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The Kiwi Guardians contest is a simple one. It asks parents and children to explain why their school should receive a $5,000 grant to build an interactive green classroom — a garden area to nurture growing things and the next generation of kaitiaki.

Learning through interaction with school vegetable gardens, horticulture programmes, and the raising of native seedlings is a big part of the curriculum for many of the Manawatū area’s young students already, with some even achieving Enviro Gold status for their efforts. Increasingly, a curriculum of horticulture and plant biology is being taught at a primary and even kindergarten level, relevant skills for children who will become tomorrow’s farmers.

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Manawatū District Council is not convinced by the government’s proposed Three Waters Reform Programme, following overwhelming opposition from community feedback.

Community feedback saw 94% of respondents opposed the government’s proposal out of a total of 2,540 responses.

In a written submission to the Minister of Local Government Nanaia Mahuta, Manawatū District Mayor Helen Worboys outlined the reasons for the council’s position.

“This Three Waters Reform Programme, which is the government’s preferred model of service delivery, is not in the best interests of the Manawatū community. This is based on feedback that we have received from our community, our own calculations, and the view of council,” she said.

The council’s three waters assets have an estimated current market value (optimised replacement cost) of $329 million, and these have been paid for by the community. The Department of Internal Affairs dashboard classifies MDC’s operating performance for Three Waters as exceeding expectations.

The view of the council and the community is that their Three Waters infrastructure and service delivery is not broken and does not need fixing. Ongoing renewals, maintenance and upgrades are budgeted in the 10 Year Plan and 30 Year Asset Management Plans.

“The community of the Manawatū have told us that they want our three water services to be owned, managed, built and operated locally by people who understand our district.

“We need to be able to be nimble and make Three Waters planning decisions in conjunction with roading planning, district planning Helen Worboys, Manawatū District Council Mayor and with a local economic development lens.” raising doubts that committees While the removal of associated managing these schemes would see Three Waters debt is highlighted as a their current cash reserves reinvested benefit of the proposal, Mayor Worboys into their assets. said any additional borrowing and Mayor Worboys said that the council’s interest expense would still need to be preferred position is to retain the status recovered from ratepayers. quo. However, they are prepared to It potentially means ratepayers are relook at and further investigate a worse off once their water entity bill is regional service delivery model for Three factored in.

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BY DENISE GUNN Growing up in a non-horsey family didn’t dampen Serafina McCarthy’s enthusiasm for ponies.

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From there, Serafina said she never looked back.

“I have been a member off and on since the late 90s and started out very much as a rookie.”

Since her early days in the sport, Serafina has gone on to represent New Zealand twice as an amateur rider for the American Quarter Horse Association of New Zealand.

“Every two years, the Trans-Tasman for youth and amateur (adult nonprofessional) riders takes place.

“I competed on the 2017 team that went to Australia and the 2019 team that competed at the National Equestrian Centre in Taupo. Both times it was the most amazing experience; lots of laughs, friends and memories made.”

Trans-Tasman challenge competitors ride a borrowed horse for the week, with three to four days to become familiar with their mounts. Riders receive training from clinicians, and then for the last two days of the event, teams from Australia and New Zealand compete against each other.

Serafina and her horse, RQH Six Shooter, with an Australian rider during the 2019 Trans-Tasman event at the National Equestrian Centre in Taupo

“Both times, the New Zealand amateur team won, with the last one in Taupo coming down to the wire and New Zealand winning by one point.

“These opportunities are all due to the support I have received over the years from the Manawatū Western Riding Club and those who have given so much to the club over the years,” said Serafina.

“Covid has obviously damped down any training opportunities lately as we can’t get any overseas trainers or judges in. However, the online aspect has been pretty good.”

Serafina currently owns RQH Six Shooter, a 14-year-old, bay, registered Quarter Horse gelding. RQH Six Shooter, bred and shown in Australia as a junior horse, was imported to New Zealand as a six-year-old. Serafina purchased the gelding back in 2015.

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The show season runs from November through to April, with Serafina competing in as many shows as possible all around the North Island. She’s also competed at the Queensland State Equestrian Centre as part of New Zealand’s American Quarter Horse Amateur Trans-Tasman team.

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Since joining the Manawatū Western Riding Club, Serafina has held the roles of president, secretary and managing the club’s Facebook page. She is currently vice president.

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ock’s parents began dairy farming in Ōkato, later moving to farms near Inglewood and Alton. As his father trained racehorses, it was only natural that Jock and his siblings all learnt to ride and attend Pony Club.

