I’m getting ready for the Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit. It’s time to head back out on the agriblogging highway. The Animal Agriculture Alliance will host its tenth annual Stakeholders Summit May 5-6, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. The Summit will bring together food and farm industry leaders to reflect on the challenges of the past decade and new opportunities to …
A Vision For The Agri-Business Educational Foundation
What’s your Vision2020? For the Agri-Business Educational Foundation it’s an initiative that seeks to raise up to $4 million over the next 10 years for college student scholarships, student and young professional development programs, and support of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Student Program. This week’s program is part of my series with the folks who are making it happen, …
Frontera Intros Melon Mania
Speaking of fresh produce. I was just a few moments ago. How about some melons? We’re at peak time of freshness according to Frontera Produce. So the company has just launched a new website for consumers called Melon Mania. Of course they have a booth at the United Fresh Convention in New Orleans. “Our new Melon Mania website showcases our …
An App That’s United And Fresh
The United Fresh App is now available just in time for the United Fresh Produce Association conference taking place this week in New Orleans. It will be on my iPhone at the next iTunes sync. The United Fresh app is available for Android, BlackBerry and iPhone users and can be downloaded free of charge at www.UnitedFresh.org/apps. The apps feature United …
Vidalia Onion Museum Opens
The Vidalia Onion Festival has just concluded but that doesn’t mean you can’t find out all you want to know about these world famous onions. The event also marked the opening of the Vidalia Onion Museum. The Vidalia Onion Museum provides guests with an interactive, historical experience. The museum is filled with educational exhibits that highlight the sweet onion’s economic, …
Get AgWired on iPad Flipboard
We want you to use the AgWired app on your iPhone, iPod Touch or Android phone. And you can use it on your iPad. But I thought I’d point out another very cool way to get AgWired on your iPad by using Flipboard. I love the Flipboard app because it takes rss feeds and puts them in a very user …
Get Your Corn Refuge In An FS Bag
The whole refuge in the bag concept is a great one and now GROWMARK is making it available. This spring there are two FS Seed corn varieties that have the Refuge In Bag (RIB). They are FS 54VX1 RIB and FS 61BX1 RIB. Each bag contains the correct blend of traited and non-traited seed needed to meet refuge requirements for …
Picture A Better American Farm
Here’s a photo contest for you to consider entering. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the I Make America campaign have launched the Picture a Better America Photo Contest. Their goal is to, “demonstrate the urgent need to invest in America’s crumbling infrastructure.” The contest will showcase the hard-working men and women who “make” America. The Picture a Better …
GROWMARK Illinois Essay Contest Winner Announced
GROWMARK has announced the Illinois state winner of their essay contest for FFA members. The theme this year was “The Importance of Agriculture in Everyday Life” and the winner is Keirra DeCamp of Pleasant Hill. In her contest entry, DeCamp said: “So, the real question here is: ‘Where would you be without agriculture?’ Without agriculture, you would be inconvenienced, naked, …
Essex, It’s What’s for Ketchum
Congratulations to Kim Essex who we’ve known as the NCBA consumer marketing guru. Ketchum, one of the world’s leading public relations agencies, named Kim Essex as senior vice president and senior client director for the Ketchum Midwest Brand and Food Practice. In addition to leading brand work on key Ketchum accounts, Essex will serve as a senior strategist to clients …