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A research team at the University of Queensland recently offered a \u201chow-to\u201d for addressing inter-group conflicts about climate change and the environment. They suggested a \u201csocial identity\u201d approach.\u00a0 It focuses on our identities derived from the groups to which we belong. Citing case examples, they described four social identity strategies to communicate across groups that differ in their views of climate change and the environment:<\/p>\n
You can learn more about the strategies in this 2016 article<\/a> published in the journal, Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n An article in the September\/October issue of New Ag International<\/em> magazine included this call. It came during Greensys2017 (International Symposium on New Technologies for Environmental Control,\u00a0 Energy-saving and Crop Production in Greenhouse and Plant Factory) in Beijing, China, during August. A keynote speaker emphasized that urban agriculture involves more than food production – also environmental and social services with direct interaction with local urban markets.<\/p>\n According to the summary, effective communication will be vital in the design and development of new urban solutions such as community gardens, green roofs, vertical farms, and indoor farms (plant factories).<\/p>\n You can read the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Note: the article cited is on pages 73-75 of this online edition.<\/p>\n Some differences appeared from a recent study in northeastern Brazil. Compared with conventional farmers (using monocultures, mechanization, and external inputs), non-conventional\/organic farmers (using diversification, ecological processes, and natural inputs) could identify more bird species. They held \u201cmore favorable attitudes toward birds, and engaged in practices more beneficial to the conservation of avifauna.\u201d<\/p>\n Researchers concluded, \u201cConventional and non-conventional farmers have both similarities and differences in their perceptions and knowledge of birds. There are incentives to help farmers recognize and treat birds as beneficial to farming systems and vice versa. Birds are still not widely recognized as important elements that could serve fundamental ecological functions in agro-ecosystems and contribute to their efficiency and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n You can read this journal article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n You may be interested in some of the journals from which we have identified agricultural communications literature for the ACDC collection during recent months. The great scatter of literature about agricultural communications continues to impress and amaze us.<\/p>\n International Journal of Advertising<\/em> April 8-10, 2018 April 10-13, 2018 April 16-20, 2018 We often find ourselves humbled by the historical information we find in searching for literature about agricultural journalism and communications. In that spirit, we close this issue of ACDC News with a 1665 gravestone message reported in W. H. Howe\u2019s Everybody\u2019s Book of Epitaphs<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u201cHere lies an editor – Please pass along your reactions, suggestions, and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valuable collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. 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\nA call for good communication between architects and agronomists<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nDo farmers differ in recognizing wild birds? And so what?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nDiscovering new sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nRhetoric and Public Affairs<\/em>
\nPacific Journalism Review<\/em>
\nQualitative Research Reports in Communication<\/em>
\nLanguage Teaching Research<\/em>
\nNew Genetics and Society<\/em>
\nBritish Food Journal<\/em>
\nInternational Journal of Web-Based Communities<\/em>
\nJournal of Information Technology in Agriculture<\/em>
\nPrecision Agriculture<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCommunicator events approaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nAnnual meeting of the North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ) in Washington, D.C.
\nInformation: http:\/\/www.naaj.net\/meetings<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cPower Up\u201d Agri-Marketing Conference of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) in Kansas City, Missouri.
\nInformation: http:\/\/nama.org\/amc\/home-2018<\/a><\/p>\n
\nConference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
\nInformation: http:\/\/www.aeaee.org\/index.php\/conference<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNothing new about fake news<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nSnooks, if you will.
\nIn mercy, Kind Providence,
\nLet him lie still.
\nHe lied for his living, so
\nHe lived while he lied.
\nWhen he could not lie longer
\nHe lied down and died.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBest wishes and good searching<\/strong><\/h3>\n