Thanks to a little help from the NAMA staff I can share photos of the Best of Show winners from the 2012 Best of NAMA competition. Up first is Best of Show – Advertising Client: South Dakota Corn Growers Association, Sioux Falls, SD – Teddi Mueller Agency: Paulsen Marketing, Sioux Falls, SD – Mindy Dale Message: Agriculture is a growing …
NAMA 2012 Agribusiness Leader of the Year
The NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year is the organization’s highest award. Receiving the 2012 award is John Becherer, United Soybean Board. Here’s John (right) on stage at the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference receiving his award from Rich Jefferson, AEM/AG CONNECT Expo, Professional Recognition Committee Chair (left) and NAMA President Beth Burgy, Broadhead. John was introduced by Rich and I recorded …
National Ag Hall of Fame Season
It’s actually called the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame which was “chartered by Congress to honor the American farmer.” According to NACHOF Executive Director, Cathi Hahner, their season kicks off on April 19. “As spring approaches, we are ready for the new season of sharing about the importance of agriculture in daily life,” said Cathi Hahner, NACHOF director. …
Farmers Fight
Stand up farmers and fight. If this video doesn’t get you fired up and inspired then we may need to make sure you’ve still got a pulse. Farmers Fight has a great story to tell. Hopefully you’ll pass it along. Oh, and that would then make you an “agvocate!” April 12, 2012 will be a day for the history books …
Meet America’s Farmers
You can meet a lot of America’s farmers right here on AgWired if you follow along regularly. But if you’d like to meet a whole lot of them very quickly then you might want to look at the the new YouTube Channel from the Center for Food Inegrity called “Meet America’s Farmers.” The channel was developed to offer consumers the …
Connecting Farmer2Family
What do you think about this concept to connect consumers directly to their local farmers in order to make direct purchases. It’s called Farmer2Family and has been started in nine European countries. Everyone can now enjoy local and fresh produce, from their local suppliers, every day of every year. Some 4.5 million farmers, fruit- and vegetable-growers, fishermen and the like …
Domestic Wine and Sweet Tea Vodka
Just wanting to get back to the land was a desire that led Ann and Jim Irvin to a piece of property near Charleston, SC that is now home to Irvin~House Vineyard and the Firefly Distillery. This was one of the tour stops for the Agricultural Relations Council annual meeting crew. We spent several enjoyable hours there doing some wine …
Donating Eggs for Easter Again
I wonder how long it would take to crack 10 million fresh eggs. A long time for one person that’s for sure. That’s how many eggs that are being donated again this year by America’s egg farmers. The Easter bunny is getting a helping hand from United Egg Producers. The eggs are being donated to Feeding America’s 78 food banks …
Protect The Harvest Video
Are you familiar with Protect the Harvest? Just received a press release from them about the video below. I sure understand their message but wish there was more information on who they are. “Protect The Harvest” released a controversial web video entitled “The Humane Society’s Rotten Eggs,” adding its voice to the growing outcry against the attempts by The Humane …
Third Anniversary AgChat
AgChat celebrated its third anniversary with last night’s session. I didn’t make it all the way through but it was going strong when I had to drop out. Hopefully you’ve been able to participate sometime. Judging by all the tweets things are still going strong. I am constantly amazed by the diversity of tweeters both by occupation and location. Here’s …