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PAN Aotearoa/NZ supports Hawai'ian collleagues - 28 January 2016
Statement from PAN International in support of Hawai'ian colleagues
We, as members of the international community from Asia and the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the continental United States, convened by Pesticide Action Network, are gathered in Hawaiʻi in January 2016 to stand in solidarity with the movements in Hawaiʻi working to free the islands from the toxic influence of pesticide/genetic engineering (GE) corporations.
Hawaiʻi is ground zero for the development, experimental use and production of pesticide–promoting genetically engineered crops. Five chemical corporations –Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow, DuPont/Pioneer and BASF – facilitated by the government of Hawai'i – occupy tens of thousands of acres of the most fertile agricultural land, including public land which should rightfully be in the hands of the Kānaka Maoli (Hawaiian nationals). According to state law, water in Hawaiʻi is part of the public trust and cannot be privatized. Yet these corporations divert and contaminate this most precious and important common resource, leaving quality agricultural lands and key habitats without a source of water.
These land and water grabs are resulting in severe damage to the ecology of Hawaiʻi, and place the burden of health and environmental costs onto local communities, with no accountability for – or compensation from – the agrochemical industry.
These corporations are holding Hawaiʻi's people hostage. Successful democratic processes on seven of the eight Hawaiian islands resulted in policies requiring disclosure of pesticide use, a moratorium on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) until health and environmental effects are evaluated, and pesticide-free buffer zones around sensitive sites like schools and hospitals. Now the chemical corporations have sued all of the counties that passed such policies, stopping their implementation – for the time being.
We can look at Hawaiʻi to see the nature of these companies and their products: parts of the archipelago are sprayed as much as 250 days per year, or seven out of ten days year round. Many local doctors and nurses have submitted official testimony stating concern that they may be witnessing higher rates of asthma, hormonal diseases, rare cancers, miscarriages, birth defects, and skin disorders in communities living adjacent to experimental fields. Companies have fought even basic notification rules so that families and schools are unable to protect their children from regular chemical exposure.
Workers and their families are most impacted. Just two days ago, ten Syngenta agricultural workers were poisoned by Dow's product chlorpyrifos and sent to the hospital on Kaua'i. Agricultural workers around the world face similar dangers of acute poisonings and chronic long-term exposure. Similar to other plantations around the world, many of those working on agrochemical operations in Hawai i are migrants that have themselves been directly displaced by corporate agribusiness.
Let's be clear: none of the crops these corporations are growing feed people in Hawai i; Hawaiʻi imports more than 90% of its food. The seeds grown in Hawaiʻi feed primarily factory farms and fuel cars. They are the foundation of the fossil-fuel and resource intensive, polluting, and climate-devastating industrial agricultural system. As has been acknowledged by the most prestigious international bodies, feeding the world sustainably requires a dramatic transformation away from this system.
That these corporations will act so boldly and rashly in the endangered species capitol of the world portends great threat to the rest of our global ecology and humanity. The fight to end the overuse of chemical pesticides and their increasing promotion through genetic engineering begins in Hawaiʻi, and extends around the world.
In Africa, these technologies are being pushed by the same corporations that are engineering hunger and working to control and patent staple food crops. In Asia, the debt engendered by these chemical corporations and their expensive, patented technologies, has driven rural crises, including an increase in farmer suicides. In the last ten years we have seen a heightened and very aggressive attempt to transform the landscape of ecologically sound food-producing land to genetically modified crops. Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay have become the "transgenic soybean republic," with devastating health impacts from the associated rise of pesticide use. In Mexico, birthplace of maize, there is strong resistance to genetic theft and GMO maize. In the continental United States – where around half of the farmland is planted GE crops — farmers are facing fewer market options, higher input costs, superweeds, and damage to surrounding crops and ecosystems, while too many rural families face cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease.
We link our struggles to the struggles of the people of Hawaiʻi. We pledge our commitment to stand together and organize our communities to protect our homes, our children, and our shared planet. The agrochemical industry is global and so is our collective fight.
Together, we will work towards:
1. Advancing sustainable agriculture as a holistic, scientific approach and a movement for social transformation that upholds local knowledge and respects indigenous cultures, integrates participatory research, empowerment of women, farmer control over land, water, seeds and forests, protection of workers' rights and of rural communities, appropriate technology, bio-diversity conservation, access to and equitable distribution of food, equitable sharing of benefits and food self-sufficiency respecting ecological integrity.
2. Contributing actively to the elimination of harmful pesticides and other agrochemicals and the generation, innovation and promotion of ecological alternatives to pesticide use, especially organic and ecological agriculture with biological, agricultural and cultural diversity as the basis for sustainable communities.
