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Meet the Bloggers: Being Blessed with the Opportunity to Learn

When I joined Monsanto five years ago, I had little notion of what I was getting myself into. I grew up in the St. Louis area, and the Monsanto name was well known in the community, but I would venture that most people still thought of Monsanto as a company that made carpet fibers, industrial chemicals and yes, even AstroTurf. However, thanks to my father who was an ag chemistry salesperson for many yers with a competing company, I knew Monsanto for what it is today – an agricultural business.… Full Article »

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Originally published
November 23, 2009 by Mica Veihman

Meet the Bloggers: I am 1 of 24 Million

It’s a cool thing to be part of Monsanto’s blogging team. And it’s because I’m one of 24 million people in the United States whose job depends upon farmers.

I’m the team lead for what we call Online Strategy & Communications, one of the team in Corporate Marketing & Communications. My team is responsible for the corporate web site, http://www.monsanto.com/, online corporate video, helping support company web sites in other parts of the world – and writing stories.… Full Article »

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Originally published
November 20, 2009 by Glynn Young

Meet the Bloggers: Using My Passion to Share Farmers' Stories

As a fourth generation Memphian and the third in the line of women who went to what is now the University of Memphis, I rarely thought of agriculture growing up. And my guess is the farmers portrayed in movies or on television were a general stereotype… I didn’t think much about it being inaccurate or accurate. That started to change when I got a job that involved me contacting farmers directly. And it didn’t take long for me to realize I had stumbled into a great industry — one that is made up of people who are willing to share … Full Article »

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Originally published
November 19, 2009 by Janice Person

Meet the Bloggers: Helping Farmers Connect with Others

My goal for blogging is pretty easy: to highlight farmers’ stories and stories about agriculture.

I think I bring a different perspective to this, as I didn’t grow up on a farm. As I mentioned in a previous post, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been on a farm. I hope blogging allows me to get out of the office a couple days each month and to interact with farmers and others in ag industries. For example, I hope to have a report from a visit to a central Illinois farm in two weeks, … Full Article »

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Originally published
November 18, 2009 by Nick Weber

Even More Changes

Back in August I wrote about more changes coming down the line.

Starting this week you will be introduced to our four full-time bloggers, Nick, Janice, Glynn and Mica. Each has a different voice and a different perspective to bring to agriculture and this blog. I am excited that they will start sharing stories from farmers, scientists, seed dealers, and so many more people.… Full Article »

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Originally published
November 18, 2009 by Kathleen Manning

Changes for the Better

Six months ago, Monsanto According to Monsanto set out to be a blog focused solely on issues related to Monsanto . The reason to start such a blog? Often times we need to set the record straight on a number of different topics, from labeling to HR 875. We addressed the big topics and had some great conversations in the comments section.

Starting now, you’ll still find myths debunked and misconceptions set straight in this space – and you’ll also see more focus on the positive things going on at Monsanto, as well as in the fields of agriculture … Full Article »

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Originally published
August 31, 2009 by Kathleen Manning

A Peek Behind the Curtain at Monsanto

By Mark

Sitting in the cube farm at Monsanto, you hear conversations floating across the ceiling. One of the recent ones I overheard involved Brad, one of the regular bloggers on this site.

Apparently, Monsanto had received a phone call from a lad who had some questions about Monsanto and seed patents, and Monsanto and lobbying, and Monsanto and a few other things. Now, in the past, I’m not sure how that voice mail would have been handled.

But today it was responded to quickly!

You’ve seen this. You see this with this blog. You see this with our conversations … Full Article »

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Originally published
June 1, 2009 by Monsantoco

Confessions of a Monsanto Co-Op

By Dan The Co-Op

Many of you have probably been where I am now:–near the end of college and worrying about getting a job to pay off that mountain of student loan debt. If you’re anything like me, you’ve also had to face the reality that the job isn’t going to be “Rock Star-Astronaut” like you planned for when you were seven years old.

But when I got a call from Monsanto offering me an internship last November, I was pumped. Not only was this a chance to get my feet wet in the real world, but I’d get to … Full Article »

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Originally published
May 11, 2009 by Monsantoco

CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES!

Two months into the blog, we have gotten our feet wet and we’re getting a handle on what works and what doesn’t. We are also coming across some challenges we did not anticipate. With this in mind, we want to call to your attention to some tweaks in our comment policy.

First, we have found a need to include language about fabricated reply postings. Last week I received the following comment being held for moderation.

“My name is Okam Muboye. I am one of 27 family owners of a cooperative farm near Lesotho. We were not sued (yet), but received … Full Article »

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Originally published
April 20, 2009 by Kathleen Manning

Blogs – Hardly Shoddy Journalism

The other day I was in a meeting with two colleagues of mine, talking about blogs. One of them was in Public Affairs, like me. The other was from a different department. My colleague from the other department could not understand why anyone would read a blog and take any of the information as truth. He called blog writing “[shoddy] journalism” and “didn’t know anyone that read blogs”. As someone that works in social media for a living, this got me a bit amped. I work on Monsanto’s social media efforts daily with different projects including our Twitter account, among … Full Article »

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Originally published
March 11, 2009 by Kathleen Manning