the web community for

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the web community for
organic agriculture funded by CSREES
Integrated Organic Program and eXtension
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How we got here

• Ecofarm, 2006 Michelle Wander said We should
  do an organic eXtension site!
• Conference calls with LGU faculty, ATTRA and OAI
• eXtension Full proposal, June 2006
• Notified, summer 2006
• CSREES Integrated Organic Program proposal,
  November 2006 (4 universities,125 pages incl.
  supporting docs)
• eOrganic Visioning Meeting, February 2007
  (45 diverse
  participants)
• eOrganic IOP funding initiated September 2007
• New workspace initiated August, 2007
• Demo of content and workspace at National SARE
  March, 2008

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eOrganic.info

• A web community where organic agriculture
  practitioners, researchers, and educators
  network, exchange objective, research- and
  experience-based information, learn together, and
  communicate nationally.
• As a member, you can create a personal workpage,
  join workgroups, work on projects, and learn from
  other members.

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.org
.info

• One of eOrganics missions is to develop organic
  agriculture content for eXtension, the new
  national Extension web initiative
  (eXtension.org).
• eOrganic will publicly launch outreach material
  on eXtension.org in fall 2008.
• eXtension is a searchable collection of articles,
  videos, presentation, interactive materials,
  news, and ask-the-expert.

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What is ?
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eOrganic and IOP priorities

• A) eOrganic develops content suitable for
  delivery through eXtension.
• B) eOrganic shares and develops information on
  a national or regional level regarding pest
  mitigation, soil fertility building, best organic
  cultural practices, best marketing practices,
  livestock management, and listing approved health
  care options and allowed medications.
• C) eOrganic brings end-users together with
  research, education and extension teams that have
  been funded by the Integrated Organic Program

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content sources

• Content source 1 existing information derived
  primarily from conventional production and
  marketing systems e.g. peer-reviewed information
  on diagnostics, cultural and biological
  management strategies, marketing and consumer
  research and LGU outreach resources (e.g.
  bulletins and websites) relevant to organic
  systems, with appropriate caveats for translating
  conventionally derived recommendations to organic
  systems.
• Content source 2 resources from non-LGU entities
  such as ATTRA, NRCS, and EPA. Team members will
  identify, review and archive (in the wiki and
  OrganicAgInfo) relevant resources and rework
  information from these resources into curriculum
  articles and FAQs.
• Content source 3 existing or newly emerging
  management information derived from published and
  ongoing organic systems research which has not
  yet been interpreted for on-farm application (as
  available from organic systems trials and on-farm
  research projects). eOrganic will recruit and
  engage scientists involved in IOP and SARE-funded
  and other projects investigating agroecological
  processes to develop articles translating
  ecological theory into practical application.

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is about

• You
• Create your personal page
• let others know who you are and what you do
• become nationally recognized for your expertise
• Get trained on and use free tools
• collaborative authorship and review
• communication (streaming audio and video,
  narrated powerpoint, webconferencing)
• project management

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is about
Community and collaboration join and form
Interest-based Groups Find and network with
people with similar interests Discuss research,
outreach and participatory experiences Find the
images you need Work on personal and group
projects, including eXtension content,
proposals, articles, presentations,
problem-solving
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is about
Community and collaboration join and form
Project-based Groups Manage, document and report
on your project in one location. Discuss research
results, outreach ideas, and experiences Store
all images, reports, and presentations for 24-7
access Discuss pressing questions. Stay on top
of what your group members are thinking. Make
decisions. Work on group projects, including
eXtension content, proposals, articles,
presentations, problem-solving
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WORT as model systems trial project
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the organic agriculture web community please
join us!
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National Ag Library
systems trials
New Farm
participatory projects
Blue SARE Green IOP Red RMA
OFRF
ATTRA
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eOrganic is the organic agriculture Community of
Practice for eXtension
organic agriculture
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eOrganic is the organic agriculture Community of
Practice for eXtension
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eOrganic is the organic agriculture Community of
Practice for eXtension