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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Go back to school this fall and learn something new every Wednesday with FARRMS Weekly Wednesday Webinar Series. Online learning is easy and fun and available to anyone with a computer and Internet access.

FARRMS is offering a semester of classes on local foods, cooking, growing, canning and storing vegetables. Eat local all year long. Buy a single class or buy a pass for the entire semester. All sessions are recorded so if you miss one or need to review it later, it is available to you. Classes are interactive so you can ask questions of the presenters.

Cost is $10 per session or $100 for all 16 weeks. Registration is simple. Find the registration links at www.farrms.org. Don’t forget to listen to podcasts explaining what you will learn each session at www.farrmsnews.com.

Sessions are taught by experts in their fields and include:

Local foods 101 (four weeks)
Sept. 4 – The actual cost of food with Annie Carlson.
Sept. 11 – How can I afford locally grown food with Annie Carlson.
Sept. 18 – Shopping in season with Sue B. Balcom.
Sept. 25 – Reading labels so you know what you eat with Annie Carlson.

Local foods and your community (four weeks)
Oct. 2 – Social media and your community message with Katie Pinke.
Oct. 9 – Starting a community garden – now’s the time to begin with Sue Balcom.
Oct. 16 – Farm to School in your community – FOOD DAY, Farm to School Month with Sue Balcom.
Oct. 23 – Starting a farmers market in your community with Lori Martin.

Local Foods All Year Long – how consumers “can can, freeze, dry and cook with local foods all year long (four weeks)

Oct. 30 – Root cellaring – apples, pumpkins, potatoes, carrots and onions and what to use them for – TBA

Nov. 6 – Roasted vegetable recipes and techniques with Lori Martin.
Nov. 13 – Freezing gardens bounty with Sue Balcom. =
Nov. 20 – Hot Water Bath canning for beginners – Jams and Jellies with Annie Carlson.

Nov. 27 through Dec. 18
We Grow Farmers

Nov. 27 – Biodynamics – what? with Steve Dahlberg.
Dec. 4 – Selecting seed for market gardens with Brian McGinness.
Dec. 11 – Raising and selling eggs with Annie Carlson.
Dec. 18 – Growing your own transplants with Sue Balcom.

For more information or questions, call 701-486-3569 or email info@farrms.org.