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A series of five hour-long trainings will broadcast live on Wed. Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. They are free for anyone to watch online. To join the training, register at www.extension.iastate.edu/broadcasts/emg/. *2011 Fall Webinar Series * *Wednesday, October 5 (ALREADY HAPPENED) **Webinar: The Basics of Home Canning* with Elizabeth Andress<http://www.fcs.uga.edu/fdn/faculty.php?id=130>, Ph.D., food safety specialist with Georgia Cooperative Extension and Professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition. Learn the basics of canning fruits and vegetables from your garden, as well as USDA recommendations for canning pickles and sweet spreads. Make sure you are safe from botulism and other risks when you preserve food, and learn best practices for high quality preserves. *Wednesday, October 12 **Webinar: Introduction to Seed Saving *with Shannon Carmody, public programs manager for Seed Savers Exchange<http://www.seedsavers.org/Content.aspx?src=aboutus.htm> Learn about the biological and ecological needs of saving seeds. Topics will include plant reproductive structures, isolation requirements, pollination methods and taxonomy. *Wednesday, October 19 **Webinar: Pollinators For Your Garden *with Dr. Jeff S. Pettis, research leader with USDA-Agricultural Research Service Bee Research Laboratory<http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-75-05-00>in Beltsville, Maryland. Pollinators are essential to any gardening endeavor. Hear about the variety of native or wild pollinators and things you can do to encourage or increase them in your area. *Wednesday, October 26 **Webinar: Food Stamps Grow Gardens! Leveraging SNAP to grow gardens across America *with Daniel Bowman Simon, founder of SNAP Gardens<http://www.snapgardens.org/> Did you know that you can use SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps) benefits to help plant a garden? This session will provide ideas for how garden-minded professionals and amateurs alike can spread awareness and connect SNAP recipients to resources and information that will enable productive gardening experiences for all. *Wednesday, November 2 **Webinar: Extending the Growing Season Using High Tunnels and Hoop Houses *with Ron Cordsiemon, Missouri Plant Materials Center<http://www.plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/MOPMC/>Manager for USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Elsberry, Missouri High tunnels and hoop houses can be used to increase the growing season of a variety of plants. This session will cover the different types of structures used and the time and expense involved for construction. This session also will look at the potential for increased production among different types of vegetables. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20111011/9fc6f461/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
