{"id":12393,"date":"2019-02-08T16:34:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=12393"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:43:54","slug":"acdc-news-issue-19-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-19-02\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News &#8211; Issue 19-02"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>When food recalls hit, tell news media what affected consumers can do <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>That message came through in an analysis of how selected national media covered 72 food recall notifications from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration during 2013.\u00a0 Researchers concluded: \u201cFrom a practical standpoint, instructional messaging appears to be the most effective strategy in a food recall crisis if the company seeks to gain positive newspaper coverage. This may sound intuitive at first, but many companies are not currently practicing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This analysis was reported in the September 2017 issue of <em>Newspaper Research Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0739532917722974\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What interests consumers most about modern pig production:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Environmental impact? Safety? Health? Animal welfare?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Findings from recent research among consumers in both Germany and Poland indicated that they assigned greater importance to health and safety aspects than to animal welfare and environmental impact. Authors of the 2018 <em>Meat Science <\/em>article observed that currently the major distinction in the pork market is between conventional and organic production, which is mainly defined in terms of environmental and animal welfare benefits. \u201cThe present data therefore suggest that there can be room in the market for a different positioning based on production characteristics related to health and safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/reader.elsevier.com\/reader\/sd\/pii\/S0309174017309725?token=8BD37CFB25B8355798F6AA8C280789F8DF996D5DF24A98A2CA130A3B25521781EE40F81A1746892C4A1885A66A8A42B7\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Food Trendtellers Council sees trends to watch during 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A team of Trendtellers from Tyson Foods has identified six food trends to watch during the year ahead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personalized foods to promote health and beauty<\/li>\n<li>Transparent food takes hold<\/li>\n<li>More protein in more forms<\/li>\n<li>The power of smart technology and food<\/li>\n<li>Food as a form of self-expression<\/li>\n<li>Fusion of global cuisines at home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Communicators have a central role in all of them.\u00a0 You can learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tysonfoods.com\/the-feed-blog\/food-trends-2019\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Some bees aren\u2019t so busy as foragers (and communicators)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We often refer to being busy as a bee. However, the ACDC collection now contains a research report in <em>Animal Behavior <\/em>revealing \u201cextreme inter-individual variation and plasticity in honeybee foraging activity levels. Automated monitoring showed that foraging activity is flexibly adjusted during a bee\u2019s lifetime. \u201c\u2026elitism does not involve a distinct subclass of foragers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2014\/07\/140722130656.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Welcoming Emily and Courtney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We welcome two new graduate assistants in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12327\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190109_093457666-1-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emily Benton is a first-year graduate student in Library and Information Sciences at the iSchool.\u00a0She has a BA in History and a minor in Plant Sciences from the University of Missouri.\u00a0In addition to her work with the ACDC, Emily\u00a0has been working as a quarter-time graduate assistant in Funk ACES Library since August.\u00a0 Emily has had internships in the Missouri State Archives and the Supreme Court of Missouri Library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12328\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/01\/IMG_3790-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/01\/IMG_3790-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/01\/IMG_3790-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/01\/IMG_3790-1024x868.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Courtney Smith is a first-year graduate student in Library and Information Sciences at the iSchool.\u00a0 Her focus lies in special collections and archives, and she is especially interested in metadata, outreach, and providing better access to users.\u00a0 In addition to her work with the ACDC, Courtney holds graduate hourly appointments in the Library\u2019s Illinois History and Lincoln Collections and in the Facilities Information Resources Department of the University Facilities and Services unit.\u00a0 She has undergraduate degrees in Political Science and History from Michigan State University. While at MSU, Courtney was a student assistant in several library units, including Special Collections and Area Studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Communicator events approaching<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deadline for poster abstracts for the 2019 Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) annual meeting, June 22-27, in San Antonio, Texas USA.<\/p>\n<p>Information:\u00a0 Prof. Jessica Holt <a href=\"mailto:jaholt@uga.edu\">jaholt@uga.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 1-4, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLinking, innovating, motivation, and engaging for resilient agricultural systems\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Educators (AIAEE) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad &amp; Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/aiaee2019trinidad.wordpress.com\">https:\/\/aiaee2019trinidad.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 10-12, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnward Upward.\u201d 2019 Agri-Marketing Conference sponsored by the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) in Kansas City, Missouri USA.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/nama.org\/amc\/2019-amc-home\">https:\/\/nama.org\/amc\/2019-amc-home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2-5, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthern accent on fresh ideas.\u201d Annual institute of the Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) in Savannah, Georgia USA.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communicators.coop\">https:\/\/www.communicators.coop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Oh, the agony of broken grammar rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Walter Rockwood who in 1984 alerted his fellow agricultural writers\/editors to this irreverent view of a sacred grammar rule \u2013 that sentences should not end with prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cThe rule was invented by critic and poet John Dryden (1621-1700), who reasoned the <em>preposito<\/em> in Latin means something that \u2018comes before\u2019 and that prepositions in Latin never appear at the end of a sentence.\u201d A contrarian view is that the rules of Latin do not always apply to English and that some great writers have ended sentences with prepositions.<\/p>\n<p>He cited an agricultural writing example: \u201cSoil &#8211; good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for, and good to be buried in. \u201c(Bacon)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Best wishes and good searching <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please pass along your reactions, suggestions, and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don&#8217;t forget to follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACDCUIUC\">@ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valuable international collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801) or in electronic format sent to <a href=\"mailto:docctr@library.illinois.edu\">docctr@library.illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2019\/02\/DocNews19-02.pdf\">Click Here<\/a> for a printer-friendly PDF of this newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When food recalls hit, tell news media what affected consumers can do That message came through in an analysis of how selected national media covered 72 food recall notifications from the U. S. 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