Moving the farm & food conversation forward

Moving the farm & food conversation forward

Last month we announced 15 Cause Forward awards will be given to organizations working to bring clarity and reduce confusion about how food is grown. The first three awards have been given, including a county Farm Bureau from Michigan, an integrated food and agriculture company in Canada and an association in Indiana. Do you know of a group who would like to join Michele to help grow an understanding of how food is grown?

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Advancing Social Media for Agriculture

Society has shifted in an era of 500 million Facebook users, 50 million tweets, 450 million people on mobile internet and 68 million bloggers – whether you accept new media or not. We’re bombarded by 13,000 marketing messages each day, now largely due to new media. Watch the Evolution of Online Agvocacy if you want to see more. All of this social media mania is also building a fear that humans may just stop having real conversations -after all, we can just text, direct message, instant message, Facebook or email (how old school!). Nothing could be further from the truth, based upon the energy level of a group of farmers, ranchers and agricultural folks this week at the inaugural AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 Conference.

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Empowerment

An overview of the empowerment created by the Egyptian MUCIA Value Chain Training Project & Michele Payn’s perspective on her experiences in Egypt.

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Thinking from Egypt

Have you ever thought about thinking? If you’re in North America, you’re likely wondering why I ask, but this isn’t a trick question. Whenever I work in developing countries, I am reminded about the privilege of free thinking – and that it’s not available in every country.  It’s nearly impossible to understand this until you…

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