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10 Rules of Online Engagement for the Kicking and Screaming
Guest blogger Dan Toland of Ohio Farm Bureau provi…
$279 Billion Economic Stimulus
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15 years of learning
A reflection on 15 years of connecting the farm ga…
6 Steps to Championing the Agrifood Business
A review of an easy-to-implement plan to speak out…
4-H Members of the Future, Extension & Federal Funding
4-H gave Michele lessons in leadership, citizenshi…
A farm kid’s perspective: Episode 48
Life on the farm may be a mystery for those of us …
A Farmer’s Perspective: Why I Facebook, Tweet and Blog
A fifth generation farmer in Nebraska who grows co…
A journalist’s viewpoint on agriculture’s opportunity
Former CNN White House correspondent Frank Sesno t…
A Hunger for Faith-Based Agriculture Education
Sarah Bedgar Wilson shares her perspective on the …
A Global Perspective – 1 Billion Hungry Mouths
More than one billion people are malnourished arou…
A Mother’s Legacy
Michele shares a personal note to her young child …
A love of playing in the soil
Meet Tyson Roberts, a vegetable grower...
A Louder Voice – Pet to Pasture
Michele Payn interviews Erica Saunders, a particul…
A Multi-Million Dollar Industry: Activism
Concerned about food prices? The industry of anti…
A plea to agriculture during Coronavirus: show compassion, provide assurance
The COVID-19 pandemic calls for agriculture to off…
A pig adventure! Changing the reference point
An inside look at the new Fair Oaks Pig Adventure …
A Note to HSUS: Genuinely Grassroots
A letter on behalf of farmers, ranchers, pet owner…
A World of Impressions: 1 Passport, 31 stamps, Thousands of People
A reflection of international travel from Michele …
Add Your Voice to the New York Times
Michael Pollan of the New York Times and author...
A.I. in your food (cattle, not computers): Episode 122
Utah cattle producer Brady Blackett explains artif…
Advancing Social Media for Agriculture
Society has shifted in an era of 500 million Face…
Agriculture & Hollywood on the Same List?
A Brazilian popstar, Hollywood celebrities and an …
Agriculture and Social Networks?
Online communities-whether you call them social...
Agriculture Now Responsible for Federal Deficit
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Agriculture Needs Impassioned Leadership
Leadership is passion. Without passion, a person w…
Agriculture in Prime Time
Rarely does prime time media’s spotlight shine on …
Agriculture's Ride with the Media
What a week it’s been for the agrifood...
Agvocating from a FFA Advisor’s Perspective
An agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor w…
Agvocates: People Just Like You
“Agvocacy” is the heart and soul of National Agric…
Agvocating in the World of Social Media
Celeste Settrini has embraced social media as a ke…
Agvocating II: Overcoming objections with a smile
A quality product provides opportunity to change o…
An inside look at the beauty of harvest
What comes to mind when you think of harvest?...
Airport Agvocacy
Travel through airports gave a dairy judging team …
Agvocating: Quick, Short & to the Point
Wayne Black is an Ontario farmer who shied away fr…
Animal welfare, veal, and filtered milk – ask a vet! Episode 73
This episode features a wide-ranging conversation …
Animals are not humans
In a society where we embrace rodents as cartoon...
Answering the Rising Food Price Question
As much as I believe in the merits of our...
Another Wake-Up Call from PETA
Yesterday afternoon, pork producers around North...
Are we losing our freedom?
Are Americans losing their freedom to make decisio…
Are you amplifying agriculture?
Amplifiers are a new level in the leadership ladde…
Back to the Basics
North Americans can easily lose sight of the...
Back to school: teen’s guide to sharing the farm story
Confident, communication skills, the cool factor, …
Baking Christmas Cookies: A Family Tradition
Family traditions are a way of life in rural Ameri…
Baking Ahead for Thanksgiving
This guest blogger mom knows the holidays will be …
Beyond the Border Re-opening: Knowing Who’s Behind the Rhetoric
The livestock business has faced some tremendously…
Big bad agriculture: a transparent look at their science & safety
The biggest misconception about my work is that ag…
Blue’s Big Brother Plans
Guest blogger MRS shares exciting mom news to star…
Blue Meets a Dairy Cow
Blue gets his little hands on a cow for the first …
Blue’s First Birthday
Guest blogger MRS celebrates baby Blue’s first bir…