Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

This holiday greeting comes from the Mother Nature Network. Dear friend of Mother Nature, Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers who have joined us since our beta quietly launched earlier this month. The buzz is building…see what the New York Times has to say. And we greatly appreciate the helpful advice and ideas you’ve sent our way. Up next, …

Media

Cow Art and More

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m not sure why I haven’t found this before but you can thank Twitter. Cow Art and More also has a blog. Cow Art and More is the online art gallery where “art and agriculture meet.” It is the project of Kathy Swift, a veterinarian and jewelry artist. She came up with the idea after realizing that the art and …

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Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

This time from NewCentury Marketing Services, Inc. Season’s Greetings Wishing you… every happiness this Holiday Season and prosperity in the New Year. Thank you for being our customer. We look forward to continuing our relationship in the coming year. Holiday Hours Our Office will be closed Thursday December 25th, 2008 and Friday December 26th, 2008. Thursday January 1st, 2009 and …

Agribusiness

Blue Ribbon Cookbook Wins Prize

Chuck Zimmerman

Liz Harfull, IFAJ e-news editor and author of The Blue Ribbon Cookbook is pretty excited. A best-selling book about South Australian country show cooks and their prizewinning recipes will represent Australia in the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. The Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Adelaide Hills author Liz Harfull has been selected from a record number of entries to be named …

Media

Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

The Happy Holidays just keep coming. I’m trying to space them out but this is proving to be a popular post. This time we’ve got a Warm Fuzzy from the Ervin Group. You sensitive types may want to know that it’s faux fur. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone at Ervin Group in Omaha! Thanks Ken. Same back at …

Agencies

More Media Fragmentation and Diminished Importance of Reach

Chuck Zimmerman

Loyal AgWired fans will know that I am a big fan of Steve Rubel, Micro Persuasion. He’s one of the new media guru’s who helped form my initial thinking about the online world and the direction it was going at the time we started ZimmComm New Media. He posted a great outlook for where media is going yesterday which is …

Media

Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

Happy holiday this time comes from the Livestock Publications Council. To all of our LPC friends and associates, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to a brilliant 2009. Diane Johnson Livestock Publications Council I’ve been asked if I’m going to put all these in a Flickr set. Hmm. No probably not. …

LPC

Obama Announces Vilsack and Salazar

Chuck Zimmerman

Thanks to AP we can see President-Elect Obama’s announcement of Tom Vilsack for Ag Secretary and Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary. I have to ask the question, “Why does every ag group out there feel compelled to send out news releases with their thoughts on the matter?” They all say the same thing (exicted about . . . looking forward …

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