| In this Issue New eOrganic Articles!
Webinar Clips on YouTube
What's Popular on eXtension.org?
New eOrganic Articles Posted in August Biopesticides for Plant Disease Management in Organic Farming, by eOrganic Vegetable Disease Management Group members Meg McGrath, Gary Vallad, and Brian McSpadden Gardener. This article introduces what biopesticides are and how they can be used in certified organic production. See also Efficacy of Biochemical Biopesticides that may be used in Organic Farming and Efficacy of Microbial Biopesticides that may be used in Organic Farming for a data review of field trials with these materials. New eOrganic Dairy Group articles include An Overview of the Access to Pasture Rule on Organic Dairy Farms, by Harriet Behar, Access to Pasture Rule: New and Revised Definitions and Finding a Pasture Stick in your area for your Organic Dairy Farm, by Debra Heleba. Stay tuned for more upcoming eOrganic Dairy Group articles, videos and Webinars relating the new National Organic Program Access to Pasture Rule and the need to calculate dry matter intake. Registration is open now for the next Pasture Rule Webinar on September 16: Maximizing Dry Matter Intake on Your Organic Dairy Pastures, by Karen Hoffman of the USDA NRCS. The Science Behind Biodynamics, by eOrganic Soils Group member Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, is a great introduction to the topic and how the preparations are made. Lynne includes some ideas on how the preps work and how you can set up a trial on a farm to test them.
Late Blight Webinar Clips Now on YouTube
eOrganic Vegetable Disease Systems Group Members Meg McGrath and Sally Miller presented two well-attended Webinars on late blight for organic farmers and home gardeners. John McQueen of the eOrganic staff has now divided the recorded presentation into short, topical clips and uploaded them to the eOrganic YouTube channel, where we have found that they are being viewed at a much greater frequency than full length archived Webinars. Links to all the clips, as well as transcriptions of the recording can be found from the following link: http://www.extension.org/article/28756 Most Popular eOrganic Articles on eXtension.org
In July, traffic to our public website on www.eXtension.org was back up after dipping a bit in May and June, no doubt helped by the Webinars in July. Articles and Webinars about late blight were the most popular in July followed by Tim Coolong's Low Cost High Tunnel Construction. Here are some links to our most popular content of the month. #1 Organic Management of Late Blight of Potato and Tomato with Copper Products by Alex Stone and Brian Baker (along with other sources of info)
#2 Late Blight Control in Your Organic Garden Webinar by Meg McGrath
#3 Late Blight Management on Organic Farms: 2010 Webinar by Meg McGrath and Sally Miller
#4 Organic Management of Late Blight of Potato and Tomato by Alex Stone
#5 Low Cost High Tunnel Construction by Tim Coolong |  Read our organic farming articles!
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Research-Outreach Groups eOrganic.info (eOrganic's collaborative workspace) provides space and support for the work of organic research/outreach project groups. These groups can be lab groups, project groups (e.g. SARE and NIFA OREI projects), and even graduate courses! All group members can become members of eOrganic.info and participate actively in groups, including farmers, agricultural professionals, students, and non-profit staff. The workspace allows groups to share files and images, make decisions (forums), and collaborate on outreach materials, proposals and manuscripts. Groups are also beginning to use eOrganic's web conferencing tools to hold virtual seminars and field tours. If you are interested in learning more about how to use eOrganic.info to manage your group, contact John McQueen. eOrganic Mission eOrganic is a web community where organic agriculture farmers, researchers, and educators network; exchange objective, research- and experience-based information; learn together; and communicate regionally, nationally, and internationally. Contact us! If you are working on something related to eOrganic and would like others in the eOrganic community to know about it, if you would like to find other people to start a new eOrganic initiative, or you have other related needs, please let us know! We can include your ideas/news in the next newsletter. Submissions to the newsletter are due by the end of each month; send your submission to Alice Formiga Ask an Expert Reach out beyond state lines and answer questions through eXtension's Ask an Expert System. The eOrganic Community of Practice answered c. 40 questions during the past month on topics ranging from pressure-treated lumber to aphids in greenhouses. To get started answering Ask an Expert Questions, read this eOrganic article. eOrganic Training Events in September and October Trainings on how to use the eOrganic workspace are open for any eOrganic member. No RSVP is required. Follow these links to attend a session with John McQueen at the time specified: eOrganic 101: Sept 10
09/10/2010 - 10:00 Pacific Time eOrganic 210: Sept 23
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10/07/2010 - 10:00 Pacific Time eOrganic 201: Oct 14
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