All About Alternative Fuels

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast68 - Promoting Alternative FuelsThis week I’m in Phoenix, AZ at the Clean Cities Congress & Expo. Since what happens in the alternative fuel industry is very important to anyone in agribusiness today I thought you’d be interested to hear from one of the most outspoken supporters there is. He’s Will Kleindienst, Chairman of the Congress and former mayor of Palm Springs, CA.

Audio, Biodiesel, Ethanol, ZimmCast

Double Digit Growth For Internet Use/Access

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast67 - Internet Use InformationInternet use in America just continues to skyrocket. The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project report shows that 73 % of adults are online. That’s double digit growth from a year ago and the same holds true for broadband access. What does this mean for agricultural communications?

Audio, Internet, Podcasts, ZimmCast

Event Blogging and NAMA on the ZimmCast

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast66 - NAMA Conference NewsEvent blogging is the new media way to have your event covered. In this week’s ZimmCast you can find out about some of the events on my blogging schedule. If your event isn’t on the list call me to make it so.

Audio, IFAJ, NAMA, Podcasts, ZimmCast

ZimmCast Gets You Jazzed About NAMA

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast65 - NAMA Convention WeekIt’s NAMA Convention week on AgWired and this week’s ZimmCast will help get you jazzed about it. Before getting into that though I review my BIO 2006 convention coverage and talk about the current state of the blogosphere.

Audio, NAMA, Podcasts, ZimmCast

ZimmCast Interview With Monsanto

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast63 - Interview With Mica DeLongThis week I’ve got an interview with Monsanto Public Affairs Manager, Mica DeLong. Mica and I talked about their Future Ag Journalist Fellowship and what they thought of having students blog the Commodity Classic on AgWired.

Audio, Commodity Classic, Podcasts, ZimmCast

ZimmComm 2 Years Old On The ZimmCast

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast60-ZimmComm 2 Years OldZimmComm New Media is 2 years old! Praise the Lord. Hard to believe. This week’s ZimmCast is a Chuck & Cindy summary of where the company is and where it’s going. We review why we changed our name to include “New Media” and talk about some of our blogging and podcasting projects.

Audio, Podcasts, ZimmCast

A Podcasting Story From BASF

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast59-Interview With Kaye IftnerWhat a week it was last week in Anaheim. I was only there about 3 days. It feels like it was a week. It was a lot of work but a lot got done. Here’s a ZimmCast that contains an interview I conducted in the trade show at the BASF booth. You can also hear a cut from one of the new songs on the Michael Peterson, “Down on the Farm” CD.

Agribusiness, Audio, Commodity Classic, Podcasts, ZimmCast