Thanks to my man Leon The Milkman, I found Nadia the Cheesaholic. Nadia Muna Gil has an excellent blog on cheese and she’s got a very interesting personal story. Here’s an excerpt:
Beef Checkoff Turning 20
Jo Ann Smith is one of my favorite people. Boy does seeing this picture make me miss Florida. Jo Ann was the first Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board back in 1986. It’s been twenty years. My how time flies when you’re eating beef. The CBB is a client for ZimmComm as I think most of you know. The Beef Checkoff holds a very special place in Cindy and my hearts because of that and because back when we were partnered with Gary Cooper in our first business venture the Florida Beef Council was one of our first clients. Florida had one of the highest approval ratings for the original Checkoff referendums in the country.
Truffle Media Networks Launched
There’s a new “new media” company in the biz and it’s Truffle Media Networks. The company has just launched officially. Truffle Media is based in Indiana and headed up by former farm broadcaster, Ned Arthur.
SRA Handling MarComm For Land O’Lakes Purina Mills
Swanson Russell Associates will be providing communications and marketing services for the swine division of Land O’Lakes Purina Mills.
UglyRipe Tomato Fight
That’s definitely an UglyRipe tomato in case you’re wondering. Apparently consumers like it but the Florida Tomato Committee doesn’t.
MGEX Podcasting Monthly Commentary
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange has just started podcasting. Here’s a great example of a way to use this new media tool.
Irish Farm Broadcaster
One of the people I’ve come to know through IFAJ is Damien O’Reilly. He’s a farm broadcaster from Ireland. You can find him online at RTE Radio 1 with his show Farm Week.
Biobased Products At The Pentagon
It’s nice to produce a ZimmCast from the office for a change. This week’s program has a little information on our current AgWired Survey and . . .
Small Rural Communities Join Forces
The Saskatchewan Agrivision Corporation is encouraging small rural communities to join forces and work as regions as one way of empowering their local leadership. Last month the Saskatchewan Agrivision Corporation released a study entitled ‘Identify a Process for Effective Rural Economic Development’. The report features an analysis of historical and future macro trends in rural regional population in North America …
High School Photos To Haunt
At first glance this may not have anything to do with agricultural marketing. My old buddy, Bennie, from high school emailed this picture to all the members of my 30 year high school reunion that’s coming up in a couple weeks.