Newbie - Looking to make the switch.

Newbie - Looking to make the switch.

Hi Guys / Girls
 
Looking to make the switch from flash to jQuery as its the obvious direction of the web.
 
Currently our website ( www.farmersofsalem.com) has a flash banner with another flash file loaded within itself once the page loads.  Below that is just a flash navigation.
 
The effects dont have to be perfectly identical, but I'm looking to do something similar or maybe even better.
 
Can anyone point me in the right direction?