Guest Bloggers
Tell your own story — before someone else does it for you
The case for transparency in food production is understandable by consumers, and their pleas cannot fall on deaf ears by food producing industries. Consumers have more information available to them than ever before, and have even larger platforms to announce their discourse for a particular product or industry.
2012 Lunch & Learn
Research sticks with participants
After sharing research that shows how the agriculture industry should communicate, the PIE Center hopes its results stick like the Post-it notes that covered the room.
“When we talk about ag awareness, we talk about the need to educate people about agriculture and natural resources,” said Tracy Irani, PIE Center development director. “What we found in this research is we are educating, but it is not sticking. In order to educate, people have to be receptive to being educated and the way to do that is through communicating.”
Our News
Regional forums discuss local impact of BP oil spill
More than two years after the BP oil spill, researchers are still trying to address the environmental, economic, and emotional health concerns in Gulf communities since the spill. With PIE Center director Tracy Irani moderating, researchers met with people affected by the spill in Gainesville, Apalachicola, Cantonment and Santa Rosa Beach.