The National Association of Farm Broadcasting leadership took a few minutes after the opening meeting of their annual Washington Watch program to talk with me about the event. Pictured here (l-r) are Randy Koenen, Red River Farm Network, Pam Jahnke, Fabulous Farm Babe and Greg Akagi, Kansas Ag Network. Randy explains what happens at a Washington Watch, which includes a …
Trusting in Farmland
This week I’m attending the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Washington Watch program. It will kick off this afternoon as will my coverage here on AgWired. This morning I’m doing some media production training with American Farmland Trust. We’ve been talking about editing audio and video since they’re in a podcasting mode. In this week’s program you’ll hear from one …
Planning to be Live in DC
Hello from Washington, DC and the Holiday Inn Capitol. After a nice job around the Mall I tried out a new service I’m planning to use called Ustream.TV. It’s actually a live streaming service and if all goes well I’ll be doing some live video from here, which I’ll record as well. Here’s an example of a short video that …
Beautiful Sunday Sunrise
The sun is shining and I’m at St. Louis airport waiting on a plane. If you do any flying today you know how unpleasant it’s becoming. For example, I fly out of this airport pretty often. Today security took 25 minutes and I was about 10th in line, meaning that there was almost no line compared to normal. When my …
Wild Violets
I’ve had these violets planted under my deck for several years and this is the first time I’ve seen them bloom like this. Kind of makes it worth transplanting them from the woods down the hill. I know they’re considered a weed to a lot of people but they work out perfectly where I have them. It shows that I …
Kobe Beef iPod Nano Case
I don’t know about you but I like my steak on the grill and that wouldn’t be real good for my iPod. But if you know of some beef lovers with a Nano and want a unique gift then think of the Kobe Beef iPod Nano Case. It’s only $100. Can you imagine what the whole steak costs? I’m thinking …
Country Living Association Offering Tip of the Week
The Country Living Association is now sending out a “Tip of the Week.” The latest one features these little guys and talks about pet care in warm weather. Members also get a free sample of a product to help with the problem of “hot spots.” It’s just part of how they’re “Making the good life better.”
Texting Is Here and Now
Paul Schrimpf, PrecisionAg Institute, has an interesting article in his latest PrecisionAg e-news on texting. He writes about an announcement from Jacquie Ream, former teacher and author, on her opinion about kids communicating today: “We have a whole generation being raised without communication skills,” says Jacquie Ream, former teacher and author of “K.I.S.S. Keep It Short and Simple” (Book Publishers …
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Michele Payn-Knoper Launches Cause Matters Blog
Maybe I should start a “Blog of the Week” post or something. It’s getting hard to keep up with all of them but I’ll do my best to point you to them, especially good ones like this one newly created by Michele Payn-Knoper. She’s a professional speaker and agrifood consultant who has started a new blog “to help build connection …