Go Green Year Round

Joanna Schroeder

As sustainability initiatives move from fringe to mainstream many companies are wondering how to “go green” beyond Earth Day celebrations and recycling paper and cans. The Hondo Group, a marketing communications company based in Fort Worth, Texas, can actually help your company do just that with their new CO2 Management Initiative. Originally created to help The Hondo Group go green, …

Agencies, Environment

Text biotech To 77513

Chuck Zimmerman

You can find out what biotech is doing to help the Earth today by texting biotech to 77513. It’s an Earth Day think being produced by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. You can find out a lot more on their website. WhatCanBiotechDoForYou.com is part of a project sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), designed to foster a conversation with the …

Biotech

A People’s Garden On Earth Day

Chuck Zimmerman

I think I heard something about today being Earth Day. I can’t say that it really excites me. Maybe it’s because farmers tend the land every day and view care of their property as an integral part of their life. So why do we need a special day? Maybe it’s because this day has been used by so many people …

USDA

Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort

Stephen Russell has joined the staff of Allflex USA as a Feedlot Specialist; Paul Flint has been hired as the Swine Business Development Manager; and to support sales and marketing efforts in the states of California, Arizona and Nevada, Shauna Trusas has been promoted to Western Regional Manager. The StollerUSA products team of sales representatives and dealers continues to grow. …

Zimfo Bytes

Twitter #agchat And Join The Conversation

Chuck Zimmerman

We had another great @agchat Twitter session last night. If you haven’t participated then plan on next Tuesday evening between 7-9pm central. Our moderator is Michele Payn-Knoper who gets us started and poses questions. Here are the ones we tackled last night. Q1 (via @jcabdriver) What does Earth Day mean to you? Is it the same/dif for Ag v Food? …

Uncategorized

Farm Foundation Sponsors Animal Welfare Forum

John Davis

Make plans to attend the next Farm Foundation Forum Tuesday May 5th from 9 to 11 am at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington D.C. when the group takes a look at animal welfare as it relates to production agriculture: Presenters will be: * Paul Shapiro, Humane Society of the United States, * Tim Amlaw, American Humane …

Farm Foundation

Tour de Texas This Summer

Chuck Zimmerman

Thank you to Greg Lamp for pointing out that you can attend post IFAJ/AMS tours this year even if you’re not a member of AAEA, LPC or IFAJ. So how about some NAFB’ers joining in the fun? Looking for a whole new way of seeing the U.S.A. this summer? Look no further. The Ag Media Summit in conjunction with the …

ACN, Ag Media Summit, IFAJ, LPC

Greener-Schnitzels

Chuck Zimmerman

“Man & Cow” Greener-Schnitzels – Episode #1 – Since the domestication of animals, man and cow have always enjoyed a special relationship. However, in this new era of increased environmental awareness, this special relationship has gotten a bit strained. Put a man, a cow and some methane in a YouTube video and this is what you get: Feel free to …

Environment, Video

Ag Career Women

Chuck Zimmerman

Are you a woman working in agriculture? There’s a new social networking site created by Rhonda Werner called Ag Career Women. It’s “resource for Women in the Ag Industry to network with other women, gain valuable career information and share experiences.” Follow Rhonda on Twitter or find her group on Facebook or LinkedIn. It’s a good example of how you …

Farming, Social Networking