This video is from the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina last October 2015 from the roundtable discussion titled “Multimedia Specialist: Grow Your Food & Agricultural Law Practice and Management of High Profile Cases.” Offering their public relations advice, faculty members included Keith Emmer, Greg Brooks and Weatherly Thomas. Below are the powerpoint slides that …
How Food & Agriculture Lawyers Can Better Use Multimedia with their Cases and Practices
I will be moderating a roundtable at the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting this afternoon. The below powerpoint will be used as a discussion starter for the panel. I have included this list of additional resources in the materials. The panel will discuss the differences between marketing, advertising and public relations. Then the panel will discuss how food …
Getting Pumped – Upcoming Panel on Multimedia for Food & Ag Lawyers
I will be heading down to Charlestown, South Carolina in a few days for the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) Annual Meeting and will be moderating a panel on October 22, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30pm on “Multimedia Specialist: Using their Skills to Grow Your Food & Agricultural Law Practice and Management of High Profile Cases.” We have a rockstar …
My Article on New York Livestock Animal Cruelty Law
My article on “New York Livestock Animal Cruelty Law: What if a Non-Police Officer Comes Knocking?” was published in the May 2015 issue of Grassroots newspaper published by New York Farm Bureau. You can find the article on pages 20 and 25 here. The article gives a brief overview of New York farm animal cruelty law, gives a checklist for …
Winner of the Best of Barns Competition for Best Agriculture Attorney
Wow. 2011 was a great year (indeed). I hope that my readers had a wonderful New Year’s celebration with their family and friends. I wanted to share some (more) exciting news: I won Best Agriculture Attorney in the 2011 Best of Barns Competition. Thank you to those of you who nominated and/or voted for me — I’m very humbled (and …
Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin
I have previously noted on this blog my admiration for Dr. Temple Grandin as an animal scientist. She truly is an extraordinary woman and has done so much for the livestock industry. Last night, I was reading National Cattlemen’s Beef Association‘s (“NCBA”)Beef Issues Quarterly for Fall 2010 and on Page 23 there is a great interview with Dr. Temple Grandin. …
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 …
Will Be a Panelist at the Sigma Alpha/Alpha Gamma Rho Leadership Seminar
I have been asked to be a panelist to speak on agriculture law and policy issues at the Sigma Alpha/Alpha Gamma Rho Leadership Seminar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 20th from 1:15 to 2:45 pm at the Holiday Inn – Historic District Hotel located at 400 Arch Street. I’m really excited about this event for a few reasons. First of …