3. Eliminating the use of harmful pesticides in buildings, transporation, household, public health and other non-agricultural pest control areas.
4. Fighting for local, national and international agreements to restrict, reduce and eliminate pesticide dependence and to phase out and ban pesticides that cause acute and chronic effects, including endocrine disruption and cancer.
5. Ensuring food for all, including national policies that promote and ensure the right to food in order to achieve the improvement of human and environmental health. And establishing Food Sovereignty as the inalienable right of peoples, communities, and countries to define, decide and implement their own agricultural, labour, fishing, food and land policies which are ecologically, socially, economically and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances.
6. Creating awareness of the dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and campaigning to stop the development and use of GMOs in food, agriculture, pharmaceutical crops and animals, forestry and prevent terminator seeds. We demand the implementation of the precautionary principle to prevent the spread of the use of GMOs.
7. Withdrawal of subsidies for environmentally-unsound agricultural technologies and end all aid by international development agencies for hazardous pesticides, GMOs and industrial agriculture promotion.
8. Strengthening people's movements and empowering women, peasants, poor farmers, fisherfolk, dalits, landless farmworkers, Indigenous people, migrant workers and bonded laborers to participate fully in asserting and promoting their rights, decision making in their societies and access to land, resources and knowledge.
9. Strengthening and integrating gender issues in all agriculture programmes from planning to implementation and evaluation.
10. Empowering communities to monitor and resist the impact of trade policies, technologies, and industries that affect their health and livelihoods. Launching and supporting campaigns against corporate globalization and the international institutions and instruments that are destroying people's production and promoting corporate and industrial agriculture.
11. Achieving the public release of information by all companies, governments and institutions on production, use and trade of pesticides and GMOs. Demand full accountability and liability for injustices by corporations and governments and full compensation for damages for persons, communities and countries.
To find out more about the situation and struggle in Hawaii:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7n4YG66iio <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7n4YG66iio>
Hawaii Center for Food Safety, Report: Pesticides in Paradise
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/reports/3901/pesticides-in-paradise-hawaiis-health-and-environment-at-risk# <http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/reports/3901/pesticides-in-paradise-hawaiis-health-and-environment-at-risk%23>
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/23/hawaii-birth-defects-pesticides-gmo
Residents' lawsuit against DuPont/Pioneer: http://www.stoppoisoningparadise.org/#!video—pesticides-on-kauai/c1vm3 <http://www.stoppoisoningparadise.org/%23!video—pesticides-on-kauai/c1vm3>
Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (H.A.P.A): http://www.hapahi.org/pesticides-gmos/ <http://www.hapahi.org/pesticides-gmos/ <http://www.hapahi.org/pesticides-gmos/> >
Hawaii SEED: http://www.hawaiiseed.org/
The Shaka Movement: http://www.mauigmomoratoriumnews.org/
Molokai Mom (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7D4DB5LSBQ
Monsanto's flagship pesticide linked to cancer and antibiotic resistance" - 2 April 2015
PAN International calls for strong response!
The International Agency for Research and Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
The IARC concluded that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals. The decision was made after 17 scientists met on March 20 at the IARC to assess the carcinogenicity of the herbicide glyphosate and 4 organophosphate pesticides.
"Monsanto's weed-killer glyphosate is wreaking havoc with the health of children and rural communities in Argentina," said Javier Souza, chair of Pesticide Action Network International. "Thousands of people suffer from glyphosate poisoning related illnesses and the cancer rates are two to four times higher than the national average". Souza from Argentina, referred to his country's 24 million hectares of crops, mostly soybeans, genetically engineered (GE) to resist glyphosate. In 2014, 79 million gallons of glyphosate were applied on soybeans and other crops in Argentina. Ahead of Argentina is Brazil with 40 million hectares of GE crops, mostly soybeans. Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia also grow millions of hectares with GE soy resistant to glyphosate.
Monsanto is the creator of its brand-name herbicide Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, and of GE soybean, corn, and cotton resistant to withstand applications of glyphosate. Glyphosate has become the most heavily used herbicide in the world, bringing billions of dollars in profits to the giant biotech company. In the United States, about 94% soybeans, 89% corn, 91% cotton are GE resistant to glyphosate.
"Glyphosate and other herbicides have been linked to antibiotic resistance," said Judy Hatcher, vice-chair of PAN International. "The combination of carcinogenicity and antibiotic resistance by Monsanto's flagship pesticide are two loud wake-up calls for the global community. Policymakers as a matter of highest priority, should keep the next wave of genetically engineered seeds – containing glyphosate and other old, hazardous chemicals – off the market" she added.
