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Here are two upcoming webinars offered by NC SARE and E Organic. They are free and are intended for farmers and beginning farmers seeking to expand their knowledge: the first one on organic transplants and soil media (TODAY @ 2 PM EST) and the second one (next Tue) on beginning dairy (I see the local organic cheese industry is growing in demand big time!) Read on to get a summary and find the registration link. Cheers and hope to "see you today" Vicki Hello folks, eOrganic will be hosting 2 interesting webinars this week... here are the details... Growing Organic Transplants Webinar Tomorrow, Organic Dairy Broadcast on Friday There is still time to register for this Tuesday's eOrganic webinar on Root Media and Soil Fertility for Organic Transplants, presented by John Biernbaum of Michigan State University at 2PM Eastern Time (1PM Central, 12PM Mountain, 11AM Pacific Time). In this webinar, John will focus on helping farmers understand simplified root media and fertility management options for high quality transplants. Topics covered include: 1) growing container options, 2) selecting and blending root media components and amendments, 3) water soluble and mid-crop nutrient sources, 4) compost as a primary, on-farm or locally available root media and nutrient management tool, and 5) how irrigation methods impact root media and nutrient management. The webinar is free and open to the public, and advance registration is required. Register now at http://www.extension.org/pages/60943 On Friday, join the eOrganic dairy team for a live broadcast of a presentation by Heather Darby of the University of Vermont, and Cindy Daley of the University of California-Chico from the NOFA-NY Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference in Syracuse, New York, entitled Healthy Soils for a Healthy Organic Dairy Farm. The presenters will discuss how to build and maintain healthy soils and soil testing for nutrients and overall health. They will share recent on-farm research results that show the changes in forage quality and milk production on amended and non-amended organic pastures. The free broadcast will take place on November 4, 2011 at 1:15 PM Eastern Time (12:15 PM Central, 11:15 AM Mountain, 10:15 AM Pacific Time). Advance registration is not required for this webinar; however, space is limited. To participate, at the presentation start time, sign on at https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2009421&password=M.E8A9F1600126C89E7D80393B1EE2B4. Joel Gruver School of Agriculture Western Illinois University [log in to unmask] ******************************************************** To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe or; 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed to the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message. Visit the SANET-MG archives at: http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html. Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm. For more information on grants and other resources available through the SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org. This listserv is maintained by SARE Outreach as a service to the agricultural community. Views expressed herein are solely the responsibility of the poster and do not reflect the opinions or policies of SARE or the USDA. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html