Source: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE submitted to NRP
EORGANIC: THE NATIONAL ONLINE INFORMATION, TRAINING, AND NETWORKING SYSTEM FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0220447
Grant No.
2009-51300-06073
Cumulative Award Amt.
$317,182.00
Proposal No.
2009-01434
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2009
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2012
Grant Year
2009
Program Code
[113.A]- Organic Agriculture Research & Extension Initiative
Recipient Organization
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE
101 BALLARD HALL
CORVALLIS,OR 97331-3606
Performing Department
Cooperative Extension
Non Technical Summary
Extension has traditionally been a source of reliable, science-based agricultural information for farmers and agricultural professionals. Until recently, Extension personnel typically have had little direct experience or training in organic agriculture, and there has been little published Extension information on organic agricultural practices. The growth in organic market opportunities has increased the demand on Extension personnel across the country to supply this clientele with information on all aspects of organic production. eOrganic, the eXtension Organic Agriculture Community of Practice and Resource Area at eXtension.org, was initiated in 2006 to fill this information gap. eOrganic publishes science-, experience- and regulation-based articles, FAQs, and videos authored by researchers, educators, farmers, certifiers and others with expertise in organic agriculture (at eXtension.org). eOrganic also answers organic agriculture questions through eXtension's Ask-an-Expert system. eOrganic members author and review eXtension content in its collaborative workspace (at eOrganic.info). This workspace is also developing as a web community supporting research/outreach project management and researcher/educator/practitioner networking and learning. In the long term, eOrganic's farming systems, discipline, and RO groups will efficiently deliver critical, high quality, research-, experience- and regulation-based information, through articles, videos, webinars, and short courses, to farmers, extension and other agricultural professionals, researchers, and certifiers in every state in the nation, resulting in enhanced sustainability of organic farms. eOrganic's active and engaged online research-outreach community will foster networking and collaboration amongst researchers, educators, agricultural professionals, and farmers engaged in understanding and improving organic farming systems. This community and its activities should increase the rate of learning about and the depth of understanding of these systems, as well as increase the rate of translation of organic farming systems research results into eOrganic content. These changes in understanding and translation will significantly increase the impact of OREI and other federal research dollars.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1021499113015%
2053499114015%
2161499116015%
3073499106015%
3153499107020%
6011499301020%
Knowledge Area
601 - Economics of Agricultural Production and Farm Management; 102 - Soil, Plant, Water, Nutrient Relationships; 205 - Plant Management Systems; 216 - Integrated Pest Management Systems; 307 - Animal Management Systems; 315 - Animal Welfare/Well-Being and Protection;

Subject Of Investigation
3499 - Dairy cattle, general/other; 1499 - Vegetables, general/other;

Field Of Science
1060 - Biology (whole systems); 1130 - Entomology and acarology; 1070 - Ecology; 1160 - Pathology; 1140 - Weed science; 3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
Goal 1: Further develop eOrganic, the Organic Agriculture Resource Area at eXtension.org, as a resource for farmers, agricultural professionals, certifiers, researchers and educators seeking information on best organic agricultural practices, research results, farmer experiences, and certification. Goal 2: Train organic farmers, extension personnel, and other agricultural professionals in organic agricultural principles and practices. Goal 3: Facilitate researcher/educator networking, collaboration, and research and outreach project management through the eorganic.info workspace and web community. This project will publish at least 60 articles, 10 videos, and 45 FAQs at eXtension.org/YouTube in 09-10. eOrganic will continue to improve its drupal collaborative workspace to facilitate content development, review and publication; group management; and community networking. The 2 farming systems and 7 discipline groups will coordinate at least 11 webinars for farmers and agricultural professionals and 9 virtual seminars for researchers, ag professionals and farmers. Research/outreach groups will deliver at least 6 virtual project or farm tours for researchers, educators and farmers. This project will also publish at least one peer-reviewed journal article on the eOrganic workspace and public content.
Project Methods
The 2 farming system (dairy and vegetable production) and 7 discipline groups will focus this year on group and content development. Core members of each group will convene in a work retreat. By the end of the work intensive each participant will work collaboratively in the workspace and complete one final article draft; each group will describe its content goals, outline, and deliverables (# and titles of articles/FAQs/video/webinars) for the year. On average, each group will publish 9 articles, 1 video, and 5 FAQs. Quality and utility of articles, FAQs and videos will be evaluated through the use of surveys and focus groups with farmers, extension professionals and other content user groups. eOrganic will reach out to farmers, ag professionals, researchers and other stakeholders through our public content, webinars, and the eOrganic.info web community, as well as through outreach activities at organic and other farming conferences and agriculture professional society meetings.

Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: From October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, eOrganic published 20 new articles, 7 new videos, 24 new webinars, 7 live conference broadcasts, 6 abstracts and conference presentations, 6 newsletters, and an annual report. eOrganic broadcast live presentations from the NOFA Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference in New York, the Dryland Organic Grains Conference, The Organic Seed Grower's Conference, the 2nd International Organic Fruit Symposium in Washington state, the Carolina Organic Commodities and Livestock Conference in North Carolina, the Illinois Specialty Crops and Agritourism Conference, and a fly management workshop at the University of New Hampshire. Approximately 179 Ask An Expert Questions were answered within the past year In January-March, 2012, eOrganic conducted an online Introduction to Video Production course on the eXtension Moodle campus. There were 12 participants, who were university and Extension researchers from funded NIFA OREI and ORG projects that included funding for eOrganic. The instructors taught the basics of video planning, making storyboards, filming, and creating production plans so that they can create videos about their research for publication on eXtension.org. Materials from the course are now publicly available on the Moodle campus site. Representatives from eOrganic attended three major organic farming conferences in early 2012: The Ecological Farming Conference (Eco-Farm) in California, the MOSES Organic Farming Conference in Wisconsin, and the PASA conference in Pennsylvania. eOrganic had booths at these conferences and ads in the conference programs. eOrganic was also represented at both the Tennesee and Oregon Small Farms Conferences, and the NOFA Vermont Conference. Presentations about eOrganic were given at the American Society of Agronomy Meeting, the American Society of Horticultural Science meeting, the NOFA Organic Research Symposium, and at the University of Minnesota, the University of Arkansas, and the island of Dominica. In addition, CoP members presented a workshop on eXtension Learn on eOrganic's evaluation efforts attended by members of other eXtension communities. Articles about eOrganic were submitted and accepted to the HortTechnology journal (Stone, et al. 2012), as well as the Washington Tilth Producers magazine. eOrganic advertised in the monthly periodical Growing for Market. This publication serves market gardeners and small farms. It has an estimated circulation of 5,000. eOrganic publishes a bi-monthly newsletter (3500+ subscribers) that features newly published articles, upcoming and archived webinars, important organic news, and more. eOrganic maintains an active presence on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, which have been experiencing steady growth. Our YouTube channel has over 880,000 views and over 1100 subscribers, and we have 1423 Twitter followers and 1097 Facebook likes over the lifetime of the accounts. PARTICIPANTS: eOrganic has approximately 1000 members, including researchers, Extension and government agency personnel, organic certifiers, inspectors, farmers, and agriculture professionals. More than 200 members have actively contributed to eOrganic by authoring or reviewing articles and FAQs, producing or reviewing videos, answering Ask an Expert questions, presenting webinars or by delivering other contributions. eOrganic Leadership Team: The eOrganic Community of Practice is led by the eOrganic Leadership Team (LT), comprised of leaders of content groups and the Project Leader and Senior Coordinator. LT members included Jim Riddle, U of MN (leader, certification group); Heather Darby, U of VT and Cindy Daley, Chico State (leaders, dairy farming systems group); Danielle Treadwell, U of FL (leader, cover crops group); Alex Stone, Oregon State (Project Leader); John McQueen, Oregon State (Senior Coordinator). The LT met by webconference 6 times per year. Project Leader: Alex Stone led the eOrganic CoP and Leadership Team, facilitated long term planning and short term management, supervised staff, raised funds, and served as eXtension and public liaison. eOrganic salaried staff Workspace Developer Roger Leigh provided required functionality by creating custom code when not publicly available, and maintained the workspace. Senior Coordinator, Web 2.0 Coordinator, and Workspace Manager John McQueen administered the workspace, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and eXtension websites; trained staff and members; assisted Leigh with workspace development. Communications Coordinator Alice Formiga, Oregon State coordinated the webinar series, authored user guides, published eOrganic News and conducted evaluation. Content coordinators: Deb Heleba coordinated the dairy group, as well as peer review and eOrganic.info membership for the first two years; Ed Zaborski coordinated the soils, insect, weed, and cover crops groups, and acted as Senior Editor; following the departure of Ed Zaborski, Cindy Salter conducted copy editing. Alice Formiga coordinated the vegetable and disease groups. NOP Compliance Reviewer and Certification Coordinator Jim Riddle reviewed all content for NOP compliance, authored certification content, and presented webinars. Lane Selman, Oregon State conducted a video training class attended by 12 participants from NIFA OREI project groups. TARGET AUDIENCES: eOrganic considers its primary Community of Interest (stakeholders of its public content) to be organic farmers and other farmers interested in certified organic agricultural information, as well as the Extension and other agricultural professionals who support them. eOrganic's stakeholders also include its more than 1000 eOrganic.info community members, comprised of researchers, educators, extension professionals, farmers, and other organic agriculture practitioners and service providers. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Evaluation of eOrganic webinars: eOrganic evaluation reports can be found at http://eorganic.info/evaluation. Since December, 2010, participants in eOrganic webinars and conference broadcasts have received an online feedback survey. Across all survey respondents, 75% said the webinar improved their understanding of the topic and 78% said they would apply the knowledge gained; 83% said they would recommend the webinar to others. Only 4% of respondents said they had difficulty accessing the webinar or broadcast. Respondents were also asked how helpful they found eOrganic resources on eXtension such as articles, videos, other live and recorded webinars, and Ask-an-Expert; these were rated higher in 2011-12 than in the previous season. eOrganic sent an impact evaluation survey to all participants of 16 webinars 6-18 months after the webinars were broadcast. Out of 691 total respondents, 69% (almost equally divided between farmers and agricultural professionals) responded that they had changed practices or provided others with information, or were better able to communicate with farmers about the topic as a result of the webinar. Specific changes made by farmers and farm advisors are listed in the report. Self-evaluation of eOrganic by active Community of Practice members: With support from the Institute for Conservation Leadership, eOrganic surveyed 189 active members (members who had contributed to eOrganic as leaders, authors, reviewers, Ask-an-Expert responders, webinar presenters) in fall 2011. Fifty-five members (29%) responded. Fifty four percent of respondents ranked two eOrganic activities as Essential or Very Important: connecting a national community of organic professionals (farmers, certifiers, researchers, extension, etc.) at eOrganic.info, and facilitating engagement among farmers and organic professionals through webinars. Collaborative development of peer-reviewed articles for eXtension was ranked Important or greater by 69% of respondents, followed by video production (65%). Participation in the Ask-an-Expert feature of eXtension was ranked Important or greater by the majority of respondents, but to a lesser degree than other activities. Members viewed eOrganic as important because it is the only organic agriculture national resource with direct ties to university research. Members felt that the information on the site was credible and that eOrganic's relationship with eXtension provides eOrganic with credibility and visibility. They felt that the technology services eOrganic provides to research and outreach groups are valuable, and that it was a strength that eOrganic offered multiple functions and services under one umbrella.

