Via online. 5 pages., "Industry in a frenzy, trying to decode the sludge of public opinion while still getting used to the idea this is something to take seriously."
Perspectives on USDA recommendation for staff members to refer to "climate change" as "weather extremes" and "climate change adaption" to "resilience to weather extremes."
1 page., Author expresses concerns about disappearance of trustworthy news content and urges agricultural readers to be "cautious in whom you trust and what you believe in the 24/7 news cycle. We deserve to know all sides of a story, not just the one that the 'conservative' or 'liberal' media outlet wants you to believe."
Perspectives on the role of an ethical public communicator in "this toxic political situation called the environmental debate." Author concludes that in this information environment "the real ethical issue lies with us - the informed citizenry. An ethical citizenry would be rhetorically savvy in order to make sound choices about their local economies and their global environment."
