I posted a few articles today on JD Supra about Twitter that might be of interest to some of you: A Two-Month Twitter Challenge: Why #Agriculture Producers Should Be on Twitter; Twitter Etiquette: So What Are the Rules?; #Agriculture Hashtags To Follow and Use on Twitter; and, Discussion Groups on Twitter for the #Agriculture Industry. If you are already on …
Perhaps Prenups Can Be Romantic Afterall. . .
I have wanted to write this blog for quite sometime now. I know marriage and divorce is a sensitive subject for a lot of people. I want to preface this blog by stating that I am an unmarried women so my only first-hand knowledge of marriage is by watching my parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles, and friends that are in …
What Is On My Bookshelf: Ag Book Club
It’s been quite a while since my last Ag Book Club discussion. If you are a new reader to this blog, I got the idea a year ago to finally get organized and read the literature discussing or criticizing the U.S. food and agriculture industry in some way. We discussed the movie Food Inc., and the books Omnivore’s Dilemma, Eating …
Beef Policy: Follow the New York Beef Producers’ Association Legislative Updates
I am on the New York Beef Producers’ Association (“NYBPA”) Government Relations Committee with Nicole Tommell from Fonda, New York. Together we have started a Facebook page to start keeping the membership updated on state and local policy that may affect New York beef producers. You can also follow the legislative alerts on Twitter @NYBeefLeg. I will also be blogging …
Celebrating One Year of Blogging About Food and Agriculture Law
I want to give a big thank you to all of my readers out there. I have had a great time blogging over the last year about food and agriculture law issues on this blog. I am excited to implement video blogs and guest blogs in the next year. In case you missed them, here were some of my favorite …
Excited To Be Blogging Again
Apologies to my readers for taking a hiatus from blogging the month of July. My blog was changed to a different platform to give me greater flexibility. I hope to start video blogging this fall so please stay tuned. Big thank you to Matt Welsh at Kill Disco Design and Ranch House Designs for helping me with this transition. Now …
AAW Spotlight: Interview with Lisa Condon
Today’s American Agri-Women (“AAW”) spotlight interview is with Lisa Condon, a dairy women from Wisconsin. 1. Please explain your connection to the agriculture industry. I married my husband, Bob, a dairy farmer in 1984 and we began to build a business together. I was raised in the country but not on a farm. We purchased the cattle (44 head) and …
AAW Spotlight: Interview with Mary Meinhart
If you recall, last fall I did several interviews with several other members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (“NCBA”) Young Producers’ Council (“YPC”) leadership board. In case you missed it, you can go back and read the interviews with Brandon Carlson, Dustin Dean, Holly Foster (Part I and Part II), and Ben Neale. I am still on the YPC leadership …
American Agri-Women Speak Out on Food Inc.
Big thanks to all of you who participated in the online discussion a few weeks ago on the movie Food Inc. I still have the discussion available on Google Wave for those of you who just watched the movie and would like to share your views. I believe that discussing these types of movies and books criticizing modern agriculture is …
YPC’s Public Relations Task Force Subcommittees
As I said in this blog, I am the Public Relations Chair for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (“NCBA”) Young Producers’ Council (“YPC”). Last month we had a conference call with folks interested in being on the committee. I wanted to update those of you who were not able to make the call but are interested in digging in and getting …
Need an Excuse to Finally Watch Food Inc.?
I admit that I have been proscrastinating myself- afterall, it will just be another movie that will misrepresent modern agriculture. However, as I have said time and time again on this blog I think it is important for those involved in the agriculture to watch movies like Food Inc. and read books by Michael Pollan and Jonathan Foer (just to …
YPC’s Public Relations Task Force
I make no secret on this blog my love for the cattle industry and activity with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (“NCBA”) Young Producers’ Council. I will continue to serve as YPC’s Public Relations Chair for 2010. Please let me know if you are interested in joining the Public Relations Team as I would like to have a conference call next …