An association for people who live in the country? It seems like we have a lot of those but maybe not one like this. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. The announcement says there will be an annual convention and trade show too. Hmmm . . . Member registration is $49.
Bayer Team Additions At R&K
It’s good to be home. Now I’ve got some catching up to do. I’ll have a few posts for you yet today but it’ll take a couple days to get everything posted I’d like to. So let’s get started with this announcement from Rhea & Kaiser about additions to their Bayer CropScience team. They’ve added 3 new staff members: Jennie Schutte, David Harding and Brooke Hepler.
The Bio-Toner People
One of the companies exhibiting at today’s biobased event at the Pentagon is Advanced Image Resources.
Promoting Ag Products To Government
It seems like I run into Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, everywhere these days. Today it was in the Pentagon at the Dept. of Defense, biobased products event that was put together with a lot of work by the United Soybean Board.
Dep. Sec. of Defense Promotes Biobased Products
The first speaker this morning at the Pentagon for the biobased event was The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Encouraging Biobased Product Procurement
These were the speakers this morning at the Pentagon for the “Biobased Products – Enhancing DOD’s Mission; Protecting the Environment” event opening session. Pictured (l-r) are: Dep. Sec. of Defense, Gordon England; Sec. of Agriculture, Mike Johanns; Senator Richard Lugar; Representative Marcy Kaptur and Senator Thomas Harkin.
Ready To Visit The Pentagon
Hello from the Pentagon area. It was a long day of travel after getting in late yesterday from Chicago. That didn’t leave much time for posting but I’ll get caught up this week.
Golfing On The Food Island
I didn’t know that the Ryder Cup is being played in Ireland for the first time until I talked with some folks at the recent IFAJ Congress. They had me follow up with James O’Donnell, Irish Food Board Director of Marketing for North America. He lives in Chicago.
I Think Ethanol Wins Again
The race is over and it was an exciting one. As usual this season, ethanol wins.
Actually the first car across the finish line belonged to Dan Wheldon. Jeff Simmons in the Team Ethanol car battled up to 6th near the end. When I say battle, I mean it. It was rough out there. He finished 8th.
Burning Ethanol
The race is on. Thank you weather.