Researchers in New Zealand have found that formulations of herbicides containing glyphosate, 2,4-D, and dicamba can lead to development of antibiotic resistance in disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella.
"In Asia glyphosate is widely used and the link with carcinogenicity and antibiotic resistance is an area of concern for farmers and agricultural workers who are exposed" said Sarojeni Rengam from PAN Asia Pacific.
"Experience in Africa and other parts of the world show that toxic agrochemicals affect the poorest of the poor, and this situation cannot go on as usual" said Abou Thiam from PAN Africa.
"Hazardous pesticides are part of an obsolete technology and don't belong in agriculture" added Keith Tyrell from PAN UK. Carina Weber from PAN Germany remarked "This is an opportunity for policymakers to exercise their political will and move the world forward towards sustainable, healthy agriculture, free from toxins".
As a result of the new research, PAN International calls on governments and policymakers to take first emergency measures to curtail and stop the use of herbicide formulations containing glyphosate applied to genetically engineered seeds and crops. And the network urges governments to develop action plans within the next 60 days to layout how they will address the concerns highlighted in recent studies. Furthermore, PAN International urges governments to stop the release and marketing of highly hazardous pesticides, and establish policies to promote safer agricultural practices that protect workers, consumers, the environment, and provides a dignified living to farmers.
Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is a network of over 600 participating nongovernmental organizations, institutions and individuals in over 90 countries working to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
Contact: Javier Souza, Chair of PAN International & PAN Latin America: email@example.com, 0054 11 36171782 Paul Towers, PAN North America: email@example.com, cell: +1 916 216 1082 Sarojeni Rengam, PAN Asia Pacific: firstname.lastname@example.com, +6 04 657 0271 Abou Thiam, PAN Africa: email@example.com, +221 338254914 Keith Tyrell, PAN UK: email@example.com, +44 7588 706224 Susan Haffmans, PAN Germany: susan..email@example.com, +49 40 3991910 25
Auckland spray is "probably carcinogenic" - 22 March 2015
The World Health Organisation's cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has this week re-classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans". The IARC reassessment published in the Journal Lancet Oncology is a wake- up call for Auckland Council and Auckland Transport says the Weed Management Advisory group (WMA). Speaking from New York where she is one of the authors of UNEP's forthcoming global assessment of gender and the environment, Dr Meriel Watts said that the use of this chemical on the roads, parks and sports fields in Auckland cannot now continue in the face of this latest damning assessment.
"For more than 25 years we have known of the evidence that glyphosate can cause cancer. But the regulators in New Zealand, and in other countries, have refused to heed it. As a result, countless numbers of children have been exposed to this chemical from roadside weed spraying as they walk to school, and in the parks and sports fields where they play" said Dr Watts.
"Children are particularly susceptible to carcinogens".
Dr Watts, who is a scientist and author has published several authoritative books on the subject of pesticides and cancer including her 2013 "Poisoning Our Future: Children and Pesticides" which details the scientific evidence for the insidious effects of pesticides on children.
"Children are not little adults. The activities they do make them more prone to accumulate pesticides in their bodies; and their developing bodies make them more prone to the negative effects of these toxic chemicals like glyphosate. Yet, governments and industry overlook these impacts on children's health despite the availability of safer alternatives."
The WMA says that they have been documenting, detailing and promoting these safer alternatives for years and that Auckland Council and Auckland Transport must wake-up now, drop their baffling and disturbing opposition to nonchemical weed management, and stop using glyphosate.
"It is totally unacceptable to continue to expose people, and especially children, to glyphosate in light of this ruling from the IARC," said Dr Watts. She emphasised that the IARC is a conservative scientific body "and if they say that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen we can be sure that it is".
The WMA said they will be pursuing this urgently with Auckland Council, especially in view of the fact that the Long Term Plan budget proposes dropping nonchemical weed control in favour of increasing the use of pesticides. Hana Blackmore said this flies in the face of all reason, Council's own adopted policy, and the 2014 Human Rights Impact Assessment that confirms that continuing to expose Aucklanders to these toxic chemical sprays is a violation of their human rights.
"Both Auckland Council and Auckland Transport have a fundamental duty to keep people safe and protect their health and wellbeing. They need to take this latest UN Report and our human rights seriously, and eliminate these chemicals from our environment and our children's lives" said Hana Blackmore.
The WMA will be presenting to Auckland Council before Easter.
NZ BABY FOOD 800 TIMES MORE PESTICIDES THAN IN EUROPE! - 4th December 2014
New Zealand baby food contained nearly 800 times more pesticides than baby food in Europe, according to a recent analysis. This evidence and why this is a risk to New Zealand babies will be presented tomorrow to the Primary Production Committee by Dr Meriel Watts of the Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa and Alison White of the Safe Food Campaign(*).