“I was captain of the Waikato Pony Club team and was a really keen rider,” said Jock.

At the age of 15, Jock put aside his dreams of riding at the Olympics or becoming a jockey. Instead, he went to Pio Pio to train as a farrier under Graham and Sue Jones.

Jock said Graham and Sue were great employers, beginning his career in a very positive way.

Meanwhile, the Good family sharemilked and owned farms throughout Taranaki, eventually moving to the Manawatū, buying a farm in Himatangi.

“However, by that point, I had moved to Pio Pio and was pursuing the farrier dream,” said Jock.

On completing his apprenticeship, Jock returned to Taranaki to work as a stable manager for racehorse trainer John Wheeler. Jock’s wife Helen also worked there.

When the couple started a family, they established Good Farrier Services, and Jock began shoeing horses for a living.

“The racing stables were a lot of travel away from my family, travelling around the races both nationally and internationally. We trained successful racehorses

such as Poetic Prince and Rough Habit, owning our own at one point as well. However, with a family, the farrier business has served us well financially and career-wise over the years.”

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After a full day of shoeing, he would spend the next couple of hours on the phone organising the following day’s work. All invoices were handwritten on paper.

Four years ago, Jock’s daughter Kate set the business up with accounting and appointment booking software. Invoices are now emailed, and the next appointment is booked straight after shoeing the last horse. Jock shoes a mix of pleasure horses and racehorses with a never-ending shortage of clients.

Kate said one of her father’s main strengths as a farrier is achieving results with difficult shoeings.

“If a horse has any issue with feet and legs, he is the one that can tell you why. If he can’t fix it, there are multiple farriers within the network that can help. So although trimming and shoeing seem straightforward, there are so many factors to consider.

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Horses have featured throughout Jock’s life Giving back to the farrier industry has been important to Jock and seen him take on many apprentices over the years.

Jock’s career has also taken him all across New Zealand, as well as Australia, Canada and England for events and competitions.

“We have clinics and functions, with global and nationally significant figures in the industry, for career progression and knowledge transfer,” he said.

“Every year, we head to Australia to compete over there and have also ventured to Calgary in Canada to compete in the Stampede. I’ve also travelled to England to compete in another competition.”

Kate said her father is a communityfocussed person, always happy to give back and get involved.

His progression from Central District Farriers Association president to taking on the New Zealand Farriers Association presidency was the next step.

“He was the club captain for a while for the Inglewood Rugby Club, and leadership jobs seem to naturally gravitate towards him.

“Jock is always happy to help young people in the industry and is forever on the phone with functions and planning things. It’s something that he enjoys and has passed on to us. Both my parents achieved great things when they were younger, with sport.”

With a 60th birthday on the horizon next year, Jock is starting to assess what retirement might look like.

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Cardiac events, farm machinery mishaps and vehicle accidents form the majority of these call-outs. Reaching and treating accident victims, and patients suffering medical emergencies, within the ‘golden hour’, makes an immense difference to their outcome.

Last year the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter clocked up 414 missions.

Six team members form the current Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter crew: two pilots, two crewmen and two intensive care paramedics. Crew members come from various backgrounds and have extensive experience in aviation and paramedicine.

Base manager and crewman Graeme Spiers recalls a serious accident in Levin, which he attended earlier in his career.

He said the mission was so memorable for both him and the family that were involved, that they visit the team every year to thank them.

The crew appreciates seeing past patients and people whose lives have been impacted by their service.

Three-year-old Ciara’s mother, Laura, rushed her daughter to medical help when the little girl went into respiratory distress. Concerned about her low oxygen levels, Ciara was immediately taken straight to hospital. As Ciara’s oxygen levels decreased further, doctors inserted a breathing tube.

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“I can honestly say that Ciara wouldn’t be here today without her life-saving flight,” said Laura.

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Last year the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter clocked up 414 missions PSRT media liaison Sharni Weir said the compact environment of a rescue helicopter brings unique challenges, and the threat of Covid-19 adds a layer of complexity.

“It’s business still, as usual. We are as busy as ever and will always be there for patients in need. However, we have implemented extra layers of protection for both patients and crew.

“Currently, every crew member is wearing a mask, coveralls and gloves during all flights. There are also flight barrier curtains that separate the front cabin from the rear cabin.

“Our patients and crews’ safety and wellbeing are what is most important to us, so these initiatives have been put in place to ensure the safety of everyone onboard,” she said.

