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Thanks to the amazing work of scores of people, the LGN website is now up and running. Please give a visit and let us know what you think! We hope this website will be a resource for all Lexingtonians who care about the environment, climate change and local environmental action. The website will provide a platform for exchanging ideas, programs and resources to build community among the many green leaning organizations in our town. There will be a “virtual community meeting” in the next few months to check in with the organizations that have contributed to this newsletter and whom we think of as “members."
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Special thanks to Hien Nguyen for taking this effort across the finish line, along with programmer Don Doherty who unknotted some of the site’s technical challenges. Thank you to web designer Nancy Cowen for the original design. Additional thanks to Ricki Pappo of Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition and Mary Hutton of Lexington Mothers Out Front and Madelyn Atwood for collaborating on the original grant to the New England Grass Roots Environmental Foundation and supporting this project. Deep appreciation to LexGWAC as the “parent” organization that funded the website and added the LGN website project to a recent grant from the Community Endowment of Lexington to finish the site.
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We look forward to hearing from you!
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In This Issue–June 2020:
- LexFarm's 2020 Produce Season Begins
- Lexington Farmers Market: Summer Market Opens
- Citizens for Lexington Conservation: ACROSS Lexington Challenge and Photo Contest
- Lexington Friends of Trees New Facebook Page
- LexGWAC and Cary Memorial Library: "The Story of Plastic" Virtual Community Showing and Discussion
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LexFarm's 2020 Produce Season Begins!
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CSA starts Wednesday, June 3, and retail sales will start Wednesday, June 10. Both will be outside under a tent. Produce and other farm stand items for sale will be updated weekly on our website and listed in our Tuesday newsletters. Sign up for our newsletter.
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Starting June 10, the hours will be:
Wednesday and Friday: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Lexington Community Farm is a non-profit working farm connecting the community to locally grown food and sustainable practices while preserving historic farmland.
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Mark Your Calendars: the LFM Summer Farmers' Market is opening for the season!
Tuesday, June 9
2:00 – 6:30 pm (2:00 – 3:00 pm: Pre-order pick-up only hour; no on-site sales)
Corner of Fletcher Ave & Mass Ave, Lexington
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While the 2020 market season is going to look different, the focus on access to local, healthy food will remain the same. As we adapt to the precautions related to public gatherings, the LFM is designed to be an essential food access point. And while music, special events and community groups will be on hold for now, you can still expect to find your favorite LFM farmers and vendors every Tuesday at the market.
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The LFM farmers/vendors and market staff will be following guidelines from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Lexington BOH to make the LFM as safe as possible. Changes this year include a newly designed market layout to increase social distancing with a single entrance and exit , a one way shopper loop through the market, a preorder pickup only hour, increased sanitation and disinfection, and ways to minimize contact. Do your part: wear a face covering, shop alone if you can, and follow physical distancing rules.
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For a full list of customer rules for safe shopping and more information on which farmers and vendors will attend, how to best prepare for your market visit, and what to expect when you arrive, please visit the LFM's website or follow us on Facebook. Together we can safely manage the risks and provide a market space filled with the great, local food we all value. We're glad to be back.
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Take the ACROSS Lexington Challenge and Enter the Photo Contest too
Take the ACROSS Lexington Challenge to walk all 12 routes. There are now 12 ACROSS Lexington routes — Routes A through M* — which let you walk to just about anywhere in Lexington by Accessing Conservation land, Recreation areas, Open space, Schools and Streets ACROSS Lexington. See the ACROSS Lexington maps. And while you're walking, take some photos to enter in the ACROSS Lexington Photo Contest. *Yes, you're right, A through M is 13 letters, but we didn't use the letter I as it might be confused with the number 1.
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Want to learn more about outdoor activities during CoVid? Go to the CLC April Newsletter to learn about special Lexington spots for birding, photography, and more!
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Interested in the history, current state, and future of trees in Lexington? Check out the new Lexington Friends of Trees Facebook page. It's a page on which you can post photos of trees in Lexington, start a discussion, and share concerns about what's happening with trees in Town. If you "Like" the page, you'll get timely information and notification of events and activities.
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Coming Soon: The Story of Plastic Movie; “virtual” community showing and discussion
THE STORY OF PLASTIC takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it. Spanning three continents, the film illustrates the ongoing catastrophe: fields full of garbage, veritable mountains of trash, rivers and seas clogged with waste, and skies choked with the poisonous emissions from plastic production and processing.
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THE STORY OF PLASTIC features interviews with experts and activists on the front lines of the fight, revealing the disastrous consequences of the flood of plastic smothering ecosystems and poisoning communities around the world, and the global movement that is rising up in response. With engaging original animation, archival industry footage beginning in the 1930s, and first-person accounts of the unfolding emergency, the film distills a complex problem that is increasingly affecting the planet’s and its residents’ well-being.
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More information on Date, Time and How to watch will be coming soon …
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Would you like to submit an environmental event or activity?
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Please forward to your network!
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