Their oral submissions are in support of a petition presented to parliament earlier this year calling for zero tolerance of pesticides in baby food.
"We want New Zealand to follow the European directives which basically stipulate a zero tolerance policy", stated Ms White. "Three of the pesticides found in New Zealand baby food are hazardous for young children and babies in the womb. Kiwi babies deserve the same level of protection as they have in the EU."
Analysis of a government study shows more than 30% of New Zealand baby food contained pesticide residues whereas less than 1% (0.04%) of European baby food did so.
Five pesticides were detected in 32 baby food samples of the last NZ Total Diet Survey of 2009, which included testing of formula, cereal based, custard/fruit and savoury weaning foods. The EU analysis of 2,062 baby foods showed residues in only 0.04% of samples in 2010.
"Some of the pesticides found are carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, for which no safe level has been scientifically established, and doses thousands of times lower than those generally considered toxic are known to interfere with normal human development," said Ms White.
"Children have unique windows of vulnerability which adults do not have", said Dr Watts. "Extremely low doses which may not have an immediate effect on adults can critically interfere with children's ongoing developmental processes. This may result in lifelong alterations in growth and development, organ formation, as well as disease occurrence. One of the key outcomes of exposure to even tiny amounts of pesticides like chlorpyrifos is lowered IQ and delayed development."
Dr Watts is senior scientist for the Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific, and last year published a book Poisoning our future: children and pesticides, in which she collates a substantial amount of research on why children are at risk from pesticides, even from very low doses.
The Safe Food Campaign also thinks the government should do a more extensive analysis of baby food.
"More extensive and regular surveys need to be done of baby food not only to monitor the proposed legislation but also to provide a more adequate baseline for comparison over time and with other countries," said Ms White.
New Zealand Joins International Action to Protect Children from Pesticides. - 9th June 2014
With the world using about 50 times more pesticides today than six decades ago, their harmful impact on the environment and human health has increased alarmingly – and evidence is growing that children are especially vulnerable.
On World Environment Day, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific and PAN North America jointly launched a campaign to protect children from pesticides.
Aside from those used in agriculture and food production, pesticides used in homes, schools, gardens and public places expose children to debilitating and life-long health problems including birth defects, asthma, autism, cancers, diabetes, and other childhood and adult-onset diseases and disorders.
"Infants are infinitely more sensitive to pesticides than adults. At the early stage of their lives their immune systems, their endocrine systems and their neurological systems are all still developing, their brains are developing and they're very sensitive to the effects of even very small doses of pesticides," said Dr. Meriel Watts, senior scientific advisor to PAN AP and a New Zealand-based specialist on pesticides, and author of the book published last year, Poisoning our Future: Children and Pesticides – http://www.panap.net/sites/default/files/Poisoning-Our-Future-Children-and-Pesticides.pdf
The campaign highlights 20 pesticides that are particularly hazardous for children. All of them interfere with children's developing hormonal system (endocrine disruptors). Some cause acute poisoning, many are implicated in cancers including childhood cancers, and some cause behavioural changes and reduced intellectual ability in children. Twelve of the 20 are known to contaminate breast milk and 11 have been found in placental cord blood and/or children's first faeces – meconium – meaning the children are being born pre-polluted.
"That children are being born already contaminated with pesticides that will undermine their intellectual ability and their health for the rest of their lives, is a tragedy beyond measure. This must stop. It is up to every government to make sure that children are protected from these damaging chemicals by banning them and making sure they are never again used in our countries," Dr. Watts said.
Whilst the European Union has already banned 12 of the 20 pesticides, New Zealand continues to use 14 of them, including 7 banned by the EU. Some of these were partially reassessed by the EPA last year but their use was allowed to continue because farmers/growers said they need them.
"Apparently the New Zealand government cares more about what growers say they need, even though safer alternatives exist, than it does about children's health and the future of society. Just one of those pesticides, chlorpyrifos, known to reduce children's IQ, is linked by international scientists with a silent pandemic of developmental neurotoxicity that is undermining the functioning of society."
A summary of the effects of the 20 pesticides can be found here.
Factsheets on the 20 pesticides can be found at http://www.panap.net/campaigns/hhps/children-and-pesticides/20pesticides
The 20 pesticides are: atrazine, carbaryl, chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos, cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, DDT, deltamethrin, diazinon, dichlorvos, malathion, mancozeb, maneb, methamidophos, methyl parathion, monocrotophos, paraquat, parathion, permethrin, propoxur.