The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter is based at the Palmerston North Hospital

The current Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter is a Bolkow-Kawasaki BK-117, jointly developed and manufactured in Germany and Japan.

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New Holland has come out on top of this year’s Edison Awards with a new twist on tying knots. It’s all about better baling and greater efficiency in the field.

The humble knot is one of the earliest of human invention; an achievement for Cub Scouts, the key to building sailing ships, and, it seems, an issue for agriculture.

Working out how to make a machine tie knots and thus make stable bales of hay was a big achievement back at the start of the mechanisation of farming. It was only this year that some of the basic kinks in bale knotting were worked out for good.

New Holland premiered the first automatic baler in 1940 and has been trying to make these machines better, bigger and more robust ever since. In 2021, it introduced the BigBaler PLUS, which came equipped with LoopMaster technology. This new system of baling hay splices the two existing forms of knot-tying into one mechanical process. A double loop is used, meaning zero offcut twine getting back into the field to snarl up the

ecosystem or following machines. At the same time, the ties are tough and reliable, meaning it’s easier to handle the bales when they pop out of the chute.

Carlo Lambro, New Holland brand president, was proud to take home the Edison Awards Gold Medal for this new concept. The awards are named for famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, a prolific technologist who invented the record player and the light bulb, among other items.

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Pugging, resowing stance adapts

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Rural advocacy groups are supportive of the governments rollback of what had been called ‘unworkable’ legislation on pugging and resowing dates.

The previous standards, set out as part of a broader range of environmental management targets for farmers, had been decried as over-legislative and unworkable, not only by protest groups such as Groundswell NZ but also industry monitors such as Beef + Lamb New Zealand.

Now, these have been replaced with a more flexible environmental management approach. Details were included in a revised set of intensive winter grazing proposals, circulated for public consultation in late August. It’s an acknowledgement in principle that one size does not fit all.

“We believe the government’s new proposed approach, which focusses on practical management by farmers, is more workable, and that’s progress,” said B+LNZ CEO Sam McIvor when the new regulations were shared.

“Nevertheless, we still have concerns around the proposed 10-degree slope rule for winter grazing and the certified freshwater farm plan process.”

This separate part of the government’s farming plans aims to increase rural water purity. However, it has been marred by the roll-out of inaccurate mapping, which designated the wrong kinds of land

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Farming groups lobbied hard to have the inaccurate mapping rolled back.

“The government has proposed an improvement on the slope rule, but we still think the approach is more restrictive than it needs to be to manage the environmental risks,” Mr McIvor said.

“For example, we’d like to see flexibility in situations where there is no receiving water body nearby.”

As with some other recent central government initiatives, such as the civic Three Waters concept, stakeholders in this regulation debate feel that there is a lack of data preventing them from tabling a solution.

“Without having visibility of the exact text of the certified freshwater farm plan, and given the requirement to demonstrate environmental outcomes would be the same as the rules, we have reservations about how workable the proposed farm plan approach will actually be,” says Mr McIvor.

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This month has seen the government give some certainty to overseas workers who are doing their part for the New Zealand dairy industry during the Covid pandemic.

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“We appreciate that the government has acknowledged the pressure farmers are under due to being short-staffed, and also recognise the critical role which international workers play,” said DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle.

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A journey through infrared photography

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With her infrared camera in hand, photographer Cath Kelley explores the world through the unseen.

Art always interested Cath, but it wasn’t until a friend lent her a digital camera that she began to discover photography.

“I really enjoyed taking photos,” she said.

“Family and friends told me they were quite good, but they might have been biased.”

It was while talking to a friend in the US that Cath was first introduced to infrared photography.

“I fell in love with the light spectrum.

I tried to find information and courses online and spent a couple of months learning what I could about the physics of light waves and the light spectrum.”

After talking to a friend who works as a scientist overseas, Cath was given some technical advice about the physics of the light spectrum, learning that infrared light waves travel at different speeds to visible light waves.

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“The colours I am able to tease out of the images are determined by multiple factors as the subject absorbs or reflects the infrared light. Understanding the physics of light waves, and using my skill as a photographer, I am able to capture

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A special collection of necklaces featuring five native birds, have been produced by Whanganui-based jeweller, Emma Cunningham, to celebrate family business Cranfields’ 30th anniversary.

Emma’s inspiration was drawn from nature and her concern with its preservation. As these values also align with those of Cranfields, a portion of the sale proceeds from this range will be donated to Zealandia Ecosanctuary.

Emma said the dawn chorus is such a special start to every day.

