Having lived in New York metro, this video rings so true for me. Since I’m on vacation today, seems a great way to start my morning by taking a minute to quietly thank a farmer (actually several helped produce my breakfast of a chicken biscuit — chicken, wheat, eggs, milk, tea, potatoes) and offering #foodthanks by telling my niece thank you… Read More
Testing Video Capabilities of my Blackberry Torch
Recently I wrote a blog post about the new Blackberry Torch I had gotten. Since then, I’ve had a chance to get to play with more of its features. I’ve got an HD Flip camera that I LOVE and use often but recently while I was on the road with my niece & nephew, we stopped at a legendary restaurant…. Read More
First Home-Grown Tomato of the Year!
Last night, I skipped part of the Tuesday night agricultural social media ritual known as #agchat. It’s cause Tuesdays in June & July are community pool night at my sister’s house! It’s something not to be missed, at least not too often. My sister loves her backyard — the pool, the garden, the grill and having people over to enjoy… Read More
Getting Your Word Out Globally Without Global Costs
In my most recent post about “rice world,” I gave a quick view of my visit at the International Rice Research Institute. Since I was going there with a couple of PhDs in plant breeding, I anticipated meeting with scientists (which was exactly what happened in a few other Los Banos institutes)! But I was in for a surprise and… Read More
A February Field Day? Love the Veggies!
My friends fall into two lots — those who hear the word field day and think of something that happens in the spring to get kids playing outside in a series of challenges from soccer drills to softball and those who are ready to look at acres of food, feed, fiber sources and hear what makes them different from the… Read More
Sen. Lincoln: “How Are We Going to Eat if We Don’t Support Agriculture?”
This weekend, Senator Blanche Lincoln did a presentation at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. As a local, many of the faces in the audience were familiar and she comment that she was home in this area, and in agriculture. As head of the Senate agriculture committee, she was speaking to a standing room only crowd. I shot video of… Read More