AgWired

I missed this story from a couple months ago by Wayne Hurlbert about the comparisons between blogging and farming in which he points to the musings on this subject by the Pro Blogger, Darren Rowse. Wayne also links to comments on this subject at Return Customer.

Wayne says, “Darren quotes his friend who farms in Australia. Darren’s friend compares building up a blog, and developing a readership to the business of agriculture. Both businesses require patience along with the necessary inputs of labour and capital. Risks are inherent in both blogging and in agriculture.

Over time, both produce a crop, and hopefully, a profit.”

Well said.

This is a conference with a price you can’t complain about since it’s free. You can get full registration information here.

Colorado BioScience Association and Biotechnology Industry Organization Jointly Sponsor August 9th Bioscience Forum

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 21, 2005 — The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) are jointly sponsoring the Bioscience Forum Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., on the Fitzsimons Campus. This educational event focuses on the outlook of the Bioscience Industry in Colorado. The announcement is made by Denise Brown, Executive Director of the CBSA, who says attendees will meet federal and state lawmakers, network with leading life science executives and learn about the major role bioscience plays in job creation and the extraordinary healthcare and agricultural promise for the future.

For more information contact Maggie Holben.

President Bush spoke to a forum organized by the Organization of American States on CAFTA-DR today.

By opening up Central America and the Dominican Republic to U.S. trade and investment, CAFTA will help those countries develop a better life for their citizens. That seems to make sense to me. I mean, if you’re living in a neighborhood, you want your neighbors doing well. If you’re a good neighbor you say, gosh, I hope everybody in the neighborhood is succeeding. And by helping those economies improve, CAFTA will help the nations strengthen their democracies. And that’s in our national security interest. That’s makes us all more secure.

CAFTA begins by ensuring that free trade is fair trade. I mean — you know, I traveled the country quite extensively in the recent past and said, I’m a free trader. But I reminded people in our country I’m also for fair trade. It’s one thing to advocate free trade; I believe the government has a role to make sure that trade is fair for all of us. In other words, we want people treating us the way we treat them.

You can see the full speech here.