Salad And MRE’s

Chuck Zimmerman

Arcadia BiosciencesNow let’s say you’re stationed in a foreign country, in a desert-like environment and all you’ve got to eat is your basic MRE’s. What would you give to have a nice bowl of salad with a little ranch dressing? How about $2.9 million dollars? That’s what Arcadia Biosciences has snagged from the DOD and I say “git ‘er done.” Get them boys some fresh veggies!!

Agribusiness

The Agri Ahead Virtual Farm Show

Chuck Zimmerman

AgriAheadI don’t know if you’ve heard about this but it’s a new one on me. It’s Agri Ahead and it’s online until December 31st. A virtual farm show and available in different languages. I’m impressed. This is their second year. It’s put together by AHead™ Business Solutions Ltd. The site says they currently have 55 exhibitors from 15 countries. Once you get to the “booths” they have a chat feature, contact and product information. You can even schedule a meeting with a company representative!

Farm Shows

Global PR Blog Week 2.0 Underway

Chuck Zimmerman

Global PR Blog Week 2.0Just a reminder about Global PR Blog Week 2.0. It got started yesterday and there’s lots of content already. The tagline says it all “Public Relations and Business Communications in the Age of Blogs.”

Uncategorized

Dairy Directory Available

Chuck Zimmerman

Southwest Plains Dairy DirectoryA new 74-page directory of dairies in the Southwest is now available. It’s called the Southwest Plains Dairy Directory, published by Dairy Directory Publishers, which I guess is some kind of collaborative effort of several groups.

Publication

I’ll Have Some A-1 With My Pizza

Chuck Zimmerman

Domino's Steak Fanatic PizzaI’ve been wanting to write about this. Heck, I’ve been wanting to eat one of these! Is it only a guy thing though? Hat’s off to the Beef Checkoff for teaming up on a huge promotion like this. I wonder what the results will be? Besides a Dominos Steak Fanatic Pizza they’re even talking special furniture to sit in front of the television with.

Ag Groups

Podcast Advertising Ideas

Chuck Zimmerman

PodcastingNo audio with this post. Just pointing you to an interesting article on Forbes.com. If you think this podcasting thing is just a fad or that it just doesn’t apply to your work then you really need to think again. It’s real and models are being created for distribution as well as advertising!

Podcasts

Food Safety Research At MU

Chuck Zimmerman

MBICDuring food safety month the Missouri Beef Industry Council decided to do a series of releases on the subject to highlight their efforts in this area. Here’s number two in a 3-part series, featuring food safety research funded by MBIC checkoff dollars.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef

Senator Talent On CornTalk

Chuck Zimmerman

CornTalk podcastThis week’s CornTalk, a program of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features Senator Jim Talent (R-MO), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Biofuels Caucus. Cindy interviews the Senator who discusses legislation he is sponsoring that would provide additional disaster assistance for Missouri farmers, and what he is doing to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly implement the new standard for ethanol and biodiesel.

Ag Groups, Audio, Corn, Podcasts

New Communications Director At NPPC

Chuck Zimmerman

National Pork Producers CouncilWith Kara Flynn leaving the National Pork Producers Council for new opportunities with the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology we’ve been wondering who would be the replacement and now we know.

Ag Groups