Describes innovations being planned for the Iowa Pork Congress, National Farm Machinery Show, World Dairy Expo and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show.
Denver Research Institute (author / University of Denver)
Format:
Handbook
Publication Date:
1978-03
Published:
International: U..S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07236
Notes:
Hal R. Taylor Collection., Prepared by Denver Research Institute for the Office of Science and Technology, Bureau of Development Support, USAID. 98 pages.
Describes the Calgary Stampede, an event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that attracts 1.2 million people for 10 days each year. Article emphasizes aspects of the event that foster positive relationships between producers and consumers, between rural and urban communities.
7 pages., Article #: v58-1iw3, via online journal., Breakfast on the Farm educational farm tours were introduced in Michigan in 2009 to improve consumer knowledge about, impressions of, and trust in modern food production. Over 89,000 participants have attended events on 40 commercial dairy, beef, crop, and fruit farms. This article addresses organization and funding of the events and some of their general impacts. Volunteers staff stations on topics such as animal care, food safety, nutrition, and water quality. Surveys indicate that attendees' impressions of and trust in farmers and food production improve and that product purchases increase. Events patterned after Michigan's model have occurred in several states and may be implemented elsewhere for similar purposes.