Publications

  • Boruff, C. and K. Hubbard. (2012). Sourcing Organic Seed Just Got Easier: An Introduction to Organic Seed Finder. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64782
  • Bosworth, S. (2012). Organic Weed Management on Livestock Pastures Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63411
  • Broadcast of Fly Management on Your Organic Dairy Workshop. (2012). April 19, 2012. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63269
  • Brown, S. (2012). NRCS EQIP Technical and Financial Support for Conservation on Organic Farms Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63100
  • Carolina Organic Commodities and Livestock Conference. (2012. Selected Live Broadcasts. eOrganic webinars. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61970
  • Darby, H. (2012). Frost Seeding: A Cheap Alternative to Improve Hay and Pasture Land. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64559
  • Darby, H., and C.Daley. (2011). Healthy Soils for a Healthy Organic Dairy Farm Broadcast from 2011 NOFA-NY Organic Dairy Conference. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61289
  • Diez, F. (2011). Microbial Food Safety Issues of Organic Foods Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61477
  • Dryland Organic Agriculture Symposium from the Washington Tilth Conference. (2011). eOrganic webinars. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61391
  • DuPont, T. (2012). Pest Management Case Study. Quiet Creek Farm, Kutztown, PA. Penn State Extension Start Farming Video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64622
  • DuPont, T. (2012). Plant Propagation Case Study. Quiet Creek Farm, Kutztown, PA. Penn State Extension Start Farming Video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64623
  • Flack, S. (2012). Video: Creating a Grazing Map in Accordance with the Access to Pasture Rule. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62061
  • Formiga, A., A. Stone, J. McQueen, and M.Coe. (2011). Content Evaluation of the Organic Agriculture Community of Practice on eXtension.org. eXtension Learn Presentation. December 15, 2011. Available at https://learn.extension.org/events/310
  • Gallandt, E. (2012). Cultivation and Seedbank Management for Improved Weed Control Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62445
  • Grossman, J. (2012). Legume Inoculation for Organic Farming Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64401
  • Gruver, J., R.R. Weil, C. White, and Y. Lawley. (2012). Radishes: A New Cover Crop for Organic Farming Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64400
  • Heins, B.(2012). Breeding and Genetics: Considerations for Organic Dairy Farms Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63504
  • Heleba, D., H. Darby, A. Gervais, C. Daley, H. Behar, M. Day, S. Flack, A. Formiga, J. McQueen and A. Stone. (2012). eOrganic Dairy: Developing National Online Training and Support Networks on Certified Organic Dairy Production Systems. Abstract. Northeast Organic Research Symposium. January 19-20, 2012.
  • Organic Seed Growers Conference.(2012). Selected Live Broadcasts. eOrganic webinars. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61925
  • Riddle, J. (2011). Flooding and Organic Certification. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60874
  • Riddle, J. and A. Stone. 2012. How to Use eOrganic for Research and Outreach. Abstract. Northeast Organic Research Symposium. January 19-20, 2012.
  • Riddle, J. (2012). Why Eat Organic eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61954
  • Schonbeck, M. (2012). Mulching for Weed Management in Organic Vegetable Production. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62033
  • Schonbeck, M. 2012. Organic Mulching Materials for Weed Management in Organic Production. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/65025
  • Silva, E., and R. Claypool. (2012). Veggie Compass: Whole Farm Profit Management Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62444
  • Simon, P., J. Myers, and W. Goldstein. (2012). Breeding for Nutrition in Organic Seed Systems Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62564
  • Smalley, S. (2011). Plan for Marketing Your Organic Products Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60942
  • Snapp, S. (2012). Participatory On-Farm Research Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61986
  • Snapp, S., and E. May. (2011). Managing for Soil Organic Matter. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61075
  • Snyder, W. (2012). Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64274
  • Snyder, W. (2012). Managing Squash Bugs in Organic Farming Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63329
  • Stone, A. (2012). Cover Crops for Disease Suppression Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62449
  • Stone, A. 2011. eOrganic: The eXtension Community for Organic Agriculture. Abstract. ASHS Conference. September 26, 2011.
  • Stone, A., D. Treadwell, and T. Coolong. 2011. What is eOrganic and How Can it Help Foster a National Organic Agriculture Research and Outreach Community ASHS Conference workshop. September 27, 2011.
