advocacy

Hannah McAuliffe, the 2024 Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Educator of the Year, says misconceptions and misunderstandings about farming are not just reserved for those that live in cities and regions with large populations.  Which make it important to share the story of agriculture with everyone.  ...

Idaho is known for a variety of crops; potatoes, sugarbeets, cattle and calves just to name a few.  But more and more people who call Idaho home don’t appreciate the important role agriculture currently plays or how farming can help the state into the future.  Lance Zolling...

Earlier this month, the Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation, better known as Potato LEAF, announced the 2025 class of the potato industry’s Leadership Institute.  During the 10-day program, which runs February 19th through the 28th, participants will receive an overview of the local and national potato industry, including some of the challenges and issues beyond the production

Former Oregon FFA Treasure JW Dippold says farmers need to use their passion to advocate for the industry that they love.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...

Tuesday is National Ag Day, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says the date is an opportunity to celebrate the farming sector.   “National Ag Day is a celebration of the food and fiber community that has been taking place since 1973. This is t...

Lillian McGregor, Washington’s FFA State Reporter, says the ag sector can't use excuses or fears to prevent the real story of American farming from being shared.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremed...

How is the farming community doing when it comes to communicating with consumers?  And what can the ag sector do better?  We put that question before Washington FFA Treasure Madison Weber in today's Future of Farming.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquareme...

Ahead of National Ag Day, March 21st, the Agriculture Council of America is hosting an essay contest.  The theme for the year is "Growing a Climate for Tomorrow: How American Agriculture Does it Every Day".  The essay contest is divided into two categories, either a written essay or a video essay.  Both are nat...

The Beef Checkoff-funded Trailblazers program is asking for applications for its next class of beef advocates.  Trailblazers, developed by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, takes advocacy to the next level by giving participants the tools and training they need to promote beef to new audiences while correcting misconceptions.   “...

Fifteen farm and ranch women leaders graduated from the fall session of the Women’s Communication Boot Camp hosted by the American Farm Bureau.  The four-day course featured hands-on sessions related to public speaking, working with the media, and messaging.  Graduate...