Here’s your newest new media reading assignment. It’s Mitch Joel’s “Six Pixels Of Separation.” I got it yesterday and believe it will help those of you who are over concerned about numbers and ROI of new media. Get it and let’s read it together. We no longer live in the world of Six Degrees of Separation. We’re down to Six …
Biosecurity For Birds Photo Contest
Hey bird photographers. Here’s a photo contest you may be interested in from USDA. USDA APHIS’ Biosecurity For Birds campaign is inviting you to enter your best poultry or pet bird photos in the 2009 Biosecurity For Birds calendar photo contest. We are especially interested in photos of all kinds of poultry, gamebirds, wild birds, shorebirds, and pet birds shown …
USDA Facebook Chat
The whole USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative keeps growing with new tools. This time it’s a live chat session via USDA/Facebook. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today launched a new USDA website for the ‘Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’ initiative to continue the national conversation about developing local and regional food systems and finding ways to …
Questions About Web Analytics
Does web analytics give you a headache? Do you have anyone on your staff who has training in how to understand web analytics? If you don’t then you’re not unusual. A story today on eMarketer provides some survey results about what marketers are thinking on this subject. To prove the success of their campaigns, marketers need analytics. But many report …
NASA Podcasts About Agriculture
What does NASA think of agricultural production? You can find out in a podcast series they’ve produced that “spotlights scientific advances in monitoring agricultural production and landscape changes that affect the sustainability of the world’s food supply. The videos also examine the partnerships between NASA and other government agencies concerned with the availability of food.” Beginning September 23, a new …
Let’s Be Safe and Healthy Out There
It’s official when the President signs off on it (pdf). NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 20 through September 26, 2009, as National Farm Safety and Health Week. I call upon the people …
Lots of Views For American Angus Videos
You can’t have viewers unless you put something out there for people to view. The American Angus Association has been doing that with 52 videos in their YouTube channel now. How about views? I’ll bet they’ve got way more than a video clip placed on an internal static web page somewhere where no one can find it! Nearly 60,000 Internet …
MyFood-a-pedia
For those of you who want to analyze everything that passes your lips USDA has a new web page that will give you the details on any food products. MyFood-a-pedia – The much anticipated MyFood-a-pedia is a new online tool that gives consumers quick access to nutrition information for over 1,000 foods. The MyFood-a-pedia provides calorie count information on the …
FuelChat Session at 2pm Eastern Today
This is a reminder that today at 2:00pm Eastern time the Renewable Fuels Association will be hosting another 1 hour online Twitter chat session. It’s FuelChat and you will have the chance to ask questions and interact with others on the subject of ethanol. I’ll be working with RFA as moderator for today’s session. There are a number of mechanisms …
Hot Potato Ideas
The U.S. Potato Board held a “Hot Potato Ideas” contest and culinary students were rewarded for their innovative recipes like this Cheesy Southwestern Potato Crisps one shown in the photo. During my pheasant hunt our cook made us some of the best potato pancakes I’ve ever eaten. Perhaps we should get her to enter next time. Creative ideas and innovation …