Skip to content

Tag Archives: Agriculture

Crop the Vote – Michele Payn-Knoper for Twitter User of the Year

Thursday, December 3, 2009

If you don’t live under a rock, you’ve likely heard of or visited Mashable. As far as I’m concerned, there’s no better news bureau for the happenings in the social media realm. Mashable articles rack up scads of retweets and Diggs on a regular basis, and the site’s founder, Pete Cashmore, is a regular contributor [...]

Filed in Agriculture, Social Media, Twitter, communication | Also tagged , , , , , , , | View Comments

Not a drop to drink

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

You know that saying when it rains it pours? Well, it’s never been more apropos. With economic woes, energy crises, renewable fuel debates, healthcare haggling and climate concerns, it’s not surprising that the importance one of our basest biological needs, water, has been sorely neglected. I’m not immune to the apathy; I was supposed to [...]

Filed in Advertising, Agriculture, Resources, Science, communication | Also tagged , , , , | View Comments

The Cow Goes Tweet?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

I’ll admit it. I’ve anthropomorphized a time or two. In any creative profession, it’s an easy fix to ascribe a like mind to an object or creature. It helps make old stories new again or create a more compelling interpersonal narrative where one doesn’t naturally exist (see: Cars, WALL-E, Toy Story, the entire Looney Toons [...]

Filed in Advertising, Agriculture, Pets, Science, Social Media, Twitter, branding, communication, food | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | View Comments

Stumping for Twitter

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Like anything new, when I bring up Twitter to my clients, I get a lot of sideways glances. Maybe it’s because I look like Hobo Jesus and think operating based on “institutional wisdom” is a contradiction in terms. Or maybe it’s just a healthy skepticism for something that is, for most, largely unproven. Luckily, I [...]

Filed in Advertising, Agriculture, Social Media, Twitter | Also tagged , , | View Comments

How’d you spend your Tuesday night?

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Was it bettering and discussing your profession on Twitter? That’s what the folks at #agchat were doing. This week’s topic was #foodchat, and the discussion was all about food safety. These producers and professionals came in from chores and postponed family dinners to talk about how to better the food safety situation in America – [...]

Filed in Agriculture, food | Also tagged | View Comments

For all you do, thank you.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Thank you, mice, for helping scientists discover microRNA treatments for liver cancer. Thank you, sheep, for giving us a better model for understanding neonatal immunology. (PDF) Thank you, transgenic monkeys, for promising leads in the prevention and treatment of Huntington’s disease. Thank you, hogs, cattle, chickens, sheep and others, for efficiently feeding our nation and [...]

Filed in Agriculture, Science | Also tagged , , , , | View Comments