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<DIV><FONT size=2>Please alter my email address on your list. Iwill not be
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks, Julian Sheahan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au
href="mailto:tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au">Tran, Lorraine I</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aghort@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:aghort@edulists.com.au">aghort@edulists.com.au</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Agriculture and Horticulture ]
Weeds, weeds and more weeds</DIV>
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align=right><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN dir=ltr
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Article on weeds in today’s
newspaper <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Age</SPAN></I>, eco section
on page 4 – titled <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Plants A growing
problem</SPAN></I> highlights how garden plants can become weeds. Mention is
made of the CSIRO report commissioned by the WWF titled <I><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Jumping the Garden Fence</SPAN></I>. The report
found that $1 in every $7 of agricultural income was lost to weeds, resulting
in a $4 billion annual weed bill for farmers. Luppia ‘no-mow lawn’ introduced
in 1970s infests 5.3 million hectares and costs graziers $38 million a year.
WWF is pushing for a national mandatory labelling scheme for invasive garden
plants.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you haven’t taken the
opportunity to respond to Susanna Greig’s earlier email, then I would strongly
encourage you to provide her with some feedback. This is a fantastic
opportunity for the development of a useful resource to support implementation
of the new study design. I have copied in the email below.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear
All,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After
investigating the Victorian Agriculture and Horticulture Studies VCE Study
Design, I am interested to develop a resource teachers use to provide
opportunities for developing student knowledge and skills related to weeds in
Unit 3. For this reason, I am emailing now to collect feedback from teachers
using this study design. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Currently I have
considered some ideas which could be included in this resource
development.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: #ff6600"><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A summary of
different strategies to manage weeds. This would provide background
knowledge students use to evaluate the most appropriate technique to manage
weeds found in a studied agricultural/horticultural business. </SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: #ff6600"><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A strategy with
guidelines for assessing the presence and significant effects weeds have on
ag/hort businesses.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: #ff6600"><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Case studies
outlining successful weed management approaches in specific ag/hort
businesses.</SPAN></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: #ff6600"><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Fact Files (or
information sheets) describing the current technologies used to prevent or
manage weed infestations.</SPAN></FONT> </LI></OL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please be advised
the final resource developed may include part of, or may be different to these
ideas.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To support this
resource development,<B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN></I></B>I ask if you
could please contact me with your thoughts regarding these suggestions. If you
have alternative suggestions not described above please explain what you would
like to see developed. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please be advised
plans will be developed from the feedback I collect before the 6<SUP>th</SUP>
of March.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I understand many
teachers may already be currently teaching this unit. This is helpful as it is
the perfect time to determine the most suitable resource that you would find
useful in your future teaching.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=#ff6600 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff6600; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To avoid
cluttering this email group, unless your suggestion requires discussion,
please email directly to: <A href="mailto:susanna.greig@une.edu.au"><FONT
color=#ff6600><SPAN
style="COLOR: #ff6600">susanna.greig@une.edu.au</SPAN></FONT></A>
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Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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