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Please register using the link above.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Location: Noon Lunch Seminar, 2253 Rayburn House Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'> 2:30pm 328-A briefing, Russell Senate Office Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Speakers Val Dolcini (President, Pollinator Partnership), Dr. Sally Rockey (Executive Director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research), and Dr. Lauren Ponisio (Assistant Professor, UC-Riverside) will be discussing the Pollinator Health Fund, a partnership with major stakeholders that has awarded $7 Million to 16 research teams advancing science and technology to improve pollinator health. One of the projects funded is at the UC-Riverside Department of Entomology, where a team is examining how management practices in almond orchards affect the interacting risks of inadequate bee nutrition, pesticide exposure, and parasites and developing management recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-align:start'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Detailed seminar information at:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KAz61u_aJMmzt2zeSoEz5KSBSNKf2g3K"><span style='color:#222222'>Learn More</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center;text-align:start'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><img border=0 width=76 height=33 style='width:.7916in;height:.3472in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://db4cfay5jt5m3.cloudfront.net/img/3d2304fe53aa39fe25d036cb6b838527daad844b"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> lunch provided to attendees, vegetarian option also available</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=footer-table><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=bg-font1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>© 2018 National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#787878'><br><span class=bg-font1>Share on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/205783652858607/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ncfar1">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/forward?d=MJW-gveVQ2ifpb3AuaoLmA&e=tom%40vanarsdall.com&f=">Forward to a Friend</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:5.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:5.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;min-width:100%;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(20px)'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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