You can still obtain copies of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists DVD. It commemorates 50 years of the organization. We celebrated that birthday in Norway earlier this year. Thanks to IFAJ Treasurer Marcus Rediger for the reminder.

This is what happens in Norway after you’ve been drinking too many shots of Aquavit. Why else would you have a Sweet Cherry Pit Spitting Contest? I mentioned this while I was attending the IFAJ Congress but didn’t know who won. Thanks to alert reader, Monique van Hal – Maas from the Netherlands she pointed me to the details from the IFAJ website.

I know it’s sad to say goodbye but the last thing you do at a closing banquet is pass the banner. Here the banner is being passed from the Norwegian organizing committee to the leaders of the Japanese committee.

You have got to like an organization that has custom labelled bottles of a blend of 5 fine scotch whiskeys made to give to and honor their past presidents.

This is the 50 year anniversary of the IFAJ and the 5 whiskeys in the blend each represent a decade of the organization’s existence.

This is a fine looking group from the United States. We waited until the last possible moment to get this picture taken.

The closing banquet was closing around us by the time we got around to it.

I don’t have any of their names, but Owen Roberts, if you know feel free to post a comment and identify these Canadians attending the IFAJ Congress.

I had to post this because I’ll be in Ontario next month conducting an agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop at the University of Guelph. The two on the left are students there.

I don’t know who the band is but bluegrass in Norway?

They opened up and closed for the IFAJ Congress 2006 ending banquet.