Speaking of viral campaigns, Jimmy Daukas at American Farmland Trust wants you to pick up the phone today and call your Senator. Today thousands of people representing 30 conservation and environmental organizations are contacting their Senators demanding funding for conservation in the 2007 Farm Bill. Take 1-minute to call your Senators now! Thanks for your commitment! Please forward to at …
Blog Action Day Results
You might remember my post on Blog Action Day earlier this week. Now that’s it’s past the organizers have a pretty comprehensive summary of what they accomplished. Remember that the theme was “environment.” For example: 20,603 Blog Participated 23,327 Blog Posts (Google Blog Search) 14,631,038 RSS Readers That RSS Readers number doesn’t count visitors to the respective websites which is …
Buckeye Video On Demand
The BARN stands for Buckeye Ag Radio Network but Andy and Lindsay are into a lot more than radio these days. Take a look at what they’ve done with their video since I mentioned blip.tv to Andy at World Dairy Expo. Here’s a sample: Buckeye Video On Demand. Very cool and well done y’all.
Meeting Acting Ag Secretary Conner
I got my first opportunity to meet our Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner today. He was the luncheon keynote speaker at the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit which is underway in Washington, DC. He addressed the group on the subject of what agriculture’s role is in building a national cellulosic industry. I caught up to him outside as he was leaving …
Blog Action Day
Speaking of blogs. It’s Blog Action Day. I guess someone who has a lot of time on their hands wants to make sure we have something to write about. It’s supposed to be the “Environment.” Well, since I think farmers are the original and best environmentalists here’s my contribution. They’ve got a nice little YouTube promo in case you’re interested. …
Those Trustworthy Blogs
A little blurb over on WebProNews quotes some information from a bi-annual Nielsen survey of internet users that shows the trust people place in blogs. “Consumer-generated content is by far a more trusted form of advertising worldwide than search engine ads, banner ads, or text ads, according to Nielsen, and is trusted almost as much as physical word-of-mouth.” The survey …
A Country Living Conversation
I like living the country life. That’s why the ZimmComm office compound sits on a couple acres outside Jefferson City, MO. It’s nice to watch the birds, squirrels, deer, etc. and not have a neighbor’s house right on top of you. A lot of people feel the same way and that’s why there’s a Country Living Association. This week on …
Philly is CheeseSteakTown.com
Now that’s what I’m talking about. Just read the description of the perfect cheese steak sandwich. You’ll find that and a lot more on the new CheeseSteakTown website. Most Americans live in normal cities and towns and lead normal lives — they go to work, they pay bills, they watch TV. But here in the City of Brotherly Love, every …
Getting Some Ethanol Truth
Next week I’ll be in Washington, DC for the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit. Thanks to the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and the Renewable Fuels Association for sponsoring my coverage which will primarily be on Domestic Fuel. It’s going to be interesting to see how far along we really are towards having the cellulosic process commercially viable. If it is “here …
Case IH Magnum Has a Good Design
You not only have to be “muscular” but you really need to look good out in the field. That’s what you’ll be in a Case IH Magnum. For the first time in the company’s history, Case IH has been honored with a prestigious Good Design™ Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The Case IH Magnum tractor …