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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Workshop:</b> <b><i><u>From Woods to Farm: Practical Forest Products in Action</u></i></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Date:
</b>Saturday, November 8, 2025</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Time:</b>9 AM to 2 PM<br>
<b>Location: </b>Fowl Play Farm & Miss Bee Haven, LLC</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">370 Summer St, Duxbury, MA,02332<br>
<b>Why Attend?</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Discover practical, low-cost ways to turn local timber into tools for resilience on your farm & forest. This hands-on
workshop will show you how to:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">✅</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Preserve
fenceposts naturally using the Japanese <b>Shou-SugiBan (Yakisugi)</b> charring method<br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">✅</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Produce
<b>biochar</b> from local timber and explore its applications in soil health, composting, and livestock systems</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">✅</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> How
<b>Silvopasture</b> is applied at the forest level.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>What You Will Experience</b></span></p>
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<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Live <b>demonstration of fencepost charring</b>using a roll-through system</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Step-by-step <b>biochar kiln operation</b> (loading, burning, inoculating, application)</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Expert-led discussions: <i>Why Biochar? Why Char Fenceposts?</i></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Forest and Silvopasture walk</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Q&A on applying biochar and charred posts to real farm systems</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in;">
<span role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Lunch:</b> light farm-sourced boxed lunch included</span></li></ul>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>FREE Event
</b>funded through <i>ForestsWork</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Register: </b>Space is limited. Please contact Mike Downey at 413-212-3039 or
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><u><a data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA33e23d93-ca2e-da5b-9fd3-05e1718a00c8" href="mailto:michael.downey@mass.gov">michael.downey@mass.gov</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to
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