  • Teasdale, J. (2012). Optimizing the Benefits of Hairy Vetch in Organic Production Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62753
  • Treadwell, D., A. Stone, M. Wander, H. Darby, J. Riddle. 2012. Eorganic Builds Information Networks for the Organic Agriculture Community. Abstract. American Society for Horticultural Science Meeting. July 31, 2012. Available at http://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2012/webprogram/Paper11823.html
  • 2nd International Organic Fruit Research Symposium. (2012). eOrganic webinars. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64359
  • Atthowe, H.(2011). Ecological Farm Design for Pest Management in Organic Vegetable Production: Successes and Challenges on Two Farms Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61953
  • Atthowe, H.(2011). Reduced Tillage in Organic Vegetable Production Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61629
  • Baysal-Gurel, F., B. McSpadden Gardener and S. Miller. (2012). Soilborne Disease Management in Organic Vegetable Production. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64951
  • Berkett, L.P., and T.L. Bradshaw. (2012). The OrganicA Project: Current Research on Organic Production of Ginger Gold, Honeycrisp, Zestar!, Macoun and Liberty Apples. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61985
  • Berkett, L.P., R.E. Moran, M.E. Garcia, H.M. Darby, R.L. Parsons, T.L. Bradshaw, S.L. Kingsley-Richards, M.L. Griffith. (2012). The OrganicA Project: A Multi-State Trans-disciplinary Apple Research, Education, and Outreach Project. eOrganic article. Available at: http://www.extension.org/pages/63325
  • Bess, C.C. (2011). Tracking Your Produce for Your Business and Health. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60944
  • Bess, C.C. (2011). Tracking Your Produce for Your Business and Health. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60944
  • Biernbaum, J. (2011). Root Media and Fertility Management for Organic Transplants Webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60943
  • Jahnke, K., A. Gervais, and H. Behar.(2012). Video: Innovations on an Organic Dairy: California Mastitis Test. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63691
  • Jahnke, K., H. Behar, and A. Gervais. (2012). Video: Innovations on an Organic Dairy:The Fly Barrell. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62007
  • Johnson, K. (2012). Fire Blight Control in Organic Pome Fruit Systems Under the Proposed Non-antibiotic Standard. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62448
  • Karreman, H. (2012). Your Organic Dairy Herd Health Toolbox. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64442
  • Karreman, H. and A. Gervais. (2012). Video: Healthy Cow Checkup:How to Perform a Physical Exam. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64752
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2011). September 2011 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60986/september-2011
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2011). December 2011 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61721/december-2011
  • Jahnke, K., H. Behar, and A. Gervais. (2012). Video: Innovations on an Organic Dairy: Successful Calf Rearing on Pasture and Mob Feeder. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63674
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2012). Growing the eOrganic Community: Annual Report 2011. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63012
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2012). May 2012 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/63777/may-2012
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2012). June 2012 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64543
  • McQueen, J., A.Formiga, and A. Stone. (2012). August 2012 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/64958
  • McSpadden-Gardener, B. (2012). The Role of Cover Crops in Organic Transition Strategies Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62450
  • Mizell, R. (2012). Stink Bug Management Using Trap Crops in Organic Farming. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/61596
  • Mizell, R. (2012). Stink Bug Management with Trap Crops on Organic Farms Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/62443
  • Myers, J. (2011). How to Breed for Organic Production Systems Webinar. eOrganic and Plant Breeding and Genomics webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60898


Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Activities: eOrganic's leadership team, content groups, and administrative groups meet regularly to plan, coordinate and develop eOrganic. The publication and staff groups coordinate the publication of eOrganic's articles, FAQs, videos, webinar series, Ask an Expert, newsletters, and other public content. The evaluation group coordinates evaluation of articles and webinars. Staff train members in use of the workspace and group tools including publication to eXtension. Products: eOrganic developed its public site at http://www.extension.org/ organic production (articles, FAQs, videos, webinars, Ask an Expert, newsletters) and its community and publication workspace at http://eorganic.info (group workspaces and tools, community networking, personal pages, help and training, publication to http://www.extension.org/organic production). eOrganic initiated and continues to develop a Facebook site (http://www.facebook.com/eorganic), a Twitter presence (http://twitter.com/eOrganic CP), and a Youtube site (http://www.youtube.com/eorganic) Services: eOrganic provides information, answers, and training to farmers, service providers, and others interested in organic agriculture. eOrganic coordinates peer and NOP compliance review, evaluation, marketing, and outreach for its public content for the eOrganic community. eOrganic supports members and project groups in group management and communication and publication to eXtension. eOrganic trains members in video, webconferencing, and other Web 2.0 tools and strategies. Dissemination: eOrganic members distribute outreach materials, staff booths, and give presentations at major and smaller events around the country, including small farms and dairy conferences and short courses. eOrganic has had a significant presence at 1) EcoFarm, CA (west), 2) PASA, PA and NOFA-VT (northeast), and 3) the Organic Farming Conference, WI (midwest). eOrganic distributes fact sheets describing the public content and site, eOrganic bookmarks with the url for the public site, and trifold brochures targeted to prospective eOrganic.info members. eOrganic has had a presence at more than 80 conferences, meetings, and workshops and communicated directly with more than 18000 individuals. eOrganic reaches out to eOrganic.info members and public stakeholders through its two bi-monthly newsletters as well as its webinar series and its Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube presences. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