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The necklaces are handmade from vintage silverware, sand-cast brass, pewter and copper, and natural freshwater pearls hand-knotted onto natural silk thread.

From a young age, Emma has held an interest in art. In 1995 she completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in printmaking. The following year she was commissioned to make a public art sculpture in south Taranaki. Funds from this commission enabled her to travel to England and study at the Frink School of Sculpture.

Valerie Cranfield established the home interior and giftware business in Wellington in 1991. She is now assisted by her daughter, Nicola. Since opening its doors, Cranfields has stocked handcrafted, bespoke New Zealand products.

Nicola discovered Emma three years ago when visiting her downtown studio in

Whanganui. This chance meeting became a defining moment, which allowed Emma’s business to grow.

Nicola sees the bird necklaces as a perfect collection for Cranfields’ 30th anniversary.

“I see this as not only an opportunity for us at Cranfields but an opportunity to showcase really special homegrown talent, with wonderful stories about how and why these makers have chosen to create products as they do,” she said.

Emma works from her studio in a rural valley on the outskirts of Whanganui.

“Zealandia is an iconic part of our community, and this is another way of supporting local. The conservation work they do is inspiring. It’s only fitting that the native birds that have inspired this line of jewellery benefit as well.”

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Performers will be reaching for the stars as part of the upcoming Manawatū Star Search youth talent quest.

The competition, geared for youth 8 to 18 years, encompasses all forms of music, dance and drama.

Director Allan Williams said it is an opportunity for these contestants to perform in front of a panel of judges.

If selected, contestants are invited to participate and showcase their talents at a finals concert in front of a new set of judges and a paying audience.

Manawatū Star Search is divided into junior, intermediate and senior age groups. Each age group is then split into solo/duo and group of three or more.

“Cash prizes are made to the most promising performance in each category and age group, and there is also a People’s Choice Award.”

Although the talent quest is aimed primarily at Manawatū youth, entries are received from the Rangitikei, Horowhenua and Wairarapa areas. All contestants pay a small entrance audition fee.

“We have a panel of four judges for the auditions and a new panel of judges for the finals concert,” said Allan.

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Manawatū Star Search is an offshoot of Reach for the Stars, which began as a youth project in 1999. The late Pat

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Snoxell organised and directed every Reach for the Stars contest held at The Regent on Broadway in Palmerston North until 2013.

Allan said Pat was a board member of the Regent Trust and was also instrumental in the formation of the Feilding Civic Centre Trust.

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Spring is here, and National Gardening Week will be running from October 18–25, with this year’s theme across the country being Grow to Give.

People across the country are encouraged to be involved in National Gardening Week and grow vegetables to share with others in their community

“While some Kiwis are enjoying homegrown vegetables, many are going without altogether,” says Yates spokesperson Fiona Arthur.

“This National Gardening Week, people are being encouraged to grow-an-extrarow to share with neighbours, community pantries, food banks and other local food donation agencies.

“Popping a few extra seeds in the dirt does not require much effort but could mean so much for another family in need.

“To help get your extra row underway, Yates is lending a helping hand. When you register online at yates.co.nz/national-

gardening-week between October 1 and 25, you will receive a free packet of vegetable seeds.”

Anyone can grow a garden, no matter how large or small the space.

“Encourage family members to give growing some veggies a go,” says Integrity Community Media’s garden columnist Liz Clark.

“Sharing extra produce from the garden with others is rewarding and reduces food waste. Have a look in the shed for some of those unused pots from the nursery, fill them up with some container and vegetable mix and sow a seed or two.

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“Green vegetables such as lettuce, mini cauliflower, spinach and eggplants will grow quite happily provided they have enough space. Water regularly and feed with a liquid fertiliser for thriving plants.

“It is also a great way to get the children involved and take pride in sharing what they have grown with others.”

Once you have grown your veggies to share, please visit the Yates website to find a list of the organisations in your area that would welcome your donation of fresh homegrown produce.

“National Gardening Week aims to foster a love of gardening with a focus on growing

not only plants but friendships, good health, strong communities and closer connections with nature,” Ms Arthur said.

“Whether it is a few pots on the balcony, a small patch or an extensive garden, everyone can experience the joy of gardening.”

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WOOD IS GOOD Forestry news and events: October

G J Sole Transport is a large familyowned business that has been serving the greater Taranaki and King Country areas since 1965.

Graeme Sole started the business with a bulldozer and a transporter.

Developing farmland and logging was a big part of the business, which involved putting in tracks, clearing land with root rakes for the Lands and Survey block. G J Sole Transport was also involved with the first shipment of export logs from Westgate (Port Taranaki) in 1967.

