Here are a couple of new online resources to get information about food and farming in the United States today. Both are backed by the Center For Food Integrity. Best Food Facts employs the Food Integrity Index. The Food Integrity Index is designed to provide balanced, objective information to help consumers make informed choices. We have partnered with leading universities …
America’s Favorite Farmers Markets
The results are in for the American Farmland Trust’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Thousands of votes were cast. You can see a list of the top twenty here. The winners for this year are: Large Davis Farmers Market Davis, CA Votes: 3032 Medium Williamsburg Farmers Market Williamsburg, VA Votes: 725 Small Collingswood Farmers Market Collingswood, NJ Votes: 1027
Eric Grant PR Director For American Angus
The newly appointed Director of Public Relations for the American Angus Association is Eric Grant. He’s oversee the Association’s advertising, public relations and communications programs. Grant is a 24-year veteran in agricultural communications, public relations and advertising. “For more than two decades, Eric has been an advocate of rural America and rural Americans,” says Bryce Schumann, Association CEO. “We look …
My Amercian Farm Teaches
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.
Looking Ahead To IFMA 17
The International Farm Management Association will be holding it’s annual convention in Illinois this coming week and we’ve made a unique arrangement with the group to bring you news and information from the event. Thanks to the support of Syngenta, the IFMA 17 Newsroom will be staffed with student reporters who will be filing reports to us here at AgWired …
No Request For Soybean Checkoff Referendum
It looks like there was very little interest on the part of soybean growers to request a new referendum according to the results of the latest opportunity as announced by USDA. USDA received only 759 request for referendum forms at county Farm Service Agency Offices, which reflects approximately one tenth of one percent of all eligible U.S. soybean farmers. Had …
Remembering Jack Eberspacher
I was very saddened to learn of the passing away of Jack Eberspacher, Ag Retailers Association. Cindy and I knew Jack first when he led what is now the National Sorghum Producers. We’ve had the opportunity to interview him and share good times and fellowship many times and he will be sorely missed. Here’s a statement by ARA: Jack Eberspacher, …
Social Media and Illinois Ag Leadership Program
Today the current class of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Program will be having a Media Relations Seminar in Chicago. Yours truly was supposed to be presenting a session on “Social Media From The Ag Perspective” but pneumonia canceled that. However, good friend and social media man Andy Vance, ABN, is on the scene for me. So to help him out …
Happy Independence Day
ZimmComm New Media would like to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July celebration. I thought it would be a good opportunity to borrow some prose from Rick Tolman, NCGA, about energy independence and the role ethanol is playing. Here are some excerpts from his most recent Our View: Another Fourth of July is upon us and as we prepare …
Tricia Braid-Terry New Dir. of Comm. for IL Corn Growers
According to AgNews on Twitter (yes I’m reporting Twitter news), Tricia Braid-Terry is the new Director of Communications for Illinois Corn Growers. She’s much better looking than Mark Lambert her predecessor who is now with NCGA. I’ll bet Mark would like to be in this picture though. This is from when Tricia was in Guatemala the U. S. Grains Council. …