eOrganic is a significant national organic agriculture web resource and one of eXtension's most-accessed resource areas. eOrganic has published more than 225 articles, 90 FAQs, 200 videos, and 40 webinars to eXtension.org/organic production and www.youtube.com/eOrganic. eOrganic's pages at eXtension.org have received more than 700,000 page views since October 2009 and its Youtube videos have been viewed 500,000 times. More than 3500 people attended eOrganic's first 40 webinars. eOrganic's community has answered more than 750 Ask-an-Expert questions. eOrganic communicates bi-monthly with its more than 2700 newsletter subscribers and keeps in frequent touch with its 500 Facebook fans, 500 Twitter followers, and 280 Youtube subscribers. eOrganic also reaches out to more than 8000 farmers and agricultural professionals through booths and other activities at 3 or 4 major (and many more minor) organic farming conferences across the US each winter. eOrganic is now in the process of surveying its users to evaluate the quality and impact of its resources and activities. In addition, eOrganic.info (eOrganic's community and publication workspace) was developed; this site currently has more than 700 members (researchers, educators, extension professionals, farmers, certifiers, and service providers). More than 25 NIFA proposals have included eOrganic in their plans of work. A survey was sent to participants in 8 eOrganic webinars 6-12 months after the webinars took place, in order to evaluate the impact of the webinars on the participant's knowledge, intentions or practices. 57 to 89% answered that the webinar "moderately" or "significantly" improved their understanding of the topic. 55 to 82% answered that they had applied the knowledge gained "somewhat" or "a lot." 53 to 93% affirmed that their webinar experience had contributed to changes in their farming practices. 35 farmer participants in the Blueberry Production webinar stated that they changed practices as a result of attending the webinar. 5 (14%) planted blueberries in raised beds. 8 (23%) used weed mat in blueberry beds. 5 (14%) increased irrigation levels if using raised beds or weed mat. 11 (31%) changed irrigation practices. 4 (11%) used less fertilizer on young plants. 11 (31%) used fish emulsion as fertilizer. 6 (17%) decided against using vinegar or flaming as the sole means of controlling weeds. 10 (29%) other. 22 respondents stated that they provided the following information to farmers. 11(50%) planting blueberries in raised beds. 5 (23%) using weed mats in blueberry beds. 4 (18% increasing irrigation levels if using raised beds or weed mat. 8 (36%) changing irrigation practices. 8 (36%) using less fertilizer on young plants. 7 (32%) using fish emulsion as fertilizer. 5 (23%) deciding against using vinegar or flaming as the sole means of controlling weeds. 5 (23%) other topics (not stated).

Publications

  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone. 2011. August 2011 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60437/august-2011.
  • Leigh, Roger, and J. McQueen. 2011. Building, Maintaining and Sustaining Private and Public Web Content through a Multi-Site Drupal Environment. Abstract. ACE/NETC Meeting.
  • McQueen, J., R. Leigh, and A. Stone. 2011. Facilitating Group Communication, Planning, Collaboration, and Web Publishing. Abstract. ACE/NETC Meeting. 1
  • Stone, A. A. Formiga and J McQueen. 2011. eOrganic: The Online Community for Organic Agriculture. Abstract. USDA-ERS Organic Farming Systems Research Conference.
  • Stone, A., A. Formiga, and J. McQueen. 2011. Public Webinars: Technology, Strategies, and Evaluation. Abstract. ACE/NETC Meeting.
  • Stone, A., J. McQueen, A. Formiga, and R. Leigh, 2010. eOrganic: the Organic Agriculture Community of Practice and Resource Area for eXtension. Abstract. Oregon State University Extension Annual Conference.
  • Stone, A., M. Wander, J. McQueen, and E. Zaborski. 2010. What is eOrganic, and how can it help foster a national organic agriculture research and outreach community Abstract. American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. Available at http://a-cs.confex.com/crops/2010am/webprogram/Paper59681.html.
  • Benbrook, C. 2011. Shades of Green Dairy Farm Calculator. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/31790.
  • Cavigelli, M. A. 2010. Impact of Organic Grain Farming Methods on Climate Change Webinar eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/30850.
  • Creamer, N., and T. Wymore. 2011. North Carolina Statewide Initiative for Building a Local Food Economy. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/31868.
  • Curran, W., S. Mirsky, and B. Mason. 2011. The Evolution, Status, and Future of Organic No-Till in the Northeast US. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/33063.
  • Darby, H. 2011. Using Small Grains as Forages on Your Organic Dairy. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/54434.
  • Granatstein, D., L Carpenter-Boggs, and D. Huggins. 2010. Greenhouse Gases and Agriculture: Where Does Organic Farming Fit eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/30835.
  • Hilleren, H., and K. Rizzo. 2011. Local Dirt: Beyond Marketing. Find Buyers, Sell Online, Source & Buy Product Yourself. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/33119.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone. 2011. May 2011 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/58449/eorganic-updates:-may-20-2011.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone. 2011. July 2011 eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/59589.
  • Zehnder, G. 2011. Biology and Management of Pickleworm and Melonworm in Organic Cucurbit Production Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60954.
  • Schonbeck, M. 2011. Keep Observing the Weeds and Adapt Practices Accordingly. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/32634.
  • Schonbeck, M. 2011. Weed Identification Tools and Techniques. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/32635.
  • Schonbeck, M. 2011. Weed Management Strategies for Organic Cucurbit Crops in the Southern United States. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60198.
  • Schonbeck, M. 2011. Weed Monitoring. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/32636.
  • Moncada, K., and J. Riddle. 2011. Risk Management Guide for Organic Producers. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/33159.
  • Boudreau, M. 2011. Organic Plant Disease Management: Thinking Like a System. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/32637.
  • Barbercheck, M. 2011. Biology and Management of Aphids in Organic Production Systems. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/60000.
  • Valenzuela-Estrada, L.R., D.R. Bryla, D.M. Sullivan, and B.C. Strik. 2011. Organic Blueberry Production Research Project: Roots. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/pages/32763.
