Welcome to the New Media Center! #EFC11

The New Media Center operates drop-in clinic style from in the Surf and Sand Living Room from Wednesday evening through Friday evening.

Add to the conversation online by commenting on posts, posting to twitter with the hashtag #EFC11 or adding to the list of online resources.

See the schedule below for the highlighted events, but stop by anytime!

Wednesday Evening Opening Reception 6:30- 8:00

Sponsored by Deardorff Family Farms
Farms with Barns Plenary eOrganic Webcast 8:30 pm

Thursday, January 27, 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA DAY!

Come by any time between 8 and 4 for some friendly assistance with social media tools you may have tried but not really embraced. Learn easy tips to get the most out of Twitter and Facebook and other online interactions.  If you are interested in marketing, activism, or just better ways to access and sort through news and information from your peers in the movement, we are here all day to help.

Session A and Morning Break (8:30-10:30) - The Revolution is being broadcast at #EFC11

Use your smart-phone to get the most out of the EcoFarm Conference. Come by to learn how to use our very own EcoFarm smart phone app and follow along as people all over the country comment on tweets coming out of different sessions. Our sponsors Grupio, and twitter experts from Roots of Change and Food Democracy Now! will be on-site to assist you.

Thursday. Session B (10:30-12)

10:30 - 11:15 Local Dirt

Demonstration and personal account set-up for an on-line marketplace to facilitate buying, selling and sourcing local products.

11:15 -12:00 Yes, Real Farmers Really Do
Deardorff Family Farms

Thursday. Lunch and plenary session (12-4)

Short trainings on various social media tools and one-on-one assistance with setting up new accounts. Staff from eOrganic will lead guided explorations of social media tools and volunteers will provide one-on-one assistance setting up new accounts.

12 -12:30 Twitter and Facebook intensive with Michael Dimmock, Roots of Change
12:30 -12:40: Delicious intensive with Poppy Davis, Ecofarm Director.
1:00 – 1:10: Evernote intensive with John McQueen and Matt Jager, eOrganic.
1:30-1:40: Feed reader intensive with Matt Jager, eOrganic
2 -2:30 Twitter and Facebook intensive with Michael Dimmock from Roots of Change
2:30 -2:40: Delicious intensive with Poppy Davis, Ecofarm Director.
3:00 – 3:10: Evernote intensive with John McQueen and Matt Jager, eOrganic.
3:30-3:40: Feed reader intensive with Matt Jager, eOrganic

Session C (4-5:30)

4:00 – 4:30 The National Agricultural Library

Repeat those words: National Agricultural Library…imagine it … is your mind drooling? It is even bigger and more fabulous than that! And YOU OWN IT. Check it out!

5:00 – 5:30   Local Dirt     

Demonstration and personal account set-up for an on-line marketplace to facilitate buying, selling and sourcing local products.

Thursday evening (6:30-8:30) - eOrganic Video Night

6:30 – 7:30  Cultivation videos from Weed ‘em and  Reap and Farmers and their Weed Control Machines. On-demand videos! What tool do you want to see in action?
http://www.extension.org/article/18726

7:30-8:30 Organic no-till  and cover crop videos from Weed em and Reap and Farmers and their Innovative Cover Cropping Strategies. On-demand videos. What strategy do you want to learn about?
http://www.extension.org/article/18726

Friday Jan 28

FARMERS! Come by any time Friday and explore the wealth of information available to support you (beginning and experienced farmers) year-round. We are here all day giving guided tours.

8-12. Staff from ATTRA, NAL, eOrganic and other info providers will be here to help you find resources and answers.
12:30 -12:40: Delicious intensive with Poppy Davis, Ecofarm Director.
1:00 – 1:10: Evernote intensive with John McQueen and Matt Jager, eOrganic.
1:30-1:40: Feed reader intensive with Matt Jager, eOrganic

Session E (2-3:30) Follow up from Session D – Resources for understanding and implementing the Organic Pasture Rule

Cindy Daley, with the eOrganic Dairy Management Group, will demonstrate the on-line resources available for dairy producers to assist them with Pasture Rule compliance. Resources include webinars that detail specific changes to the rule; webinars on pasture management, calculating dry matter intake, and methods for transitioning lactating cows on and off pasture; and a number of articles that provide compliance guidelines and pasture management strategies.

Session F (4-5:30)

4-4:30. eOrganic Tour

eOrganic is the new national organic ag web resource, with articles, videos, webinars, and a question-answering service. Get a tour from eOrganic staff, and tell us what you want to find there in the future.

5:00-5:30. ATTRA tour.

What’s new at ATTRA?

Friday Evening (8-10) - Organic Agriculture and Climate Change webinars from eOrganic

8:00.  Greenhouse Gases and Agriculture: Where does Organic Farming Fit ? eOrganic webinar clips. http://www.extension.org/article/30835

9:00  Impact of Organic Grain Farming on Climate Change. eOrganic webinar. http://www.extension.org/article/30850