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Organic Information for the 21 st Century Jim Riddle Organic Outreach Coordinator

Organic Information for the 21 st Century Jim Riddle Organic Outreach Coordinator University of Minnesota. the web community for organic agriculture funded by CSREES Integrated Organic Program and eXtension. How we got here….

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Organic Information for the 21 st Century Jim Riddle Organic Outreach Coordinator

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  1. Organic Information for the 21st Century Jim Riddle Organic Outreach Coordinator University of Minnesota

  2. the web community for organic agriculture funded by CSREES Integrated Organic Program and eXtension

  3. How we got here… • Ecofarm, 2006 – Michelle Wander, U of IL, 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 • Public launch – EcoFarm Conference, January 2009

  4. 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.

  5. .org .info • One of eOrganic’s 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 January 2009. • eXtension is a searchable collection of articles, videos, presentation, interactive materials, news, and ask-the-expert.

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. What is ?

  10. Useful Links • http://organicecology.umn.edu/ • http://eorganic.info/ • http://www.extension.org/ • www.ams.usda.gov/nop

  11. More Links • http://www.tritrainingcenter.org/course/ • http://www.howtogoorganic.com/ • http://www.attra.org/organic.html • http://www.organic-center.org/ • http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=2 • http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_gr113.txt • http://www.rafiusa.org/noap.html

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