  • Volk, J. 2010.Grower Perspective: Planning Steps for Organic Fresh Market Cucurbit Production in Oregon. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/31052


Progress 09/01/09 to 08/31/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Activities: eOrganic's leadership team, content groups, and administrative groups meet regularly to plan, coordinate and develop eOrganic. The publication and staff groups coordinate the publication of eOrganic's articles, FAQs, videos, webinar series, Ask an Expert, newsletters, and other public content. The evaluation group coordinates evaluation of articles and webinars. Staff train members in use of the workspace and group tools including publication to eXtension. Leaders and staff coordinated events including the eOrganic visioning meeting and workshops at the National SARE, NCERA-59, and National Association of County Ag Agents conferences. Products: eOrganic developed its public site at http://www.extension.org/ organic_production (articles, FAQs, videos, webinars, Ask an Expert, newsletters) and its community and publication workspace at http://eorganic.info (group workspaces and tools, community networking, personal pages, help and training, publication to http://www.extension.org/organic_production). eOrganic, in partnership with eXtension, developed a feed from eOrganic.info to eXtension.org so content developed at eOrganic.info could be published to eXtension. eOrganic initiated and continues to develop a Facebook site (http://www.facebook.com/eorganic), a Twitter presence (http://twitter.com/eOrganic_CP), and a Youtube site (http://www.youtube.com/eorganic) Services: eOrganic provides information, answers, and training to farmers, service providers, and others interested in organic agriculture. eOrganic coordinates peer and NOP compliance review, evaluation, marketing, and outreach for its public content for the eOrganic community. eOrganic supports members and project groups in group management and communication and publication to eXtension. eOrganic trains members in video, webconferencing, and other Web 2.0 tools and strategies. Dissemination: eOrganic members distribute outreach materials, staff booths, and give presentations at major and smaller events around the country, including small farms and dairy conferences and short courses. eOrganic has had a significant presence at 1) EcoFarm, CA (west), 2) Southern SAWG Conference, TN (south); 3) PASA, PA and NOFA-VT (northeast), and 4) the Organic Farming Conference, WI (midwest). eOrganic distributes fact sheets describing the public content and site, eOrganic bookmarks with the url for the public site, and trifold brochures targeted to prospective eOrganic.info members. eOrganic has had a presence at more than 80 conferences, meetings, and workshops and communicated directly with more than 18000 individuals. eOrganic reaches out to eOrganic.info members and public stakeholders through its two bi-monthly newsletters (most recent at http://www.extension.org/article/29037), as well as its webinar series and its Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube presences. In addition, eOrganic reaches out to diversified vegetable farmers through its ads in http://www.growingformarket.com/. PARTICIPANTS: eOrganic Leadership Team: The eOrganic Community of Practice is led by the eOrganic Leadership Team (LT), comprised of leaders of content groups and the Project Leader and Senior Coordinator. LT members included Mary Barbercheck, Penn State (leader, insect management group); Michelle Wander, U of IL (leader, soils group); Jim Riddle, U of MN (leader, certification group); Heather Darby, U of VT and Cindy Daley, Chico State (leaders, dairy farming systems group); Danielle Treadwell, U of FL (leader, cover crops group); Tim Coolong, U of KY (leader, diversified vegetable cropping systems group); Corinne Alexander, Purdue (leader, economics group); Eric Gallandt, Univ. of ME (leader, weed management group); Alex Stone, Oregon State (Project Leader); John McQueen, Oregon State (Senior Coordinator). The LT met by webconference 6 times per year. Project Leader: Alex Stone led the eOrganic CoP and Leadership Team, facilitated long term planning and short term management, supervised staff, oversaw evaluation, supervised editorial management of content, raised funds, and served as eXtension and public liaison. eOrganic salaried staff Workspace Developer Roger Leigh provided eOrganic with insight into emerging web technologies; developed the eOrganic.info workspace and feed to eXtension in cooperation with John McQueen; identified, tested and installed suitable open source software for the project (built around a core Drupal content management system), provided required functionality by creating custom code when not publicly available, and maintained the workspace. Senior Coordinator, Web 2.0 Coordinator, and Workspace Manager. John McQueen provided eOrganic with insight on how best to adopt and adapt Web 2.0; administered the workspace, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and eXtension websites; trained staff and members; assisted Leigh with workspace development; provided workspace support, identified usability and workflow issues; led testing on all enhancements and updates; provided technical support for webinars and short course software; and acted as technical liaison to eXtension. Communications Coordinator Alice Formiga coordinated the webinar series, authored user guides, and published eOrganic News. Content coordinators: Deb Heleba coordinated the dairy group, as well as peer review and eOrganic.info membership for the first two years; Ed Zaborski coordinated the soils, insect, weed, and cover crops groups, and acted as Senior Editor; Alice Formiga coordinated the vegetable and disease groups. eOrganic Core Contractors. NOP Compliance Reviewer and Certification Coordinator Jim Riddle reviewed all content for NOP compliance, authored certification content, and presented webinars. Evaluator. Michael Coe of Cedar Lake Research Group coordinated evaluation of eOrganic's articles and webinars. Thirty-nine eOrganic members presented webinars and 69 authored articles (see publication section); in addition, 108 members answered Ask-an-Expert questions. TARGET AUDIENCES: eOrganic considers its primary Community of Interest (stakeholders of its public content) to be organic farmers and other farmers interested in organic agricultural information, as well as the Extension and other agricultural professionals who support them. During eOrganic's first 3 years, the primary stakeholder groups were organic dairy farmers, diversified fresh market vegetable farmers, and the service providers who support them. eOrganic's stakeholders also include its more than 700 eOrganic.info community members, comprised of researchers, educators, extension professionals, farmers, and other organic agriculture practitioners and service providers. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
