80 FFA chapters nationwide have created a plan for their communities in case of natural or environmental disaster. These emergency preparedness plans will now receive funding, up to $2,000, to make them a reality. The funds were provided by the National FFA Organization’s Living to Serve: Environmental or Natural Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Grant Program. These grants are made are provided by CSX and …
Online Radio Station Available from Farm Journal
You can now listen around the clock to the news, talk, and country music of Farm Journal Media’s new online radio station. “The Farm” station is available via a mobile radio app created just for farmers. “We’re in a world of niche and branded channels, so we asked ourselves why not give farmers a station built just for them?” said …
AGree Report Looks at Local Foods
The demand for local foods continues. In an attempt to support the farmers, ranchers, retailers, hospitals and schools who are working to meet those demands, AGree has examined local food systems and released six recommendations. The Local Food: Revitalizing Community-based Food Systems report shares the views of stakeholders, provides information about common myths and gives an overall viewpoint of nationwide …
70th Anniversary Celebration for Noble Foundation
Lloyd Noble has changed the world– twice. Today he is still contributing to the good of agriculture. His story began in the 1920s and 30s when Noble helped revolutionize the oil and gas industry. His success allowed him to focus energy and resources on strengthening land management and solid conservation in the Southern Great Plains where the Dust Bowl had …
SXSW Eco Announces Conference Lineup
SXSW Eco® is a conference that celebrates the power of design, technology and business to drive global change. They recently announced their final keynote speaker for the 2015 conference as Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest. Datar’s area of interest is accelerating breakthroughs in cellular agriculture. Currently New Harvest is focused on making animal products without animals. “SXSW Eco is about …
DEKALB Logo Commemorated
The famous “winged ear” logo of DEKALB® corn first made its debut eighty years ago and has become of the most widely-recongized symbols in agriculture. The symbol was launched in 1935 with the slogan, “DeKalb Quality Hybrids Will Be Your Mortgage Lifter.” Now the logo will be commemorated with placement of an Illinois state historical marker at Memorial Park in DeKalb, …
AgLink Creates MentorBoard
AgLink, an agricultural networking website that promotes collaboration, has launched their “Build the Bench” mentoring campaign. Named the MentorBoard, the site was designed to connect ag veterans to students and young professionals to encourage the creation of mentor/mentoree relationships. Also in the works is a collaboration with CSU Fresno to establish a scholarship for students taking advantage of this program. The …
Register Now for #BlogHerFood15
The world largest conference for food blogger, #BlogHerFood15, is being held in Chicago, November 6-7. The theme is “Experts Among Us” and includes celebrity invites such as keynote speaker Sarah Michelle Gellar and closing party guest, The Pioneer Woman’s Ree Drummond. Saturday morning will feature a panel of long-term bloggers ready to motivate when burn-out threatens. With decades of collective experience this …
Consumers Invited to Define Food Transparency
The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) is on a mission to define food transparency for farmers, food companies, retailers, restaurants, and consumers. Late last year CFI began The National Food Transparency Project with consumer focus groups. They continued the project into 2015 with extensive consumer research to learn what customers most want to know about products, policies and practices. To …
NAMA Honors Professional Development Winners
National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) recognizes leaders from each of three fields; marketing communications, sales and public relations. They are pleased to announce the 2105 Professional Development Award winners. The 2015 Marketing Communications award recipient is Christine Hart-Nieland, Senior Account Manager at Brighton Agency. A veteran of nearly 25 years, today Chris is on the Brighton Ag Leadership team and directs …