Chlorpyrifos found in NZ streams - it should have been banned - 25th of July 2013.
A just published scientific study* on levels of pesticides in New Zealand streams has found that the most frequently detected pesticide is the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos, found in 87% of samples taken from South Island streams.
"This is devastating news for New Zealand", said Dr Meriel Watts of Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa New Zealand. "Pregnant women and small children should not be exposed to chlorpyrifos. At very low levels it interferes with brain development in the unborn foetus and newborn infants, resulting in altered brain structure, lowered IQ, and behavioural changes including pervasive developmental disorder, leading to potential long-term consequences for social adjustment and academic achievement. The effects reported in studies are regarded by some scientists as comparable to those of lead and tobacco smoke. Chlorpyrifos is also an endocrine disruptor interfering with androgens, oestrogen, and thyroid hormones, and is a risk for breast cancer."
Chlorpyrifos is persistent in the environment and bioaccumulative. Residues of chlorpyrifos are widespread in the Arctic, even more common than endosulfan which New Zealand banned in 2008, and there are worldwide efforts to get it listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants for a global ban.
Residues of chlorpyrifos have been found in the air over the Southern Alps, and this latest study found it in pine needles on organic farms were it is not used, indicating both its ability to move away from were it is used and its persistence in the environment.
"The EPA have recently reassessed chlorpyrifos and given it the green light even for aerial spraying despite its volatility. But they failed to assess it for persistence and bioaccumulation. They failed to assess it for long range transport, and they failed to properly assess it for neurodevelopmental effects. They completely ignored a detailed submission from PAN ANZ of information on safer alternatives for every one of chlorpyrifos uses that EPA had identified, and instead decided that because growers said they need it, they can have it. The EPA did an appalling job of its reassessment and now we have even more evidence that this chemical must go. What will it take before the EPA decides to protect the environment and peoples health rather than chemicals?"
- Shahpoury et al. 2013. Chlorinated pesticides in stream sediments from organic, integrated and conventional, farms. Environmental Pollution 181(219-225).
Guatemala and India block listing of toxic paraquat formulation in the Rotterdam Convention Geneva - 10th of May 2013.
Industry representative deceives delegates by speaking on behalf of Guatemalan government.
Failure to list will deprive countries of their right to know and to take informed decisions about import Geneva, Switzerland (10 May 2013) – More than 120 government parties to the Rotterdam Convention support the listing of paraquat (20%) as a severely hazardous pesticide formulation in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. However, at the 6th Conference of Parties, Guatemala together with India blocked the listing of paraquat. A Convention listing would not ban paraquat but simply require exporters to notify and get permission from importing countries. Guatemala gave a long list of initial reasons for opposing the listing but finally admitted that they feared a listing would result in some countries in the region saying no to imports of paraquat from Guatemala (a major formulator of the herbicide). Delegates were even more surprised when they finally learned that the delegate speaking on behalf of the Guatemalan government at the beginning of the negotiation was actually an industry observer who did not reveal his identity to negotiators until a day later. The Secretariat later on expelled him from the conference. Nevertheless, the co-chairs of the Working Group concluded that no consensus for listing was achieved and proceeded to draft a decision document postponing the discussion to the next COP. The next day the African Group supported by others requested that the discussion on the listing of paraquat continue at this COP because the misconduct of the industry representative from Guatemala had derailed the process. However, this additional session did not change the position of India and Guatemala. Read the full Press Release here.


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SodaStream seltzer maker. SodaStreams can get a little expensive, though, and the CO2 canisters aren't very large. If you are the handy type, and are willing to handle some details measured in psi, you can build your very own under-sink carbonator. Here's how, courtesy of The Etsy Blog.
An Etsy blog reader shared a very detailed and thorough step-by-step for making a home carbonation system — complete with an equipment list and step-by-step photos. It doesn't look terribly challenging, thanks to these great instructions. The benefit of this system, too, as compared to a SodaStream, is that everything sits tucked away under the sink instead of out on the countertop. Also, you can use a much larger CO2 tank; the writer says it lasts him all year, as opposed to the two or three weeks a SodaStream tank lasts in my household. • Read more: How-Tuesday: Build Your Own Seltzer Maker at The Etsy Blog Would you ever do this? Install a homemade carbonation system? Related: Good Question: Fizzy Waters - What's the Difference? (Images: Randy Stoltzfus)

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Yesterday I participated in the American Society of Journalists and Authors monthly call where the gracious host, Nancy Faass, asked me all about how Geoff Livingston and I marketed Marketing in the Round.
During the call, she asked me what one of my first assignments was as a young professional.
I told the story of how I learned about my job by reading the copies of the clips I was making color copies of day after day, but she pushed a little bit further to get me to walk down memory lane.