eOrganic is a significant national organic agriculture web resource and one of eXtension's most-accessed resource areas. eOrganic has published more than 180 articles, 90 FAQs, 200 videos, and 25 webinars to eXtension.org/organic_production and www.youtube.com/eOrganic. eOrganic's pages at eXtension.org have received more than 270,000 page views since October 2009 and its Youtube videos have been viewed 250,000 times. eOrganic's community has answered more than 600 Ask-an-Expert questions. Two thousand people from all over the country attended the first 23 webinars hosted by eOrganic in winter and spring 2010. eOrganic communicates bi-monthly with its more than 2700 newsletter subscribers and keeps in frequent touch with its 500 Facebook fans, 500 Twitter followers, and 280 Youtube subscribers. eOrganic also reaches out to more than 8000 farmers and agricultural professionals through booths and other activities at 3 or 4 major (and many more minor) organic farming conferences across the US each winter. eOrganic is now in the process of surveying its users to evaluate the quality and impact of its resources and activities. In addition, eOrganic.info (eOrganic's community and publication workspace) was developed; this site currently has more than 700 members (researchers, educators, extension professionals, farmers, certifiers, and service providers). More than 10 NIFA proposals have included eOrganic in their plans of work. Reviewers of eOrganic articles indicate that articles have high relevance, quality, and utility. Of the reviewers, 29 percent described themselves as farmers, 38 percent researchers, and 33 percent extension personnel. On average, the reviewers (from Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington) have been involved in agriculture and organic agriculture for 18.1 and 10.0 years, respectively. They considered the information to be accurate (100 percent strongly/moderately agreed); very relevant to important farming problems or issues (93 percent strongly/moderately agreed); useful and practical and could be applied in real farming practice (90 percent strongly/moderately agreed). Feedback from the first 215 webinar participants (49% farmers, 21% agricultural professionals, 12% extension personnel, 7% researchers, 7% non-profit staff, 4% master gardeners) has been collected. 30% from northeast, 26% central US, 33% west, and 11 % south. Eighty-eight percent said the webinar improved their understanding significantly/moderately. 86 percent said they would apply the knowledge in their work a lot/somewhat. 94 percent would recommend the webinar to others. eOrganic will evaluate the impact of past webinars on participant knowledge and practices in winter 2010-11.

Publications

  • Behar, H., 2010. An Overview of the Access to Pasture Rule on Organic Dairy Farms. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28875
  • Boudreau, M., 2010. Organic Plant Disease Management: the Environment. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18825.
  • Carpenter-Boggs, L., 2010. The Science Behind Biodynamics. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28756.
  • Cao, C., G. Vallad, M. McGrath, B. McSpadden Gardener, 2010. Efficacy of Biochemical Biopesticides that may be used in Organic Farming. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/29381.
  • Heleba, D., 2010. Access to Pasture Rule New and Revised Definitions. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/29158.
  • Heleba, D., 2010. Finding a Pasture Stick in Your Area for Your Organic Dairy Farm eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28873.
  • Raudales, R., C. Cao, G. Vallad, M. McGrath, and B. McSpadden Gardener, 2010. Efficacy of Microbial Biopesticides that may be used in Organic Farming. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/29382.
  • Schonbeck, M., 2010. Keeping New Weedy Invaders Out of the Field. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/21535.
  • Flack, S. and A. Gervais, 2010. Video: Calculating Dry Matter Intake in Organic Pastures Using a Pasture Stick. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28874.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Equipment: Roller/Crimper. Ken Fager and Robert Walters, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, Goldsboro, NC. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18330
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Equipment: Sub-Surface Tiller-Transplanter. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18422
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Equipment: Undercutter. Nancy Creamer, Center for Environmental Farming Systems. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18421
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Equipment: Flail Mower/Roller. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18420
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Equipment: Planting aid. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18419
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Ceramic Plate. Louie Murgg, Forevergreen, Langley, BC, Canada. Brian Maupin, Washington State University, Mt Vernon, WA. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18394
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Filled Furrow Squash Cultivator. Jeff Falen, Persephone Farm, Lebanon, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18404
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Hayrake. Mark Wheeler, Pacific Botanicals, Grants Pass, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18402
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Insulated Shield. Louie Murgg, Forevergreen, Langley, BC, Canada. Brian Maupin, Washington State University, Mt. Vernon, WA. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18393
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Lely Tine Weeder. Mark Wheeler, Pacific Botanicals, Grants Pass, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18403
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Mulched Garlic. Jeff Falen, Persephone Farm, Lebanon, OR. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18400.
