENIOR ORGANIC GARDENERS OFF TO A BLOOMING START!
After launching Senior Organic Gardeners at the beginning of the year, the initiative to get seniors involved in organic growing is off to a blooming start at two retirement homes: Longfields Manor in
Barrhaven and at Unitarian House in Westboro. www.cog.ca/ottawa/goo/Seniors have participated in a short relaxed workshop about organic gardening. Interested seniors
have been involved in planting seeds in the garden beds at both facilities. This is a pilot project which has been led by organic gardening instructor Rob Danforth. More will be said about this new program in the next edition of Down to Earth. We wish our senior members a fantastic growing season and hope to enjoy some wonderful photos in the fall highlighting their work.
Open Letter To COG-Ottawa
Supporters From The Three
ChairsCOG-Ottawa Steering Committee along with the other COG chapters have been most concerned about the finances of our ‘mother ship’, COG-National.
We have received an urgent appeal from our president, Dan Brisebois.
On May 15, COG-National Executive Director Beth McMahon dropped in on our Steering Committee meeting. It was a real opportunity for us to dialogue with Beth about a number of issues in-cluding finances, donations, and a plan for Canadian Organic Growers to not only survive, but to thrive in the future.
Please go to www.cog.ca and click on the “About Us” and then “Members’ Area.” You’ll find “Growing Ahead: A Vi-sion for COG”. Have a look at where we are headed.
Our Mission remains the same but there is a new spirit of engagement and inclusion both at the national and the grassroots levels!
The COG-Ottawa Steering Commit-tee has been donating to the survival of COG-National and we encourage every single member to do contribute what they can. At this moment, $36,000 has been received! Let’s remember that $65,000 is the goal and this is a serious need. We are in this together and every little bit really helps.
COG-Ottawa, let’s step up to the plate and donate to an effort we all be-lieve in.
Learn Magazine, newsletters, courses, events…
Grow Gardening, support kids’ gardens, “Growing Up Organic”, tax-deductible donations…
Eat Organic Pesticide-free and hormone-free food, environmentally sustainable…
Eat local Support local farmers, “Ottawa Food Directory” (COG-Ottawa web site)…
Join the COG-Ottawa team today! Call (613) 244-4000 or visit www.cog.ca
Marjorie and Margaret planting at Unitarian House. Photo: David Townson
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Organic Gardening Workshops 2012
By David Townson
Canadian Organic Growers-Ottawa offered a number of organic garden-ing workshops throughout the first half of 2012 to teach amateur or-
ganic growers trade secrets and share methods for gardening success. Lots of learning and discussion took place as George Bushell and Pat Lu-cey led the four sessions at Sandy Hill Community Centre. In total, 64 participants attended and are now combining their new skills with fan-tastic weather to produce amazing flowers and fruits.
A question and answer session is planned for early July. Partici-pants are invited to meet George Bushell at his Community Garden
Allotment to ask for advice and tips for gardening success. The organic gardening workshops committee is planning a few changes
for 2013. Volunteers will be needed to help with coordination and promotion. If you’re interested, please touch base with our Coordinator of Volunteers, Heidi Monk at: [email protected]
Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary
INVESTORS WANTED3 Strong Growth3 Solid Performance3 Stable Returns3 Community Leader
Call Tom Manley at 1-877-984-0480www.homesteadorganics.ca
Workshop participants browse at the COG Ottawa Booth.Photos: David Townson
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urb
an e
nviro
nmen
t mak
es it
so
we
ofte
n bu
y fo
od th
at’s
easi
ly a
cces
sibl
e –
rath
er th
an s
usta
inab
ly g
row
n an
d ch
emic
al
free
. I’m
ent
husi
astic
to
shar
e w
ith y
ou m
y kn
owle
dge
and
pass
ion
for
real
foo
d. O
ver
the
past
tw
o ye
ars
I’ve
part
icip
ated
in f
ood
shar
e pr
ojec
ts w
ith th
e K
awar
tha
Eco
logi
cal
Gro
wer
s an
d I
acqu
ire m
y pr
oduc
e fr
om
Mam
a E
arth
O
rgan
ics,
a w
eekl
y bi
n pr
ogra
m.
