I am often asked why I seem so “stuck” on using WordPress. It’s because it’s such a good tool! Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so. WordPress just came in first in the publishing category in Webware’s Top 100 Awards. These are the best Web applications there are. We know because you told us. Over the course of …
GSD&M Agency For John Deere Commercial and Consumer Equipment
John Deere’s commercial and consumer equipment division has selected its agency of record. John Deere, a major provider of advanced products and services for lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation, today announced it has named Austin, TX based GSD&M as the marketing & advertising agency of record for its Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division (C&CE). After a four-month …
IFAJ Congress 2008 Pumpkin
Cindy and I are looking forward to this year’s IFAJ Congress in Japan but we’re already looking forward to next year in Austria/Slovenia. Why? Because to pre-promote it the organizers are running a little pumpkin growing incentive. Here’s my plant growing next to our tomatoes. What we’re supposed to do is grow our pumpkins with seed they supplied starting now. …
RFD-TV Going HD in November
How about an RFD-TV twofer? That’s apparently what the world will get starting this fall when they launch their new high-definition channel. Could anything be more beautiful on TV than rural America in high-definition? RFD-TV is proud to announce the launch of RFD HD, this company’s new 24-hour television channel. RFD HD will create even more original programming to better …
FAO Gets James Butler as Deputy DG
There will be a new number two at the FAO. This is making the announcement a little early when you consider he doesn’t start until January! FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today announced the appointment of James G. Butler as Deputy Director-General, the number two post at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Mr Butler, a citizen of the United …
Great American Desserts
Now this would have been a sweet event to blog from. I didn’t know there was an Expo just for desserts but there is. It’s the Great American Dessert Expo which was just held in Atlanta. Here are the winners of the 2007 “Small Bite, Big Taste” Competition they held: Best New Products Mercer’s Dairy Mercer’s has created a wine …
Agriculture’s ‘Nobel’ Goes to Purdue Food Science Professor
Purdue University Professor Philip E. Nelson has secured this year’s World Food Prize for his innovation in food processing and preservation. Purdue’s Scholle Chair Professor in Food Processing developed technology that enables the transport of processed fruits and vegetables without spoilage. Nelson’s “aseptic bulk storage and distribution” process is credited with revolutionizing the global food trade. More than 90 percent …
Kyle Wilson Wins New Holland Celebrity Tractor
This week on the ZimmCast I wrap up some things related to the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race. To start with one of the contestants that I interviewed was Eddie George, former Tennessee Titans running back. He said that this would be his first time on a tractor. He had his family along and his wife, Ty, competed too. …
Farmboy Showcases Five Farm Animals in One
Jake Gorst is the writer, producer and director of a documentary called “Farmboy.” This is a film that’s based on the writings of John Babcock who grew up on the farm of his father, H.E. Babcock. According to the website H.E. “was the first professor of farm marketing (1921) and later Chairman of the Board (1940s) at Cornell University. He …
New Ag Scholarships For Illinois
Rhea & Kaiser, a marketing communications agency based in Chicago, has created two one-time scholarships to be offered by The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Illinois State University. The scholarships honor long-time clients of Rhea & Kaiser who have recently retired. The $750 scholarships were established in the Department of Agriculture in honor of Illinois State graduate Dave Striegel …