Month: December 2012

Season’s Greetings,

The Mission of the Friends of Wake SWCD is to Promote awareness and Support for the work of the District.

Your 2012 support has helped:

• sponsor the Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market
• prepare the Wake County high school Envirothon team place third in the national competition,
• honor the Wake SWCD poster contest winners,
• initiate the first in the nation Envirothon Braille Project
• present the 47th annual Conservation Awards to farmers, land stewards, schools, teachers, environmental educators, and supporters of farmland, forestland and conservation in Wake County.

Join us as we begin 2013 with the award winning Keeping the Farm workshop in January.

Please support the District by joining or renewing your membership with the Friends of Wake SWCD.
Postmarking your donation by Dec 31, 2012, allows you to claim the charitable donation for your 2012 taxes.

Join us. Donate today. Use the attached form, or download the same membership/donation form at the Friends of the District website.

Best wishes for a healthy, peaceful, and prosperous new year.

The Board of Directors of the
Friends of Wake Soil and Water Conservation District

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Eastern Wake News

Knightdale farm hosted annual Farm City Day

When people envision Wake County, they may picture one of the major universities, or they may think of the teaching hospitals and renowned research centers. Typically they will not think of agriculture, even though it is a huge industry in the county. The Wake County Farm Bureau has set out to change this pattern of thought and educate citizens on the interdependence of rural and urban populations.

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