Okay… I want to set up a farm field day. I just had the idea and I’m pretty excited so I’m writing this blog as part of the thought process… I sure would like some help fleshing it out. The reason I ask… I recently wrote about how geeked up I was to go to a field day when I was… Read More
Public Plant Breeding in the Philippines
Plant breeding was one of those fields of study & science that I hadn’t given much thought to til I was older than I’d like to admit, especially since some of my closest friends are plant breeders these days! My friend Albert had worked at The Philippines National Institute for Plant Breeding (IPB) in Los Banos previously. And while we weren’t… Read More
#FCOW aka Food Check Out Week? What’s that?
Some of you may have missed the tweets and Facebook posts over the last several days, but I noticed lots of friends mentioning Food Check Out Week or tagging things with #FCOW. I wasn’t really sure what it was so I was interested when my friend Cyndie posted the proclamation by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Now I know a… Read More
My Vacation to The Philippines Included Ag Stuff (Yes, I’m a Farm Geek)
(First in a series of posts about things I got to experience in the Philippine agricultural scene recently I’m not sure how many there will be yet… Guess we will see.) I’m really quite lucky. I’ve had the opportunity to combine vacation travel in a few countries with a short side trip or two to an agricultural venue. Yeah, I… Read More
Land Use and the Changes the Countryside Sees
Yesterday out driving with some friends in an area I hadn’t seen, I was commenting on the fact it looked like we were finally getting to the countryside. They disagreed. The country side used to start far earlier and they thought the growth & development was sure to take over even more ground that used to be highly productive, irrigated… Read More
Basics for Agvocating Online — What I’ve Learned this Year
It is a hot topic in agriculture — lots of discussions about agriculture are being held online. One of the points that several have made clearly is agriculture’s messages are being communicated online and if farmers want to be part of the conversation, they need to be on the major social media networks. And while I know there are LOTS… Read More