  • Schonbeck, M., 2010. Experiment, and Watch for New Developments in Organic Weed Management. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/22117.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Introduction. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18371.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Nutrient Management. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18424.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Problem Situations. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18423.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Rotational Tillage Options. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18425.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Cover crop combinations. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18370
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Introduction to Cover Crops. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18734.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Rotational Tillage Strategies. Ron Morse, Virginia, Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18426.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Strip-Seeded Cover Crops. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18431.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Weed Management Introduction. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18427.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Winter-Killed Cover Crops Part 2. Mark Schonbeck, Virginia Assoc. for Biological Farming. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18429.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Broccoli. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18415.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Potato. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18417.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Pumpkin. Ron Morse, Virginia Tech. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18418.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Sweet Potato. Danielle Treadwell, Center for Environmental Farming Systems. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18416.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System: Introduction. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18414.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Composting Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18413
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System: System overview. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18412
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System Living Mulch System: Mowing. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18411
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Cover crops. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18410
  • Andrews, N. and D. Sullivan, 2010. Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Contribution from Cover Crops. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/26919
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Mulched Rhubarb. Rob Heater, Stahlbush Island Farms, Corvallis, OR. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18399.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Reflective Shield. Joel Reiten, Bejo Seeds, Cottage Grove, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18395
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Reigi Weeder. Suzy and Robelee Evans, Foundhorn Gardens, Days Creek, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18327
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Retractable Blade Cultivator. Rob Heater, Stahlbush Island Farms, Corvallis, OR. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18328
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Shielded Bed. Ray Devries, Ralph's Greenhouse, Mt. Vernon, WA. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18397
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Shielded Row. Rob Heater, Stahlbush Island Farms, Corvallis,, OR.eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18396
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Tips on Flaming.Tim Miller, Washington State University, Mt. Vernon, WA. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18392
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 1. Wiggle Weeder. Ray DeVries, Ralph's Greenhouse, Mt. Vernon, WA. eOrganic video. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/18401
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Winter-Killed Cover Crops Part 1. Mark Schonbeck, Virginia Assoc. for Biological Farming. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18430.
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. High Residue Reduced-Till System: Cover Crop Compatibility. Mark Schonbeck. Virginia Assoc. for Biological Farming. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18428.
  • Coolong, T., 2010. High Tunnel Production and Low Cost Tunnel Construction Webinar from eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/26091.
  • Flack, S., 2010. How to Calculate Pasture Dry Matter Intake on Your Organic Dairy Farm Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28554.
  • Francis, D., 2010. Grafting Tomatoes for Organic Open Field and High Tunnel Production Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/25443
  • Hoffman, K., 2010. Maximizing Dry Matter Intake on Your Organic Dairy Pastures Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28807
  • Jackson, L., 2010. Increasing Plant and Soil Biodiversity on Organic Farmscapes. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/27049
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Weed ecology. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18409
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Habitat for beneficials. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Availableat http://www.extension.org/article/18408
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Soil fertility. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18407
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System:Living Mulch System: Nitrogen. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18406
  • Stone, A., 2009. Video Clip: Weed Em and Reap Part 2. Living Mulch System: Living Mulch System: Disease suppression. Helen Atthowe, BioDesign Farm, Stevensville, MT. eOrganic video. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/18405
  • Miller, S., A. Stone, and M. Mcgrath, 2009. Organic Late Blight Management 2009 Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/24987.
  • Lamm, D., 2010. Using NRCS Conservation Practices and Programs to Transition to Organic. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/26682
  • Maul, J., 2010. Cover Crop Selection. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/27100
  • Miller, S. and M. Mcgrath, 2010. Late Blight Control in Your Organic Garden Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28624
  • Miller, S. and M. Mcgrath, 2010. Late Blight Management on Organic Farms: 2010 Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28346.
  • Mohler, C., 2010. Planning for Flexibility in Effective Crop Rotations. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/26734
  • Nordquist, D., 2010. Organic Farming Financial Benchmarks Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic article. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/24985.
  • Parsons, R., 2010. The Economics of Organic Dairy Farming in New England. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/26738.
  • Riddle, J., 2010. Getting EQIPed: USDA Conservation Programs for Organic and Transitioning Farmers Webinar from eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/25971.
  • Riddle, J., 2010. ABCs of Organic Certification Webinar. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/25080.
  • Riddle, J., 2010. Organic Certification of Research Sites and Facilities Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/25534.
  • Smith, K.R., 2010. A Look at the Newly Released Organic Pasture Rule Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/26133.
  • Strik, B., H. Larco, D. Bryla, 2010. Organic Blueberry Production. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/26115
  • McQueen, J., D. Heleba, and A. Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 3. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4363.
  • McQueen, J., E. Zaborski, and A. Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 4. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4426.
  • McQueen, J., and A. Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 5. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4604.
  • Sullivan, D., R. Costello, and L. Valenzuela, 2010. Undercover Nutrient Investigation: The Effects of Mulch on Nutrients for Blueberry. eOrganic webinar. Available at: http://www.extension.org/article/25232
  • Wiswall, R., 2010. Planning Your Organic Farm for Profit Webinar by eOrganic. eOrganic webinar. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/26410.
  • McQueen, J., and A. Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 1. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/3980.
  • McQueen, J., and A. Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 2. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4221.
  • McQueen, J., E. Zaborski, and A., Stone, 2009. eOrganic Updates - 6. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4672.
  • McQueen, J., and A. Stone, 2010. eOrganic Updates - 7. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/4818.
  • McQueen, J., and A. Stone, 2010. eOrganic Updates - 8. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/5054.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone, 2010. June 2010 - eOrganic Community News. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/5241.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone, 2010. July 2010 - eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/28988.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone, 2010. August 2010 - eOrganic Community News. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://eorganic.info/node/5487.
  • Stone, A., M. Wander, J. McQueen and E. Zaborski, 2010. What is eOrganic, and how can it help foster a national organic agriculture research and outreach community Abstract. American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting. Available at http://a-c-s.confex.com/crops/2010am/webprogram/Paper59681.html.
  • McQueen, J., A. Formiga, and A. Stone, 2010. September 2010 - eOrganic Updates. eOrganic Newsletter. Available at http://www.extension.org/article/29972.
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