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May 15th, 2012
What are the USDA Food And Nutrition Programs? To many, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is just about agriculture. But it offers much more than that. The USDA offers services and support to many families that utilize the output of agriculture: food. In this FoodChat, USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, Food, Nutrition & Consumer
Tags: family, Family farms, FoodChat, health, nutrition, usda
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May 8th, 2012
Media Influencing Consumer And Business Decisions How are media channels informing consumers? What are some of the methods agriculture information is shared with non-ag people? This AgChat session shares thoughts on media influences on people and business decisions.
Tags: channels, marketing, media, social media
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May 1st, 2012
Applications Now Available for Agvocacy 2.0 Farmer Social Media Training The third-annual Agvocacy 2.0 application for the 2012 social media training conference is now available. The two-day event will explore how farmers can effectively share agriculture’s message using social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, blogs and mobile applications.
Tags: agriculture, Agvocacy2.0, conference, fun, new media, social media training
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May 1st, 2012
What Are Nutrients for Plants & Animals? Plants and animals need food to grow. What do farmers and ranchers do to provide the food and what are the issues they must handle? #AgChat farmers and ranchers provide some insights and learn what others are doing.
Tags: crop, health, management, plant
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April 25th, 2012
Functional or Fancified? By: Jenny Schweigert Photography and the outdoors are two passions which have followed me through most of life. I’ve been taking pictures for as long as I can remember and the majority of this time was spent behind a point and shoot camera. Whether I’m shooting with a P&S or my fancified
Tags: blogging, photography, social media
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