{"id":9244,"date":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-dev.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/16_07\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T02:24:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T02:24:13","slug":"16_07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/16_07\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News – Issue 16-07"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drones – big data – farmer fears \u2013 hopes and plans – challenges ahead <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Those attending the 2016 USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum heard a bubbling stew about farmer data in precision agriculture. The update by Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation, began with U.S. farmer concerns (77 percent worried about data security). It extended through a summary of benefits and risks of big data, principles and steps for privacy and security, and communications challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n

Big Data is very likely to lead to more rapid consolidation in agriculture, she concluded. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can view this PowerPoint presentation here <\/a> . <\/span><\/p>\n

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Attitudes toward animals and propensity for aggression \u2013 farmers and meatworkers <\/strong><\/h3>\n

A survey among male and female farmers and meatworkers in Queensland, Australia, revealed similar (utilitarian) attitudes toward animals. However, meatworkers showed significantly more propensity for aggression. Researchers from Central Queensland University reported these findings in the journal, <\/span> Society and Animals <\/em> . They also unexpectedly found that female participants in both groups revealed less empathy for animals and greater propensity for aggression than the male participants. <\/span><\/p>\n

Authors called for further investigation of the potential psychological damage done to employees within meat processing plants. <\/span><\/p>\n

This article is not available by open access. You can read a summary at <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.animalsandsociety.org\/human-animal-studies\/society-and-animals-journal\/articles-on-farming-and-farmed-animals\/a-different-cut-comparing-attitudes-towards-animals-and-propensity-for-aggression <\/a> , reach author contact Prof. Tania Signal at t.signal@cqu.edu.au <\/a> or check with us at docctr@library.illinois.edu <\/a> for help in gaining access to the full article.<\/p>\n

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Traditional media surviving the test of time <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Storytelling, songs, dancing, town criers and other traditional media are holding their own, \u201cnotwithstanding the fast means of communication gadgets in our time.\u201d Uche A. Dike of Niger Delta University offered that perspective in a recent issue of the <\/span> Open Journal of Philosophy <\/em> . The communicating culture of the Ogba society in Nigeria served as basis for this analysis. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican traditional means of communication has survived the test of time,\u201d the author concluded. \u201cIf democratization of communication means making the communication media to be more representative of the audience, we can practically conclude that the Ogba traditional media and their communication patterns qualify in this connection.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

This pattern matches reported continuities in use of traditional media of all kinds in other cultures. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can read this open-access journal article here <\/a> . <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAre food exchange websites the next big thing in food marketing?\u201d <\/strong><\/h3>\n

A survey among 6.000 vegetable and livestock producers in four southeastern U.S. states addressed that question. Food exchange websites are operated by university extension services (e.g., MarketMaker) and private organizations (e.g., Local Orbit). Most respondents were reluctant to register in such websites, a result not surprising to the researchers. They noted that relatively few producers currently market products over the internet. Respondents interested in food exchange websites expressed willingness to pay an average of $55.69 a month if an online marketplace is offered. Willingness to pay for advertising on social media averaged $20.43 a month. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can read this conference paper here <\/a> . <\/span><\/p>\n

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Can you identify these 10 food words? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

We raise that question because of a recent book, <\/span> 100 words for foodies <\/em> , added to the collection here.\u00a0 Executive Editor Joseph P. Picket observed that “no area of English comes from such a wide array of languages as the words we use for the foods we eat.” <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of our readers are serious about food, we know.\u00a0 How many of these 10 foods can you (from memory) describe and identify by the countries or regions from which they originated? <\/span><\/p>\n