by Ashlyn Rochester | Feb 9, 2024 | Events, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Ashlyn Rochester, ACN Communications Specialist In honor of Black History Month and injunction with our new DEI initiative, we are celebrating and sharing five Black innovators in agriculture. Henry Blair Blair (1807-1860) was an African American inventor who...
by AgCommNetwork | Feb 9, 2024 | AAEA News, Awards, Events, Member Resources, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member Would you like to go to Switzerland this summer, learn more about agriculture from a global perspective, AND level up your leadership skills? If so and you are 35 or younger as of December 31, 2024,...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor On a cold, winter day in January, ACN President Martha Mintz felt exhausted. On the ACN Facebook page, she wrote: “I needed this reminder to stop and center myself. I pictured sitting right next to a wheat field that’s just starting to...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | AAEA News, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Betsy Freese, Legacy Committee Chair The Legacy Committee is made up of 11 members of our organization, each with at least 40 years of agricultural communications experience. Members are: Betsy Freese, chair Harlen Persinger Fred Myers Cheryl Tevis Karen McMahon...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | Member Resources, The ByLine, What I Learned, Writing
By Joel Reichenberger, Senior Editor for Progressive Farmer and ACN Board Member My father, Larry Reichenberger, called recently while he was cleaning up his home office. He retired from this industry about a year ago after 48 years of recording bylines with many of...
by AgCommNetwork | Jan 12, 2024 | News, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Peering into agriculture’s crystal ball for 2024 is an interesting exercise. At its heart, production agriculture is the production of food, fiber and fuel. And yet, if you do a Google search along the lines of “what’s in store for...
