Growing up as a teachers’ kid, you quickly learn what makes a good teacher. A good teacher encourages you to think, challenges your beliefs and opinions and helps you gain more knowledge than you ever thought possible. Chris Raines was a good teacher. Now, I never sat in Chris’s classroom, but I know this is true. [...]
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Missing a friend and a great teacher
Posted in Agriculture, tagged #agchat, @iTweetMeat, agriculture, agvocacy, challenges, Chris Raines, education, social media, teaching on December 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
How much of a dialogue was it?
Posted in Agriculture, tagged agriculture, agvocacy, challenges, conversations, farming, food, inclusion, social media on September 24, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Like what seemed like everyone else in the agriculture world, I watched the Food Dialogues conversations both online and in person last Thursday. In addition to tuning in for the Washington DC panel, I was on the St. Paul campus at the University of Minnesota for a viewing party. I’m not sure whether my expectations [...]
AgChat conference perfect for college aggies
Posted in Agriculture, College, tagged #agchat, advice, agriculture, agvocacy, blogging, college, farming, food, Michigan State University, MSU, networking, social media on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Since I recently graduated from Michigan State (Go Green!) and just took an awesome full-time position a couple of days ago, I’d like to think that I’ve done a pretty good job at preparing for “the real world” and that I can offer some halfway decent advice to college students and recent graduates. My big [...]
Ideas from our friends in the north!
Posted in Agriculture, tagged agriculture, agvocacy, farming, food, leadership, livestock, social media on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For the past two days, I have been at the North American Leaders Session, which is a meeting hosted by the Center for Food Integrity designed to bring together leaders of livestock coalitions from across North America to meet and share ideas. Now, you’ll notice that I said North America and not just…well, America. We [...]
Farm Fresh Food? Yes, please!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, agvocacy, blogging, farming, food, meals, Michigan, moms, social media on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
You probably read the title and thought “Farmers markets? Locavore? Gardening?”. Well those are all great things, but I’m actually talking about the newest blog sharing farmers’ stories in Michigan! The ‘Farm Fresh Food’ blog launched March 1 and is a great way for agriculturalists in the state to share their stories. Hosted on MLive.com, the [...]
Agvocacy 2.0 Conference!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #agchat, agriculture, agvocacy, social media on August 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well, folks, it’s finally here. The event we’ve been waiting nearly two whole months for–the AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference!! Ashley Messing and I just arrived in Chicago for what is sure to be two days of intense (yet totally fun!) social media training. I’m super excited to meet a whole host of great people and [...]
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