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        <h1 data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="400">We took a cue from Chincoteague-  
Galway Downs is an Ecosystem!
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         The famous children’s book is based on the real life ecosystem off Virginia.  400 years ago, a shipwreck dropped a small herd of Spanish descent.  Somehow, they not only survived, but thrived. 
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        Here we follow their example.  Not just with clean arenas and stalls, but grass, and flowers, trees and shrubs that grow, beautifully, fed by nutrients your horses produce, that we carefully compost.  Galway is becoming “Regenerative” to make use of nutrients and prevent runoff, to draw down carbon from the atmosphere, and to create water storage, prevent fire, as only living soil can…   
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       To support our goals and ecosystem, we ask that you help:</p>
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    1.  Pick up all manure, not just from stalls, but from aisles, wash racks and arenas (we’ll take turns).  Manure is a potent compound until it is composted.  Composted Stable Waste is a valuable soil enhancer.
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    2.   Make sure to deliver your stall waste to the Manure Transfer Stations around the facility.  From there, it will be carefully loaded and delivered to the Composting Partner, to prepare for distribution. 
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    3. Learn about what great crops and landscapes, like ours are grown with what our horses provide.  Avocados, Mushrooms, Peppers and Garlic are among the fine foods farmers thank us for helping to grow.    
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        <h1 data-aos="fade-up" data-aos-delay="400">Awareness of your horse’s 
natural resource contributions 
will help protect our stables and shows.
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         The Greatest Resource in Fighting Rising Environmental Costs of Equestrian Centers is:
 the Educated Exhibitor.
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To Educate you and Advocate for Equestrians and Feasible Policies.
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