Registration is open for the IFAJ Congress 2009. This is a “must-attend” event for anyone in agricultural communications. I don’t care if you’re a farm broadcaster, podcaster, editor, publisher, blogger or agriblogger. You need to be there. It’s not just that there will be good professional development sessions although that’s reason enough. It’s also because this is your chance to …
Global Food Security Theme of International Green Week
Our Green Week eyes and ears have reported in again today from Berlin. Here’s a story on what’s happening from Janet Kanters: During International Green Week (IGW) in Berlin, ministers of agriculture and leading representatives of agriculture and the food industry from all over the world will be discussing global solutions. German industry is using the Green Week as a …
IFAJ Meets In Berlin
Thanks to on-the-scene-reporter Greg Lamp, Corn & Soybean Digest, I’ve got some information to share from Green Week and the IFAJ meeting taking place in Berlin. Here’s Greg’s report, along with photos. This one is of Mariann Fisher Boel (EU Commission of Agriculture), Michael Mann (seated) and Mike Wilson, Farm Futures. Nearly 1,000 journalists began their reporting today at Messe …
Administration Achievements and IFAJ 2009/AMS Update
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer held a conference call with reporters to discuss accomplishments of the Bush administration. We were on the call and I thought I’d share a segment with you in this week’s program. I’ve been pointing out the increased investment in rural broadband through the Rural Development department here on AgWired since we got started …
IFAJ Has New Website
The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ new website kind of snuck up on me but it’s now live. The IFAJ has a new website. The site carries many of the same features as before, but with a fresh new look, and in a format that is much easier to nativigate. Work is still being done on expanding and refining the …
Austrian Hog Farming
Bring a wafer-thin slice of Vulcano to your mouth and savour the magnificent aroma of the dry-cured ham before allowing the full taste to develop on your tongue. That’s the translated version of the sales pitch for Vulcano Ham company in Austria. This was our last stop before leaving Austria for Slovenia on the 2008 IFAJ Congress trip and it …
Sound of MOOsic
One of the highlights of the 2008 IFAJ Congress in Austria was the visit to a traditional mountain farm. All of the participants in that tour just raved about the pastoral scenery on such a perfect day they expected to see Julie Andrews dance up over the hillside singing the “Sound of Music.” Unfortunately, Chuck and I did not get …
Traditional Slovenia Dancing
I mentioned traditional Slovenian dance in an earlier post and that’s what we saw at our final dinner of the IFAJ Congress. IFAJ Congress 2008 Photo Album AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2008 is sponsored by: and
Dancing To Quasimojo
I don’t know when the first Quasimojo performance was at an IFAJ event but they’re still going strong. This year’s Congress found them playing on stage after our final dinner in Portoroz, Slovenia. We had just finished all the speeches and awards and were full and it was late. The band has a kind of flexible membership and somehow seems …
Pumpkin Seed Oil
A year before the IFAJ Congress 2008 we were given packets of pumpkin seeds to plant and then we were supposed to send in or bring photos of our pumpkin plants. I tried but let’s just say growing pumpkins isn’t one of my things. We saw lots of pumpkin fields but never got to visit any when we were in …