Title: Obama Excites Sustainable and Organic Farmers (MNN.com/rshreeves, 2009)
Summary:
On Feb, 25th 2009, Robin Reeves posted and article on her blog about, newly appointed agricultural secretary, Kathleen Merrigan. Obama’s choice for agricultural secretary has excited the organic farming community because Kathleen Merrigan has a long history of supporting sustainable agriculture. However, there are still doubts to whether she and, current agricultural head, Tom Vilsack can work effectively.
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture
Category: Commentator Citizen Blog
What is it? This is a blog post by Robin Reeves
Publication Information:
Posted on Feb, 25th 2009 on Robin Reeves’ Blog
http://www.mnn.com/food/farms-gardens/blogs/obama-excites-sustainable-and-organic-farmers
Author:Robin Reeves’ Blog
Location:
http://www.mnn.com/food/farms-gardens/blogs/obama-excites-sustainable-and-organic-farmers
Accessed: March 7th 2009
Support:
Barack Obama: President of the United States
Tom Vilsack: U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.N. Food Agriculture Organization
Reuters cited Barack Obama, Tom Vilsack and the U.N. Food Agriculture Organization in their online news story to give context to their report about the newly appointed secretary of agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan. Shortly after Robin Reeves posted Reuters’ story to her Blog.
Robin Reeves’ blog is supported by The Mother Nature Network (MNN) who is environmental information and news site designed to appeal to the average citizen. The site was founded in 2008 and launched in 2009. It is owned by Chuck Leavell and Joel Babbit. MNN.com had 267 hits last month. The Mother Nature Network also publishes a “green” themed weekly newsletter containing the latest environmental news and commentary. The website is sponsored in part by facebook, twitter and youtube.
Usefulness:
This source was useful because it offered both a news story and citizen commentary, which gave me a look into what bloggers had to say about agricultural legislation. This blog was well linked with a variety of outside sources, which helped with my research. The website the blog was posted is relatively new, but still effective in conveying relevant information and linking related news stories. This post leaves out what Barack Obama had to say about the dynamic between Tom Vilsack and Kathleen Merrigan. It also neglected to mention what Kathleen Merrigan’s mission statement for her time in office. It would have been helpful to include her goals and intentions for her new position. Obama’s Agenda on Rural America compliments article, and offers context to how the new administration is moving forward on its promises to improve America’s agriculture industry.
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