Retired Journalism Prof Shows Arrogance

Chuck Zimmerman

AAEA ByLineIn the latest issue of the AAEA Byline (you’ve got to be a member to read it) there’s an article on ethics called “Beware The Ethics Swamp.” It’s written by Elaine Shein. I think this is a great subject to do a series of articles on.

ACN, Media

PETA Is Getting Udderly Ridiculous

Chuck Zimmerman

Milk Gone WildProving once again that they are completely without brains or any moral compass, the folks at PETA have created a website to attack milk. If it wasn’t a good idea to know what the wackos are up to I sould suggest you just ignore it. It would almost be funny if they weren’t so ignorant and just plain disgusting.

Dairy

AgraQuest Acquires Codena – Bugs Tremble

Chuck Zimmerman

Agra QuestSoft bodied insects had better watch out. AgraQuest has you in their sights. They’ve got a new biopesticide from their Codena acquisition and they’re ready to rock your soft little squiggly world.

Agribusiness

Snacking At The Food Safety Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

Food Safety SummitWith food safety such a big issue right now, going to Las Vegas in March for the Food Safety Summit (March 22-24, Las Vegas), is an option. It was just acquired by Stagnito Communications which is an Ascend Media Company.

Food, Publication

Triple Nickel Comfort For Military

Chuck Zimmerman

Cotton For ComfortIf you’re going to wear Kevlar for protection add a little cotton for comfort. At least that’s what I think Dr. Seshadri “Ram” Ramkumar of Texas Tech University’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health is doing for our military. He’s also doing it with the “triple nickel.” What’s the triple nickel? Good question. From a D&Pl release:

Agribusiness

DomesticFuel Blog Takes Off

Chuck Zimmerman

DomesticFuelPosting has been a little light this week but I will have a lot coming out over the next couple days. ZimmComm has been a little busy evolving ever further into the new media world. For that reason we’re changing our name to ZimmComm New Media, LLC. We’re pretty much all about new media now, even though a lot of what we do still involved marketing and communications. As a former colleague used to say about his organization, “We’re a constantly evolving strategy.”

Ag Groups, Ethanol

Aprhodisiac Tomatoes From Florida

Chuck Zimmerman

Florida TomatoesDoing creative television commercials doesn’t have to break your budget. That’s what the Florida Tomatoe Committee found out when they created this new tv campaign. The campaign will air beginning January 30 and run again in March on several cable networks targeting women, 25 – 54.

Ag Groups, Agencies, Video