From the tweets, it looks like IFAJ people are having a good time in Belgium. At least those who could make it. I found out at the Delta ticket counter that my flight was canceled just as I got there. Bummer. You can follow IFAJ tweets via Twitter search among other Twitter aggregation methods. I’m hoping some of my IFAJ …
Celebrating 50 Years of Schwalbe
It is always great spending time with good friends. This afternoon that was at BCS Communications “back yard” to celebrate a milestone with Kelly Schwalbe. Yes that’s a band in the background. It’s nice to take some time out from the every day work load to just relax a little bit. Of course not everyone was relaxing. There was the …
Ready For The AgriBlogging Highway
I’m just about to leave for the 2010 IFAJ Congress with a stop over in Kansas City tonight due to someone’s 50 year bday party. You can check my Twitter feed for a clue who. This is the Thermae Palace hotel in Ostend, the queen oft he Belgian sea-side resorts. That’s where the IFAJ party will be when we’re not …
More HSUS Watchers
You know, I get pretty tired of pointing out to people that the Humane Society of the United States is not what you think it is. But let’s face it, they deserve all the publicity they’re getting. They want to put farmers out of business. It’s that simple. No farmers then perhaps no animals raised for food. They do just …
X-Ray Vision For Food Labels – FoodEssentials Scanner
What do you think will happen in rural America once the iPhone is available on multiple carriers? Yes, that’s right. The percentage of farmers with iPhones will increase. Let’s hope this happens soon since AT&T is not the rural carrier of choice. There are still a lot of farmers with iPhones of course and I know many who want one. …
Passionate Pressure At IFAJ Congress
The Chair for this year’s International Federation of Agricultural Journalists 2010 Confress is Jef Verhaeren. I spoke with him via Skype to get a preview of the conference before I get there later this week. I’ll be rolling in to Ostend, Belgium on the weekend. I first met Jef years ago at the Green Week event in Berlin and we’ve …
Growth Energy Launches National Ethanol TV Ad Campaign
This is interesting. Growth Energy (a ZimmComm client) has just announced via live web stream that they’re also launching a national ethanol tv ad campaign. “For too long, we have allowed our opponents to define who we are. That ends today,” said Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy. America’s ethanol supporters launched the industry’s first national TV ad campaign today …
POET Launches National Ethanol TV Ad Campaign
A part time farmer and a full time POET. He’s featured in this new ad campaign by POET. You can see all the ads at POET TV and vote for your favorite on their Facebook page. POET launched a national advertising campaign today aimed at highlighting the hard work done by Americans to wean our nation off foreign oil through …
Ag Media Convergence
Media convergence is defined as: “phenomenon involving the interlocking of computing and information technology companies, telecommunications networks, and content providers from the publishing worlds of newspapers, magazines, music, radio, television, films, and entertainment software. Media convergence brings together the “three Cs”—computing, communications, and content.” Source: Encyclopedia Britannica We’re really seeing this in agricultural communications today. New media is not just …
Disagreement on Ethanol Policy
The food versus fuel debate is back in full force, creating division between the crop and livestock industries at a time when it would behoove them to work together against the very real threat of animal activism. This reached an interesting level last week when Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association (ZimmComm client) published an editorial taking the American …