2025 Agri-Marketing Conference

My Amercian Farm Teaches

Chuck Zimmerman

The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has an online game you can play to help teach about where your food comes from and how it gets to your dinner plate. It’s called My American Farm. It’s a very simple educational program that would be good for kids to play with and learn from.

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Farm Bureau Says Climate Bill Still Flawed

Cindy Zimmerman

The American Clean Energy and Security Act – better known as the climate change bill – is heading to the House floor this week now that leadership has struck a deal with farm state opponents led by Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN). Part of the agreement includes allowing USDA to have oversight for agricultural carbon offset programs instead of EPA. “The …

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Car of the Heartland To Promote The American Farmer

Chuck Zimmerman

This afternoon I saw the unveiling of the Car of the Heartland, the official Car of the American Farmer. This is a concept car developed by Furniture Row Racing. They’re looking for industry partners to help them make the car a reality on the NASCAR tracks in 2010, starting with the Daytona 500. The unveiling was done to the participants …

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News Media In Transition

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the sessions here at the AFBF Shining at the PR Summit was titled, “News Media in Transition.” I thought I’d hear stories about how tv and newspapers were utilizing new and social media mechanisms to “transition” to how consumers want to get news and information. Instead I would characterize the comments as being very defensive and actually blaming …

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