What came out surprised me. It was a memory I'd forgotten about. Not intentionally, but just something I hadn't thought about in a long time.
You remember the Franklin Covey planners? We all carried them around (this, of course, was before electronic calendars and task lists) and they were certainly all the rage.
Well, I worked on the Bayer CropScience account and, specifically, my job was to work with potato growers across the United States.
I was tasked with interviewing them every month to write a newsletter that told their stories. We were tasked to create compelling content before content was a thing.
The Bayer Potato Planner
As I did these interviews, I discovered most of the growers couldn't keep track of when they were supposed to spray for weeds or insects or fungus and I heard the complaint over and over again: Bayer has all these products, but I have no idea when I'm supposed to use them.
So, after lots of brainstorming and strategy development with my bosses and the client, the potato planner was born.
In it, we highlighted the dates the potato growers needed to remember for certain Bayer products, but we also included interviews, stories, and testimonials from their peers.
It was a really fun project to work on, but it also won many awards because it sold products without being blatant about it.
The growers loved getting their planners every year and they soon became a staple on farms throughout the country.
I tell this story mostly as a trip down memory lane, but also because we all talk about content day in and day out and we forget about the basics that make us really good at telling stories.
Create Compelling Content
Chuck Kent talked about this a bit in his guest post yesterday, and there is a formula to create compelling content we like to use internally.
We stole pieces of this from Jay Baer and added some of our own. It goes a little something like this:
- Your customers and your employees tell your best stories. Harvest them, feed them, grow them, and tell them (staying with the grower theme). I like to tell the story of a business owner I met in Omaha last year. As I worked with him, I discovered he has a very unique business model. He only hires blind people, which is an interesting story in and of itself. But as I dug more, I discovered some of those employees have done amazing things such as climb Mt. Hood unassisted or sing gospel at the highest echelons of the industry. These are great stories to tell.
- Stories humanize the company. We all know people buy from people. They don't buy from companies or logos. They buy from people they like and trust. But you work for a company. How do you create the human element so people want to buy from you? You tell stories, just like we did with the potato growers. Zappos, of course, is the master at this. If you haven't already read Delivering Happiness, pick it up. It'll help you figure out how to tell stories through your content.
- Humanization creates kinship. Once, of course, the company has become human and there are real people working there, people clamor to work with you or buy from you. If you're perceived as one of the best in the industry, they'll even pay a premium. We've done this for Arment Dietrich through content and social media. It provides an opportunity to no longer have to compete for business. We're typically the only ones invited to a pitch.
- Kinship drives purchase. And when we're the only ones invited to a pitch, we win the business 99.9 percent of the time. There is always that small chance the chemistry won't be great or the assignment won't fit our bailiwick, but we almost always get the business.
- Purchase creates more customer and employees. Then you have more customers, which typically drives hiring and both of those things create more stories for you to tell.
I'm a big fan of how Marcus Sheridan recommends writing content around the questions your customers and prospects ask; that approach works really well.
But don't ignore the stories you can tell by having your customers and employees talk about the product, the service, or the organization. That's when you'll hit pay dirt because you won't sound like all of your competitors.
No one has the same stories you have.
Thanks to Hubspot for the hilarious image.
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74 Comments on "Five Steps to Create Compelling Content"
I would add that your content won't please all of the people all of the time and that is ok.
PattiRoseKnight1 This comment is not pleasing to me 😉
blfarris PattiRoseKnight1 How about GO BEARS?
PattiRoseKnight1 As I like to say…if we can use content to scare away the people who wouldn't make good clients, I'm all for it!
Staple…..we already have plenty of stables on the farm…..
If you can paint a picture by the stories you tell, it will definitely make it more compelling. And if you tie it to the customer and their questions, or common questions, this will draw the reader in as well.
Your advice sounds like a plan to me.
bdorman264 so we own a fish hatchery and a nuclear plant right next door. How do we insure against nuclear fish? Would that be term insurance or some hybrid plan?
Howie Goldfarb bdorman264 Glow in the dark dinner.
Howie Goldfarb The nuclear fish are the glow in the dark variety typically saved for romantic dinners and you can forgo that fire hazard, candles. Now that's risk management….
Howie Goldfarb bdorman264 Probably starts out term but the more radiation exposure you get, the more hybrid it becomes 😛 (Thx for reminding me why I'm a vegan…)
blfarris I could write a pretty good blog post for you about the value you bring and how much fun it is to work with you.
Ginidietrich great breakdown, here. Focusing in on #2 — that challenge of making a product or service a little more real by great story telling. Always a challenge. But a fun challenge. Definitely am going to pick up delivering happiness!
