In this public service announcement produced by USDA and the Ad Council eating an apple keeps the ceiling from falling on you and turns it into a world map. Well, that’s not really the message. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services and the Ad Council announce today the launch of a multi-media public service advertising …
It’s Bubble Time
I know this has absolutely nothing to do with agriculture but after 9 hours of driving and several hours of meeting today I just haven’t got anything else to share yet (meaning that I’m waiting on pictures to be emailed back for several posts I’m working on). So I hope you enjoy this video clip (via Sundog). Maybe AgWired will …
Trimming the Pork
Pork belongs on pig farms or on the dinner table, but, for many taxpayers, pork doesn’t belong in politics. A new blog called The Swine Line is using your average farm animal as a star mascot for fighting “political pork.” Check out these videos from the organization that describes itself as “America’s #1 taxpayer watchdog.” Oh yea, actor Kiefer Sutherland, …
Happy Holidays From BCS
I’ve been on the road today and wound up at the BCS Communications holiday party. Here’s the 3 amigos with Santa outside their office where the party is in full swing. We’ve got multiple inflatable holiday characters arranged around and on the building. One of them kind of deflated but thanks to the local fire department they’re back to full …
Corn Commentary on YouTube
If you want to learn the facts about water usage and corn then Rick Tolman, NCGA CEO, will fill you in. This is a short video interview I did with Rick at the recent NAFB Convention. I shot several while I was in their booth. It was pretty dark in the Trade Talk room so a light is now on …
Get Real With Christmas Tree Videos
The National Christmas Tree Association has launched a new contest for the 2007 holiday season inviting YouTube users to “Get Real This Christmas.” I’m really glad they made a YouTube video to explain the contest! To participate in the contest, YouTube users can create a unique video (three minutes or less) showing or explaining why a Real Tree is the …
NAFB Foundation Auction
Orion Samuelson once again presided over the NAFB Foundation Auction. He was assisted by auctioneer, Farmer Dave Schumacher. They did a great job and to help you get a feel for the fun you can watch them auction off one of the items in this video clip: NAFB Convention Photo Album
NAMA Names Patty Travis as President
I think the agriblogging folks at Paulsen AgriBranding and AgWired make a good team. What do you think? I couldn’t be at the NAMA Agribusiness Forum earlier this week but they were. I know they and we would love to have your feedback so please let us know what you think of all the video clips we’ve posted this week. …
Rosenthal Presents a Supply Chain Education
One of the presenters at the NAMA Agribusiness Forum was Mary Rosenthal and the agriblogging folks at Paulsen AgriBranding have produced another interview for us: “Creating a Supply Chain for a ‘New to the World’ Food Packaging Material” Mary Rosenthal, NatureWorks LLC Mary Rosenthal presented a case study of supply chain education to bring NatureWorks Polymer to market in North …
NAFB Trade Talk
If you’ve never attended an NAFB Convention and experienced Trade Talk then you haven’t seen a whole lot of interviewing going on simultaneously. It’s an interview marathon going on here in Kansas City. To see what it’s like I did a short walk through video: NAFB Convention Photo Album