I’m not sure I’d bite off a daunting list like the top ag tweeps… but Sabrina at Fastline put one together. There are lots of tweeps I put way ahead of me. But I’m thrilled to be included as it seems that I’m contributing to the discussion on agriculture with what I’m putting out on twitter. Sabrina has done this… Read More
What happens at NAFB?
With all the tweets this week about #NAFB, a few have asked what it is. NAFB is the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. And it is a marathon of sorts for PR people and interviewees! We had a blast as always and saw so many friends! Wish I would have thought to get more on video but quite frankly we… Read More
Tips for a livestock newbie?
I’ve been talking with quite a few of my tweeps about animal agriculture over the last several months and realized it is something of a hole for me. Sure I helped twitter #moo. Then again, it was hard to say no when a farmer asked so nicely and other farmers like Ray Prock gave it there all — Will Gilmer… Read More
SM Ag Revolution…
We all studied the industrial revolution that increased the way we could mass produce things in demand. And most of us in mainstream agriculture have participated in the biotech revolution. This morning as I was casting my vote for Michele Payn-Knoper for twitter user of the year… the phrase, social media ag revolution came to mind. Today, I count among… Read More
Peanut digging & thinking (with a bit of singing)
One of my tweeps — Gene Roney –posted this video today (I have no idea why the embed code didn’t work but I have decided to link & hope you come back)… it prompted me to reminisce about my days in Tifton and further south talking with farmers about all the things they do to protect peanuts from disease, insects, etc…. Read More
Tweet transcript from #foodchat 10-20-2009
Wow. Twitter chat sessions are always fever pitched, but I have a new found respect for folks who host them! Shaun Haney & I sat in on responsibilities for #foodchat last night. Michele Payn-Knoper does so many of these and handles the stress so well week after week… Okay, when technology melts down she may glisten ever so slightly. But… Read More
