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Q1 Via @sollmana How can #ag community get more involved in programs like WIC, promote nutrition for low income women/children? - john blue

Q2 (Via @AgPRJill) How can we help people in developing countries or #food insecure be more food independent or self-sufficient? - john blue

Q3 (via @natejtaylor) What role will small scale farming play in #food insecurity from a macro (global) perspective? - john blue

Q4 (via @natejtaylor)What role will ag technology play in reducing food insecurity? Which ones exist now & which are on horizon? - john blue

Q5 (prompted by this convo) How can we reduce #food waste in North America? - john blue

Q6 (via @TruffleMedia) Can We Feed & Save the Planet?: Scientific American; what is role of people population control in ag? - john blue

Q7 via @agprJill How can #ag make an impact on hunger? How can #farmers get more involved locally with shelters and food banks? - john blue

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme - john blue

African students dig agriculture - john blue

Hunger Prevention - john blue

FOOD ThINC -- Think About Feeding 9 Billion People is on Facebook - john blue

Twitter is quickly becoming a major source of news, as we have seen this year stories have started breaking on twitter, before the news stations can even put something together people are talking about it on twitter. But what happens when twitter lies? People lose it and get carried away with rumors. - john blue

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment. PSR is the U.S. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. - john blue

Seeking economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Through research, advocacy, and economic development our goal is to empower farmers - partnered with consumers - in support of ecologically produced local, organic and authentic food. - john blue

Many of you know that I am a big believer in Twitter and other social media tools as a powerful communication tool for yourself and your business. Social media is a great cost effective way for agriculturalists to tell the story of agriculture to the masses. A twitter friend of mine, Michele Payn-Knoper posted this story on her blog, Cause Matters. - john blue

Measuring Social Media Marketing - john blue

Measuring Social Media Marketing - john blue

This is a new conference, but it does have some history. This conference was “born” by redesigning the former Crop Protection Technology Conference (aka Agricultural Pesticides Conference, Custom Spray Operators’ Training School). That conference series was very successful, but we have designed this conference with significant departures to further improve the education and experience of the participants. - john blue

The Kleinpeter Family endured many hardships before coming to Baton Rouge on August 12, 1774 from Switzerland by way of Pennsylvania. Like many families, religious persecution is what prompted them to find a new home. Traveling by flatboat down the Ohio River, then the Mississippi River, they landed in Baton Rouge with the Sharp and Ory families. Landing in St. Gabriel near the St. Gabriel Catholic Church, they soon after relocated to the area now defined by Highland and Perkins Roads. - john blue

What does productive neighbor relationship look like & how do we get there? - john blue

How do you get involved in a new community & build relationships? Offline or online. - john blue

Manure creates some 'stinky' issues. How do farmers manage neighbor relations in this area? - john blue

How do you handle that negative neighbor? - john blue

Who's responsibility is good relationships with neighbors? - john blue

Jan Hoadley is a full time writer with a specialty of farm, livestock, animals and small business topics. Jan's other interests are music, particularly country, and photography. - john blue

How do you prepare informational resources about your farm? (brochures, presentations, posters, etc.) - john blue

Where are successes & failures in farm-neighbor relations? What can we learn from them? - john blue

When Walmart writes donation check, a picture gets in paper. How does same idea apply to group of #farmers? - john blue

How can farmers thank their neighbors, community, and city customers? - john blue

What's the one #farm or #ag related gift or service you give your neighbors at Christmas. Share your best one! - john blue

Welcome to our website! We would like to thank you for your interest in our program and we hope you enjoy your visit. We carry great excitement and optimism towards the Red Angus breed, it is with our youthful energy and ambition that we have committed to our herd and the breed thus far that we see a great future in the industry. We are growing our herd and our family in this business and way of life and could not be more happier and proud! - john blue

Welcome to our website! We would like to thank you for your interest in our program and we hope you enjoy your visit. We carry great excitement and optimism towards the Red Angus breed, it is with our youthful energy and ambition that we have committed to our herd and the breed thus far that we see a great future in the industry. We are growing our herd and our family in this business and way of life and could not be more happier and proud! - john blue