Michigan State University, founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, was the first land grant university in the United States. MSU’s agriculture program is highly respected around the world today and has graduated a number of major influencers in the agrifood system. The beautiful campus in East Lansing boasts hundreds…
Nearly 700,000 children went hungry in the U.S. last year. One in eight people in this nation struggled to feed themselves adequately. Both of those startling facts, cited in an NBC report, came before the bottom fell out of the economy. USDA indicates 12.2% of our population “didn’t have the money or assistance to get enough food to…
Thermometers across North America descended to record lows over the last week. Yet if you were to believe the environmentalists, global warming is going to destroy the earth and food production is one of the leading contributions. The article, “As more eat meat, a bid to cut emissions” in NY Times is a great example of that scare.…
Concerned about food prices? The industry of anti-agriculture activism has generated more cash than most of us will see in a lifetime. In today’s global economy, it seems like we have the perfect opportunity to educate people about the millions wasted by activists. The aftermath of over-regulations, ballot initiatives and legal battles have and will continue to drive food prices up. Is that really what people want? Take a minute to have that conversation this week and let me know what you learn.
Technology that increases productivity excites me, but I wasn’t one of the early adopters of social media. Frankly, it seemed like a waste of time. However, when I saw a “movement” created online before the 2008 U.S. elections and learned that half of FaceBook users are older than college age, I decided social media was worth a second look. Same goes with webinars; I’ve never been a huge fan, but have found the technology to be a great training tool to reach people across the world without requiring any of us the pain and cost of travel. And, since piloting them in December, I’ve found webinars make even more sense when you need the users to be looking at a computer screen, such as training about social media.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBZgyaA9Ryw] Agriculture is now in the firing line for excessive government spending. Rather than the banks or auto makers who have received massive bailouts, food production is attacked in “Agriculture: Downsizing the Federal Government.” This finger pointing goes from “an exploding number of USDA employees” to subsidies going to only to corporate farms to rising food…
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