It’s time to book your room and reservation for this year’s National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. You can hear a message from Greg Akagi about the convention here (mp3). Registrations are filtering in and hotel rooms are booking up fast! Don’t miss out on the agri-media event of the year…”Connecting: 2010 and Beyond”…the 65th Annual Convention of NAFB. Be …
New Farm and Food Websites
Here are a couple of new online resources to get information about food and farming in the United States today. Both are backed by the Center For Food Integrity. Best Food Facts employs the Food Integrity Index. The Food Integrity Index is designed to provide balanced, objective information to help consumers make informed choices. We have partnered with leading universities …
Gibbs & Soell Take Pulse of Ag Comm on Social Media
During the recent Ag Media Summit my friends at Gibbs & Soell conducted an “Ag Industry Pulse Check: Use of Digital and Social Media.” It’s a survey of attendees to gauge their feedback on the subject. To learn about the results I spoke with Gardner Hatch, who you can contact to get the full story. It was very interesting to …
Monsanto at Farm Progress Show Already
Looking ahead to the Farm Progress Show, there’s already a lot of activity on the site, including exhibitors. Take Monsanto for example. They’re not only busy but you can follow along since they have several web options. To keep up with the latest activity at this year’s site, simply do so from the comfort of your own home or office …
How Journalists Are Using Blogs To Cover Ag
Jim Evans, Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, has written a great article about the use of blogs in agricultural communications. It’s titled, “Why and how journalists around the world are using blogs to cover agriculture” and you can find it on the IFAJ website. Here’s an excerpt: During late 2005 agricultural communications researchers Emily Rhoades and Kelsey Hall conducted what may …
IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit Photos
Our photo album for the IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit has been giving us fits the last few days. Flickr is great but every once in a while . . . So, I’ve got most of our photos re-uploaded and ready for your viewing pleasure. Here’s the link to use for IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit photos: IFAJ/AMS 2009 Photo Album
The Haymond Group Formed
Allen Moczygemba has been busy creating a new enterprise. The Haymond Group, LLC a new marketing consulting firm with an emphasis on providing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) expertise has been formed to serve agribusiness clients. Industry veteran Allen Moczygemba has been named President of The Haymond Group, which is being funded with private equity. Joining Moczygemba on the management team …
America’s Favorite Farmers Markets
The results are in for the American Farmland Trust’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Thousands of votes were cast. You can see a list of the top twenty here. The winners for this year are: Large Davis Farmers Market Davis, CA Votes: 3032 Medium Williamsburg Farmers Market Williamsburg, VA Votes: 725 Small Collingswood Farmers Market Collingswood, NJ Votes: 1027
Peaut Butter Creativity
Peanut butter is one of my favorite foods. I’m also choosy enough to choose Jif. Now Jif has a contest going that will award some college scholarships. So get your peanut butter creativity going. Adding some creativity to mundane lunch routines could have a huge payoff. Jif Peanut Butter, the trusted peanut butter of choosy Moms, is accepting entries for …
Purple Potatoes on West Coast
I would roast or fry these. Wouldn’t you? Purple freedom fries! Klamath Basin Fresh Direct, an association of potato farmers along the Oregon-California border, has been awarded exclusive rights to grow and market a new purple fingerling developed by the USDA and three Northwest universities. The potato is called Purple Pelisse, named for an intense hue inside and out that …