The Whole IFAJ Group

Chuck Zimmerman

IFAJ Executive MeetingHere’s the whole group gathered together at the Green Week press center meeting about the very important things facing the IFAJ. We’ve got committee reports going on right now. Mike Wilson is discussing the communications committee. One of the things the organization is looking into is a change in the IFAJ website to make it easier to post current information and perhaps have more people involved in doing that. You can be sure that I’ve voiced my ideas on this issue!

Farm Shows, IFAJ, International

IFAJ Executive Meeting

Chuck Zimmerman

IFAJ Executive CommitteeHere’s the head shed (leaders for those of you in Rio Lindo) of the IFAJ. It’s Saturday morning and we’re having the IFAJ Executive Meeting. It looks like we have about 27 people here. I’m not here to provide you with a detailed report of the activities and agenda but I can tell you that the organization is growing and dealing with a lot of questions that come with growth and having a diverse membership that is spread over a lot of languages and cultures. It’s an interesting mix. But we’re dealing with the very same things that any member organization has to. I think one of the strong points of this organization is how inclusive it is. It doesn’t matter if you’re a broadcaster, editor or what. The point is we’re all reporting on agriculture have a desire to improve our skills.

IFAJ, International

Agricultural Production Displays

Chuck Zimmerman

Big GardenSome of the best looking vegetables I’ve ever seen are growing indoors here in one of the main agriculture buildings. I wish my garden looked like this. But I guess it would if I had a guy in overalls (there were a lot them) manually grooming and treating each plant every day. This building looks like a collaboration of many companies and you could essentially follow agricultural production through the whole chain from field to plate since you had crops, animals, processing and even a small grocery store set up to show how the consumer where their food actually comes from.

Farm Shows, Farming, Food, IFAJ, International

Bio Products Pavilion

Chuck Zimmerman

Organic Dairy Product DisplayOn Thursday at Green Week I finally had a chance to wander around some of the pavilions and booths. I started with the agricultural area first and walked right into a biobased products section. I’m not sure what the exact definition of “bio” is around the world or if it actually is different in different countries. I say this because this display was of organic dairy products and that doesn’t fit into my definition of bio-based products. In fact, I would say that true organic production implies to me that bio-type products weren’t used in the making of these items.

Biotech, Farm Shows, IFAJ, International