{"id":11290,"date":"1998-01-02T22:30:32","date_gmt":"1998-01-02T22:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=11290"},"modified":"2018-03-02T22:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T22:39:14","slug":"acdc-news-issue-98-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-98-08\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News \u2013 Issue 98-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>\u201cMaking technology work for rural communities\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Was the theme of Rural TeleCon97, first national (U.S.) conference on the use of electronic communications and information systems for rural community development.\u00a0 The conference took place during October 1997 at Aspen, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Summaries of the various sessions are archived. You can review them at the following site:\u00a0 &lt;http:\/\/ruraltelecon.org&gt;.\u00a0 Here are samples of topic panels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Public\/private partnerships<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Use and impact of telecommunications technology in education<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0How indigenous communities are using instructional technology<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Making technologies work for communities \u2013 avoiding pitfalls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item2\"><\/a><b>New documents about direct marketing of farm products.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Here are some of the documents that we have added recently to the collection of literature about direct marketing of farm products:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCommunity supported agriculture: an annotated bibliography and resource guide\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSelling honey to roadside markets\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCultivating customers\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAlaskan direct-market consumers: perceptions of organic produce\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDirect marketing of fresh produce and the concept of small farmers\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe farmers\u2019 market coupon program for low-income elders\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTastings\u2019 open doors to new markets for small growers\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhere farm and city meet\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item3\"><\/a><b>Professional meetings during July and August.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Here are the approaching meetings of several professional agricultural communicator organizations:<\/p>\n<p>July 12-14<br \/>\nSummer seminar, Agricultural Relations Council at Winston-Salem,<br \/>\nNorth Carolina.<br \/>\nContact: Paul Weller at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ARConline@aol.com\">ARConline@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 14-17<br \/>\nAnnual conference, Agricultural Communicators in Education, at<br \/>\nAsilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California.<br \/>\nContact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rmseid@ucdavis.edu\">rmseid@ucdavis.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 22-25<br \/>\nJoint meetings of Livestock Publications Council and American Association of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow at Hyatt Regency Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky.<br \/>\nSee details of the conference at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfw.com\/LPCconvention.htm\">www.hfw.com\/LPCconvention.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>August 18<br \/>\nAgri-marketing seminar on \u201cSegmentation: taking aim on the customer\u201d at Renaissance Hotel, St. Louis Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.\u00a0 Offered<br \/>\nby National Agri-Marketing Association.<br \/>\nContact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:agrimktg@nama.org\">agrimktg@nama.org<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item4\"><\/a><b>A reminder: change your bookmark.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>For this web site.\u00a0 The new URL for the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center is:<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/web.aces.uiuc.edu\/agcomdb\/docctr.html\">web.aces.uiuc.edu\/agcomdb\/docctr.html<\/a>&gt;<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>Subtle hint from dad.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Saturday night date was well along as the teenagers relaxed on the front porch of her farm home during a warm summer evening.<br \/>\n\u201cSometimes my dad takes things apart to see why they don\u2019t go,\u201d the daughter mentioned as they heard the clock strike midnight.<br \/>\n\u201cSo what?\u201d her date replied.<br \/>\n\u201cSo you\u2019d better go.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"item6\"><\/a><b>Best regards and good searching.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Please let us know if we can help you find information and\/or if you can suggest documents that we might add to this collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMaking technology work for rural communities\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Was the theme of Rural TeleCon97, first national (U.S.) conference on the use of electronic communications and information systems for rural community development.\u00a0 The conference took place during October 1997 at Aspen, Colorado. 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