Ideological Bias & Social Survival: don’t get voted off the island!
My colleague, Bill, popped his head into my office one day with two words: “Ideological bias”. Then a few more: “What do you know?” I shared some info with him. And I thought that I would share it with...
View Article4 Steps to Good Storytelling
Last year, I was invited to share my science communication story at CropLife Canada’s Spring Dialogue Days. It was great to be standing in front of a crowd of 150+ of my peers, friends, and colleagues...
View ArticleMonsanto is a strange land and I was strange in it…
Highlights: Transitioning from the public sector researcher into a new position in the private sector is challenging – both professionally and personally. Learnings: being different is an asset, being...
View ArticleDisinformation in farming and food production: the bad stuff is always easier...
Hello Build Up Dietitians community! Thank you for inviting me into your virtual living room this Friday, July 24th at noon EST to chat about DISINFORMATION! To prepare for our lively discussion, feel...
View ArticleFOIA: The new four-letter word (re-post)
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is popping up on the media radar again. Because of this, I thought it timely to re-post some of old news to provide a bit more context to the new news. FOIA. For...
View ArticleWhen being right takes you the wrong way
I was invited to the American Farm Bureau (AFBF) Convention in January to give a keynote at the Communicate, Connect, and Influence program hosted by the AFBF Promotion & Education Committee. I...
View ArticleA Girl Least Likely: my unexpected journey through agriculture
How does a girl from small town Saskatchewan, Canada, find her way through life and end up working at the headquarters of a multinational crop science company in St Louis, Missouri? I’d like to tell...
View ArticleA Girl Least Likely – Part II
THE DARK YEARS (cont’d from Part I): At the time, I was 8 months pregnant. And while the farm boy and I came out of that hit and run accident relatively unscathed, our son Abraham didn’t survive. We...
View ArticleA Girl Least Likely, Part III
AN UNEXPECTED LIFE (cont’d from Part II): But guess what? I had two kids to raise. And to say that they saved my life is an understatement. They breathed life back into me. They alone are what drove...
View ArticleA Girl Least Likely, Part IV
DO YOU SOCIAL MEDIA? (cont’d from Part III) Don’t get me wrong. I loved what I was doing as an academic researcher, but I found myself feeling a bit disconnected from the real world. I felt isolated...
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