{"id":11322,"date":"1999-01-03T23:14:44","date_gmt":"1999-01-03T23:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=11322"},"modified":"2018-03-03T23:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T23:20:41","slug":"acdc-news-issue-99-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-99-01\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News \u2013 Issue 99-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Happy new year from all of us in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center<\/b>.<strong>\u00a0May you have a fine year ahead.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0<a name=\"item2\"><\/a><b>New study on attitudes about biotechnology in Japan<\/b>.<\/h3>\n<p>We recently received the following report of a study designed and analyzed by a researcher at North Carolina State University:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJapanese consumers\u2019 awareness and attitudes about biotechnology\u201d<br \/>\nJune 1998.\u00a0 20pp.<\/p>\n<p>The project, sponsored by Monsanto, involved telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,000 Japanese consumers.\u00a0 It paralleled a similar study conducted three years earlier.\u00a0 Among the results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Support for agricultural biotechnology tends to have risen between 1995 and 1998.<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of biotechnology among Japanese consumers remains low.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, consumers continue to trust independent, scientific experts.\u00a0 Trust of government agencies has dropped since 1995.<\/li>\n<li>Japanese consumers who were better educated were more positive about biotechnology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact us if you would like more information about the study.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item3\"><\/a><b>\u201cConnecting the Country\u201d conference in Australia.<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Several Australian organizations sponsored a rural communications conference on September 28-29, 1998.\u00a0 It explored the uses and potentials of new communications technologies and services in rural and regional Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers included the National Farmers Federation, the Communications Law Centre and the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.\u00a0 Here are some of the topics addressed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cRural and regional communications: the debate\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAgriculture and the Internet\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe future: key questions for rural and regional communications\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLaunch of the National Landcare Information Service\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can view some of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation coverage of this conference at the following web site:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/rural\/connect\">www.abc.net.au\/rural\/connect<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0<a name=\"item4\"><\/a><b>U.S. farm broadcasters really gathered.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>More than 1,000 people attended the National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention on November 11-15 in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>The December issue of NAFB Chats newsletter reports that highlights included \u201ca full house at Trade Talk, professional improvement sessions, marketing and promotion activities, and lively voting member business sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0<a name=\"item5\"><\/a><b>More survey reports available on food safety<\/b>.<\/h3>\n<p>We reported in Issue 98-15 having received a copy of the \u201c1998 CMF&amp;Z Food Safety Survey.\u201d\u00a0 The survey is conducted each year in conjunction with the Industry Council on Food Safety, a restaurant and food service industry coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Now, through help from CMF&amp;Z Public Relations, the Documentation Center also has copies of the national food safety surveys conducted during 1995, 1996 and 1997.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item6\"><\/a><b>Special thanks to Carol Bodensteiner<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>President of CMF&amp;Z Public Relations, for this contribution to our growing collection of literature about food safety communications.\u00a0 And congratulations to Carol.\u00a0 The Business and Professional Women of Des Moines, Iowa, recently honored her as \u201cBusiness Woman of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item7\"><\/a><b>Congratulations to Frank Byrnes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Senior associate of Winrock International and widely recognized leader in international agricultural communications.\u00a0 The College of Agriculture at Iowa State University honored him during October with the Henry A. Wallace Award for outstanding service to agriculture at the national and international levels.<\/p>\n<p>You can find some of his professional literature in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, using an \u201cauthor\u201d search.\u00a0 He recently contributed materials to the Center, as a way in which to make them more widely available.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item8\"><\/a><b>Let us know if we can help you announce a meeting<\/b>\u00a0<strong>or event related to agricultural communications.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0 Jim Evans at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:evansj@uiuc.edu\">evansj@uiuc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item9\"><\/a><b>Unforgettable letters to Santa<\/b>.<\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service features on its web site what it describes as \u201cunforgettable Dear Santa\u201d letters that come to its attention.\u00a0 We close this issue of \u201cNews and Announcements\u201d with a letter written to Santa by a six-year-old:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want a racecar.<br \/>\nI want a electronic motorcycle racecar.<br \/>\nI want a lot of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a name=\"item10\"><\/a><b>Best regards and good searching.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\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>Happy new year from all of us in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center.\u00a0May you have a fine year ahead. \u00a0New study on attitudes about biotechnology in Japan. 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