Matt_Cerms Oh you'll love that book. It's right up your alley.
Did I see the word 'baliwick' in there?
Companies operating in the content management space should take heed to advice on how to tell a story that resonates. It's what people want to see and hear. Great post!
John_Trader1 Bravo for "bailiwick"!
John_Trader1 I love words!
Loved this. I am working on a new initiative to help tell the tale of the Faces of Brand Connections…I was very inspired by a conference about this last week and your post just hits it home for me. Thanks!
katskrieger Was it the Ragan conference?! Or was it dinner with kateupdates and me? LOL! The Faces of Brand Connections. I like it!
ginidietrich katskrieger I remember you talking about this I think … Hopefully it was the conference conversation not dinner … HA! I'd like to schedule one of those dinners quarterly (at least) please.
Gini, you brought to mind my first newsletter gig as an intern at the Art Institute of Chicago…writing the employee newsletter Behind the Lions (not sure what it's called now). Talk about some interesting people stories to tell. And me just a farm girl. (That may also be why I love your potato planner story.)
Word Ninja You interned at the Art Institute?! I'm so envious! I have to get over there before Picasso leaves!
ginidietrich Word Ninja Sorry for the late reply…have been remodeling in Kentucky. Yep on the AI. It was great to walk around that place on my break. I still have copies of the newsletter I made (with grid paper and rubber cement). Oh, geez, I'm dating myself…
You are a true gardener in your heart of hearts! Anyone who can put together a crop spraying program for Bayer & keep farmers on it can grow anything from bulbs to business. You're my hero Gini Dietrich!
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gagasgarden Except I can't grow bulbs…but that's why I have you!
Truth be told I have never planted a single bulb! HA! Rose bushes & plant girl all the way, those tulips I took pictures of we're here when I got here!
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Absolutely Spud-tacular post. I believe a wise ninja prophet once said, "You can try to make biscuits out of potatoes, but they will never be as good as hashbrowns." The steps laid out here and focus on finding and telling the organization's OWN story is an amazingly actionable example of that mantra.
LauraPetrolino I am pretty sure Confucius said that!
Howie Goldfarb Yes, yes! I believe you are right. I wasn't sure if it was Confucius, Lao Tzu or Kermit the Frog (I always get those three mixed up), but frogs don't like hashbrowns…duh! Sometimes I honestly don't know where my brain is!
LauraPetrolino Howie Goldfarb Toads don't like hashbrowns, frogs do.
I believe the wise Samuel Clemens wrote about it in his academic treatise on the jumping frogs of Calaveras County and their eating habits.
Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes LauraPetrolino Howie Goldfarb I'm pretty sure it was Grover.
belllindsay Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes LauraPetrolino Howie Goldfarb Crap! This is totally what I get for skipping philosophy class in college.
LauraPetrolino belllindsay Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes Howie Goldfarb been watching episodes of the muppet show with my 22 month old. She learned what Manah-Manah is today. And she couldn't figure out why Roger Moore was rebuffing Miss Piggy's advances.
Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes LauraPetrolino Howie Goldfarb Paging thejackb . Where are you?!
ginidietrich Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes LauraPetrolino Howie Goldfarb
I ran into thejackb during lunch, had a nice debate with him about things that we cannot speak about in public, such as Killer Dolphins, attack squirrels and spiders the size of a man's palm.
I asked him to help promote a couple of posts and he told me that he is retiring. Of course that dude comes up with the craziest stories so who knows what to believe.
And did I ever mention that the Bain Do Soleil tribe in the lower Amazon makes a very tasty dish of Manah-Manah. It is a real delicacy.
LauraPetrolino You are such a nerd. LOL!
biggreenpen This reminds me of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. When a widow is called by an insensitive company about her cable bill that is in her husband's name, she breaks down. But then finds herself coaching that call center on how to relate to elderly customers. When we can relate, we find the humanization.
ginidietrich biggreenpen Yes! Saw that movie! 🙂
biggreenpen Such a good movie!
Really great post, Gini. Whenever somebody writes about writing the stories about the people that make up the company, I get really excited. And this is a prime example of how us lowly PR people can create something tangible that shows our value to the organization.
I hope all of us have our Bayer Potato Planner moment at some point in our career.
bradmarley Who are you calling a lowly PR person!? As if.
ginidietrich I meant lowly PR person in the highest sense of the term. 🙂
RobBiesenbach LOL! I never took the classes, but I'm a big to-do list person and loved their page where you could write in the things you had to do and then check the little box when you finished.
I really love this story structure. You should write a guest post for us on it! cc: belllindsay
ginidietrich belllindsay I would love to! Though I wrote something with a similar thrust for PRSA's PR Tactics in January.
