Today’s featured Bandita is Janice AKA JPLovesCotton, a city girl who loves cotton and biotechnology. Her work at Monsanto includes blogging and social media outreach. A colorful adventure is her personal blog. Follow her on Twitter (@JPLovesCotton).
It seems every industry and every special interest have a day on the calendar. You see tweets, Facebook and blog posts about national _____ day all the time. Shining the spotlight on various parts of America is something we have gotten used to.
While lots of them really deserve significant attention, I can’t help but think some of those national days of observance are really marketing efforts. To me, National Agriculture Day is definitely not marketing hype.
It is an opportunity. An opportunity for two different groups.
- For the vast majority of Americans, Ag Day is a chance to remember the role agriculture plays in our lives.
- For farmers, ranchers and others of us who work in agriculture to put a stake in the ground and remind ourselves how we need to be engaging with others so they understand what the minority does and the impacts we have, commitments we make and interest we have in dialog.
During the month of March, friends of Agriculture Proud are invited to write their Ag Day story and submit it to us. We already have several who are interested in writing about their typical day in agriculture, others who want to shine a light on efforts surrounding Ag Day in their communities, etc.
This is going to be fun! If you want to join, leave a comment here connecting your email address to it and we will let you know how to proceed. I know I can’t wait to write my post for the series!
This March marks the start of 4 years for the Agriculture Proud blog. For the past 3 years, the blog has challenged readers to consider and share their thoughts on why they are proud to be a part of the Agriculture community.
In 2012, a month-long series featured folks from across the country highlighting the diversity of the Agriculture community. A summary of the posts can be found here.
The AgChat Banditas have a running series of guest posts on the Agriculture Proud blog.
Interested in the custom harvester?
Of course we are!
email address is jz45239@windstream.net
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I’d be happy to participate if you are interested in the city girl turned cattle feed yard “boss lady”. Just let me know!
Sounds great Anne!
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I am interested. We have a backgrounding and cow/calf operation in west central Arkansas. I am also a 4H leader in a local community club.
Please email me at jplovescotton@janiceperson.com and I’ll send you the details.
how about the young passionate ag vocate who lives on a regeristed black angus farm and is a 3rd genreation family farmer.this agvocate shares her story on her blog and volunters with the i love farmers they feed my soul movement as the Lone Catylast for the State of missouri.
Please email me at jplovescotton@janiceperson.com and I’ll send you the details.
If you’re interested in hearing from a small producer’s perspective…please let me know. I’d love to share our farming experiences from here in the Shenandoah Valley.
http://www.HomesteadHillFarm.com
http://www.facebook.com/HomesteadHillFarm
http://www.homesteadhillfarm.blogspot.com
Of course! Please email me at jplovescotton@janiceperson.com and I’ll send you the details.
I am interested also.
Please email me at jplovescotton@janiceperson.com and I’ll send you the details.
Four Country Gals here –We’re four retired women building a farm on the SW Utah desert. We have Certified Organic Produce, custom raised lamb, goat, and rabbit, an aquaponics project, and soon a commercial kitchen where we’ll make a value-added product. We also have “Mom’s Hen House” which produces beautiful fresh brown eggs.
Please email me at jplovescotton@janiceperson.com and I’ll send you the details.
I’m interested!
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I’m interested in sharing!
I think that you should be proud of your job and love what you do.
Can’t wait for this year’s National Ag Day! Mostly because this year I get to participate in DC, but I am excited to learn from others and their different aspects of agriculture as well as getting to help support one of our greatest industries. Good post!
I would love to participate via my blog, Kim’s County Line.
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