by AgCommNetwork | Oct 11, 2024 | ACN News, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Pam Caraway, ACN President To listen in on the national food conversation in the United States, some Americans might be led to believe the people of Switzerland and other continental countries are in lockstep in regard to non-GMO, limited-pesticide production on...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | ACN News, Awards, Events, News, The ByLine, Travel
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member IFAJ Congress was held in Interlaken, Switzerland, Aug. 14-18, 2024, and more than just cow bells were ringing. The Swiss guild successfully showed agricultural journalists from around the world how...
by AgCommNetwork | Sep 12, 2024 | Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Courtney Leeper Girgis, ROOTED Communications On my first day in Switzerland, I found myself on a bus traveling a narrow mountain road with turns that grew sharper the further up we went. We were fine as long as we did not look down or meet a car on the path. Of...
by Ashlyn Rochester | Jul 11, 2024 | Ag Media Summit, Events, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor When you head for Kansas City next month, you have a unique chance to enjoy agriculture in Kansas–my state. The AMS Program Committee has prepared a schedule that touches on many highlights of Kansas agriculture: beef, bread, booze and...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 12, 2024 | Freelance, Photo Essays, Photography, The ByLine, Travel, What I Learned
By Harlen Persinger, ACN Board Member Liz Aitken has always had an unlimited passion for knitting. Through her devoted association with this activity, the native of Plymouth, England, recently stepped into another arena—developing a keen interest in and working...
by AgCommNetwork | Mar 8, 2024 | ACN News, Events, News, Travel, What I Learned
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member I often wow my friends and neighbors with stories of where work takes me. Sometimes, I forget just how amazing ‘another day on the job’ really is until they stop me mid-story about climbing around on...