The logging side of the business has become more intensive since 1992, starting with the involvement of the

export of logs from the New Plymouth port. This included purchasing woodlots from farmers, supplying logging gangs and heavy equipment to harvest the trees, transporting logs to the port, working in conjunction with NZ Stevedores, and later John Ray Ltd while supplying loaders and logging trucks to load log boats.

During the same period, involvement in the selective helicopter logging industry of native timber started, with the company supplying loader and logging trucks to transport the logs from helicopter dump sites to rail heads and sawmills throughout the North Island. This often involved

working in extremely remote and difficult areas.

Over the years the company has evolved to include heavy equipment transporting of over dimensional steel products, concrete panels, drilling equipment and rig shifts. It isn’t uncommon for these loads to weigh in excess of 80 ton. Many of these loads require pilot vehicles due to their oversize nature and sometimes tricky travel routes.

The logging operation in Taranaki purchases and harvests woodlots for the domestic market, supplying local sawmills such as Taranaki Pine and

pulp to Carter Holt Harvey at Kinleith.

This business has developed with Allan Sole presently running his own logging crews under Sole Logging and Graeme now focusing on the transport side of the business. In 2021 the logging fleet has grown to include 37 logging trucks and 3 bin trucks as well as 12 general transport, tipper, and heavy haulage trucks.

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processing sector is already at least 70% self-sufficient (using the biomass from wood waste). Effectively, our sector runs a large scale bioenergy generator that has a great capacity to substitute for fossil fuels. As large scale companies such as Fonterra transition away from fossil fuels to wood based fuels for drying milk power, there is increasing demand for fibre within our own country and the future for this is bright.

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Do your own research

by Jane Gray

Why should you do your own research? It’s simple, really; you get the answers you are looking for.

Let’s stop using social media as a credible place for information.

When Facebook, for instance, first came to light, it was a great way to keep in touch with what friends and family were doing. I have a lot of family overseas, so it was lovely to connect with them like this.

Like everything, there is an evaluation period. The platform became a space for those to put everything up online, such as what they eat at a restaurant or what they were thinking at that moment.

Unfortunately, some of that evaluation has become toxic in the extreme; radical content and just so many untruths that people seem to believe. Ask someone where they got their information from, and you can just about guarantee they will say social media.

Community groups have become the playground for vehement opinions rather than what they were actually designed for.

I go to a community group to see what is happening in the area, not to be told I’m

an idiot because I choose to be vaccinated or I support a particular political view.

Social media is a great tool when used properly, but if you are relying on it to get well-rounded and considered advice — that is never going to happen.

Social media is fed by individuals with their own agendas. The research will always be slanted to their viewpoint and often bears no resemblance to real life.

I am often amazed about how abusive people get on Facebook should someone disagree with their particular viewpoint. If you put a point of view up for the public to see, why are you then so offended when some disagree with that point of view and why does it have to become abusive? Then get even more offended when that post with all of its radical commentary is taken down by the administration for being found untrue.

In order to get good quality research make sure that it has been peer-reviewed by people qualified in that field. It’s more likely to be a well-rounded document when others have looked at it.

The importance of minerals

by John Arts

In the last edition, I commented that most multi-style supplements over-promise but underdeliver.

That is because most are formulated as a ‘one a day’ supplement and are often filled with too many B vitamins yet lack the minerals and antioxidants we need. Outright mineral deficiencies cause disease but of much greater importance is the number of diseases linked to sub-optimal minerals in our diet.

Sub-optimal means less than our bodies need. If I could do an experiment it would be to give all New Zealanders a comprehensive multimineral, multivitamin and antioxidant and observe health patterns during a long period of time. I would not be surprised to see reductions in most chronic diseases.

Farmers are very aware of the mineral deficiencies in our soil. I spoke to a farming client recently and he commented on the improvements to animal health when they added selenium and other minerals. He said the sheep went from being lethargic to full of energy. It is a real tragedy that we do not incorporate such advice

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When I recently reformulated my Cell-X multi-nutritional supplement, I took great care to ensure that minerals, like selenium and zinc, were at levels that support optimal health. Our immune system, indeed the health of every cell, requires these minerals to produce powerful enzymes that protect our cells, including immune cells, from damage and disease.

I offer you a challenge. Take a good multi-nutritional supplement like Cell-X for three months and notice the difference. Most talk about more energy, better immunity, especially in winter and just feeling well.

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