Cool Extras At The ASI Convention

Chuck Zimmerman

Hot Air Balloon RideNo, it’s not a story about hot air balloon riding per se. But hot air balloon riding is what you can do if you go to the American Sheep Industry Association convention in Mesa, AZ. Here’s how they describe it:

Ag Groups

Lallemand Supports Organic Producers

Chuck Zimmerman

LallemandMy friends at Lallemand know how to get my attention. This time it was with some great San Louis gourmet coffee from Alotenango, Guatemala. I can’t find a website for this coffee or the importer, Lankin Corporation, but if you can find it, it’s good! It’s farm fresh roasted and packed.

Agribusiness

Brownfield’s Year In Review

Chuck Zimmerman

Brownfield NetworkI’m not planning on doing a year in review although it seems like a lot of people are. Take the Brownfield Network for example. Tom Steever looks back at the year in agriculture in this hour-long special report: Stream or Download (22mb mp3)

Audio, Media

The AgWired Frappr Map

Chuck Zimmerman

AgWired Frappr MapAs if I didn’t have anything else to do but play around with something that I’m guessing is almost completely worthless, you can now check out the AgWired Frappr Map. What is it? I’m not really sure. Just another experiment in internet social communication.

Internet

MBIC Year In Review

Chuck Zimmerman

MBIC Report PodcastThe Missouri Beef Industry Council’s weekly MBIC Report this week is with director of marketing, Dawn Thurnau. Dawn reviews the marketing activities of the organization for the year, including youth, restaurants and grocery stores.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, Podcasts