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• Here is the recording of September’s (2020)  panel on Using & Reviving School/Youth Gardens During the Pandemic. Panel speakers included LaVeta Nutter, VDOE Specialist for Agricultural Education, Jordan Johnson, City Schoolyard Garden Program Director, and Aisha Salazar and Kirsten Conrad, Virginia Cooperative Extension Agents
• Growing, Bagging, Donating—Community Comes Together in Arlington, The Arlington Connection. Read the article here.
• Arlington Embarks On Modern Take on WWII Victory Gardens, Insidenova. Read the article here.
• ARLNow.com reported on VCE's partnership with Arlington Public Schools (APS) and Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA) in developing School Victory Gardens. Read the article here.
• Public Asked To Report Receipt of any Unsolicited Packages of Seeds
  The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has been notified that Virginia residents have received unsolicited packages containing seeds  from China. Please do not plant these seeds. VDACS encourages anyone who has received unsolicited seeds in the mail to contact the Office of Plant Industry Services (OPIS) through the ReportAPest@vdacs.virginia.gov email.
• VCE, Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), and Friends of Urban Agriculture team up to support garden vegetable donations to local food bank. Read about it in this Arlington Connection news article.
• All Arlington County Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) supported volunteer and public education programs have been cancelled until further notice. The Fairlington Community Center building and the VCE office are open with limited access and staffing. Please check Arlington County’s COVID-19 website for current facility status.