In a
dditi
on,
visi
ting
the
mul
tiple
or
gani
c m
arke
ts in
the
city
on
wee
kend
s ha
s be
com
e on
e of
m
y fa
vour
ite
way
s to
ex
perie
nce
wha
t Can
adia
n ag
ricul
ture
has
to
offe
r. A
s a
high
sch
ool t
each
er I
am
exc
ited
to
leav
e th
e cl
assr
oom
be
hind
fo
r th
e su
mm
er a
nd e
mba
rk o
n a
wee
k-lo
ng f
ield
-tr
ip.
I ca
n’t
wai
t to
exp
erie
nce
life
on t
he
farm
and
to m
ake
good
frie
nds,
over
foo
d,
in th
e pr
oces
s!
CO
G C
AM
P P
RO
GR
AM
ME
RH
ello
, my
nam
e is
Jase
n B
rous
seau
and
I am
th
e C
OG
pr
ogra
mm
er f
or t
his
sum
mer
’s Yo
uth
Farm
Exp
erien
ce C
amp.
I a
m c
urre
ntly
a
stud
ent
at C
arle
ton
Uni
vers
ity m
ajor
ing
in
Env
ironm
enta
l Stu
dies
. I h
ave
alw
ays
had
a de
eply
root
ed p
assi
on fo
r th
e en
viro
nmen
tal
and
envi
ronm
enta
lly
frie
ndly
pr
actic
es.
I al
so b
elie
ve th
at H
ealth
is T
rue
Wea
lth. I
t is
th
is pa
ssio
n th
at I
will
be
brin
ging
to
the
luck
y in
divi
dual
s at
tend
ing
this
cam
p an
d I
hope
to
sh
are
my
know
ledg
e ab
out
sust
aina
ble
livin
g an
d or
gani
c fo
od w
ith a
ll of
yo
u.
I am
ve
ry
exci
ted
abou
t th
e op
port
unity
I ha
ve b
een
give
n to
wor
k w
ith
Gro
win
g U
p O
rgan
ic
and
am
look
ing
forw
ard
to
lear
ning
m
ore
abou
t or
gani
c fa
rmin
g du
ring
our
time
at
Alp
enbl
ick
Farm
!
AL
PE
NB
LIC
K F
AR
MA
fter
cong
rega
ting
at t
he G
lebe
Com
mun
ity
Cen
tre a
t 9a
m o
n Ju
ly 1
1th,
our
you
th f
arm
ex
perie
nce
part
icip
ants
will
be
whi
sked
aw
ay
to t
he h
istor
ic 3
20 a
cre
Alp
enbl
ick
Farm
. N
estle
d in
th
e w
oode
d an
d ro
ck
stre
wn
land
scap
e of
Ash
ton
Ont
ario
, A
lpen
blic
k is
hom
e to
a f
lock
of
orga
nica
lly r
aise
d sh
eep,
go
ats
and
herd
of
cattl
e, a
llam
a na
med
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id,
a m
inia
ture
hor
se n
amed
Elv
is an
d a
pig
nam
ed F
redd
ie. O
ur g
raci
ous
host
s, Ro
bert
O
echs
li an
d hi
s pa
rtne
r Pe
tra,
will
pro
vide
ca
mpe
rs
with
a
wea
lth
of
agri
cultu
ral
expe
rienc
e an
d in
form
atio
n. T
heir
anim
als
are
raise
d w
ith c
are
and
resp
ect a
nd re
flect
this
in
thei
r go
od h
ealth
and
tam
e di
spos
ition
s. W
e w
ill p
itch
in a
nd h
elp
out w
ith th
e da
ily c
hore
s th
at c
ome
with
runn
ing
a fa
rm a
nd a
lso h
ave
man
y op
port
uniti
es t
o ex
plor
e th
e di
vers
e ec
olog
y of
A
lpen
blic
k’s
fore
sts,
mea
dow
s, w
etla
nds a
nd p
onds
.
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psite
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tact
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rt O
echs
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ra S
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R M
ISSI
ON
FO
R T
HE
CA
MP
Our
miss
ion
for
the
Yout
h Fa
rm
Exp
erien
ce C
amp
is
to
prov
ide
info
rmat
ion
and
expe
rienc
es th
at te
ach
us a
bout
the
impo
rtan
t ro
le th
at a
gric
ultu
re p
lays
in o
ur li
ves,
the
stat
e of
the
env
ironm
ent
and
the
lives
of
othe
rs.
Toge
ther
, we
will
lear
n ab
out
food
cul
tivat
ion
of t
he p
ast,
pres
ent
and
futu
re a
nd d
iscus
s ho
w co
nven
tiona
l far
min
g ca
n ha
ve a
nega
tive
impa
ct o
n ou
r he
alth
, the
hea
lth o
f th
e pl
anet
and
the
heal
th o
f pe
ople
all
over
the
wor
ld.
But
, fe
ar n
ot!
Alte
rnat
ives
to
unsu
stai
nabl
e fa
rmin
g pr
actic
es a
re a
live
and
wel
l an
d th
e O
ttaw
a re
gion
is
sim
ply
burs
ting
with
op
port
uniti
es
to
mee
t pe
ople
w
ho
are
prod
ucin
g or
gani
c fo
od,
supp
orti
ng
biod
iver
sity
&
envi
ronm
enta
l su
stai
nabi
lity,
and
brin
ging
hea
lthy
loca
l fo
od t
o ou
r ci
ty.
Thi
s ca
mp
will
be
a pl
ace
to le
arn,
a p
lace
to
ask
ques
tions
and
a p
lace
to
have
fun
! O
ur
time
spen
t at
Alp
enbl
ick
Farm
will
giv
e us
a
chan
ce t
o ex
plor
e, w
ork
and
play
in
clos
e co
ntac
t w
ith n
atur
e an
d a
host
of
won
derf
ul,
frie
ndly
ani
mal
s. A
s w
e re
lax
on th
e be
ach
in
Car
leto
n Pl
ace
at t
he e
nd o
f th
e w
eek,
we
hope
that
you
will
refle
ct o
n al
l tha
t you
hav
e ex
perie
nced
, the
goo
d tim
es th
at y
ou h
ave
had
and
the
resp
ect y
ou fe
el fo
r foo
d, fa
rmin
g an
d na
ture
. We
hope
that
you
will
ret
urn
to y
our
daily
liv
es a
nd s
hare
wha
t yo
u h
ave
lear
ned
with
you
r pee
rs, f
amily
and
com
mun
ity!
Som
e of
our
act
iviti
es w
ill in
clud
e:
¥Fa
rm w
ork,
live
stoc
k ha
ndlin
g m
ilkin
g an
d ch
eese
mak
ing
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amp
fire
cook
ing
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arde
n bu
ildin
g on
poo
r soi
l¥
Vis
its to
nea
rby
orga
nic
farm
s¥
Farm
Oly
mpi
cs¥
Exp
lorin
g di
ffer
ent e
cosy
stem
s an
d ag
ro-e
cosy
stem
s¥
Fora
ging
for w
ild e
dibl
e pl
ants
¥A
n af
tern
oon
at th
e be
ach
A te
ntat
ive
sche
dule
for t
he fa
rm w
eek
is
incl
uded
sep
arat
ely
in y
our i
nfor
mat
ion
pack
age.
We
will
be
trav
elin
g by
sch
ool b
us d
riven
by
Alp
enbl
ick
Farm
’s R
ober
t Oec
hsli,
a
licen
sed
bus
driv
er.
Canadian Organic Growers, Ottawa Region Chapter
Chair: Margaret Tourond-TownsonWebsite: www.cog.ca/ottawa
Down to Earth, COG–Ottawa Chapter Newsletter
Editors: Matthew Irving, [email protected]
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COG-Ottawa has participated in Organic Week from its inception. In 2011, we encouraged health food stores, restaurants, farmers and others to celebrate Organic Week in a variety of ways.
We invite you to celebrate Organic Week with us in 2012:- Encourage your Health Food Store to feature organics in a special way- Suggest to your favorite restaurant that it advertise local organic dishes- If a CSA member, ask your farmer to promote Organic Week- If a farmer, advertize Organic Week at your farmer’s market or in the CSA box- Volunteer to help COG-Ottawa present Organic Week 2012
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