In my first job, the Franklin Planner people were like a zombie cult. I refused to be assimilated. (To mix several sci-fi metaphors.) But I do love checklists — I keep daily, weekly, and long-term lists.)
belllindsay Hey, Lindsay, what's the best way to contact you to follow up on this? I looked for an email address in your profile and on the site.
RobBiesenbach You can email me at email@example.com – I look forward to it!
Write for people and not for SEO. Ordinary people do extraordinary things, but you have to spend time talking to them and asking questions to find out what those are.
Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes I think part of it is people always say, "Oh come on! No one wants to know I do that." When, in fact, they do want to know. Very much.
Glenn Ferrell Hi Glenn! I really like your idea for us consulting types. This is VERY interesting. Now you have me thinking.
I want to "dig a little deeper." How do you teach (or at least persuade) others that they can't hide behind the company brand/image, and they need to make a human connection with their audience?
ChristinaHuerta It's hard, right? But I think you can appeal to most people's sense that people buy from people they like and trust. Pretty much everyone agrees that's the case so you can use case studies for organizations that do it really well. Whenever I speak with business owners in a group setting, I use examples from organizations in their industry that tell stories really well. That always seems to click the lightbulb on.
ginidietrich ChristinaHuerta Ideally a brand is positioned to make a human connection to begin with. The branding projects I do start with the objective of finding a brand's simple truth, versus manufacturing an image not grounded in the reality of how the brand honestly connects with people. Help your clients find their simple truth as a foundation and it will be only natural to build on it with open, honest human connections and communication. Easier said than done, of course, when clients are used to paying to present a precisely concocted and control image and message
Southwest Airlines has done an incredible job telling stories – their stories – through employee features and testimonials. And they've been doing this since 2009. This is a small snippet of what they do, but there is an incredible hour long piece on YouTube somewhere that delves deeper into the company's ethos, the way they've promoted employee stories, and how effective they've been from a staffing/marketing perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEhnx183xiY
belllindsay Love! I wish more companies did this. Not necessarily videos, but highlighted their employees/customers. There are some really great stories that can make a "boring" industry fun.
yvettepistorio belllindsay WE CAN DO THIS!
belllindsay Southwest is AMAZING at telling stories. Getting to hear Brooks Thomas speak at Ragan was really inspiring.
belllindsay I recently listened to a really good SocialPros Podcast with the Social Media Director from Southwest… also an hour… good insight into big brands doing social media and content well (talks about their very active blog)
I decided to create a whole new marketing genre called incontinent marketing after seeing that cartoon.
Howie Goldfarb No marketing for you!
ginidietrich Howie Goldfarb Wait a minute… I think Howie's on to something… a whole PR approach dependent solely on news leaks…
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Love, love, love your post today Gini. The only think I'll add… tell those stories using quality video storytelling and you'll only amplify the results.
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Monu Singh (4 for 24) and Ravikant Singh (3 for 41) bowled in tandem to help East Zone defeat Central Zone by 72 runs in the Inter-Zonal one-dayers at Murugappa grounds.
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- Product Code: ECL-38955
- UPC Code: 023363389551
- Package Quantity: 2 fl oz (60 ml)
- Dimensions: 1.5 x 1.5 x 4.5 in, 0.25 lbs (0.11 kg)
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- Grain-Free Alcohol
- Since 1982
- Herbal Extract
- Dietary Supplement
- Silybum Marianum Seed
- 1,000 mg/ml Herb Equivalency
- USDA Organic
- Non-GMO
- Gluten/Soy/Dairy-Free
- Full Strength
- Made in USA
- Vegan
- Organic Alcohol
- Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth
Suggested Use
Shake well; mix 15 to 30 drops in water; take 1-3 times daily.
Other Ingredients
Dried organic milk thistle (silybum marianum) seed, organic grain-free alcohol content: 85-95%, filtered water.
Dry herb strength: 1:1 (1000 mg/ml).
Discontinue if unusual symptoms occur.
Consult your health care advisor regarding the use of herbs during pregnancy, with infants or with prescription drugs.
Store upright. Keep out of reach of children.
This is one of the best product for liver protection I bought it several times from iHerb. The manufacturer claims that they use organic grape alcohol. I hope it's true.
I am going on trust. This is supposed to remove the fat in my liver. I hope it helps.
Mild Taste!
Posted by 5720507474578383192 on Mar 15, 2016
This is a great product, I've been taking a dropperful each day with a few tablespoons of juice or water, it's very mild and easy to take.
Great value, worked nicely
Posted by 4853373267874177655 on Dec 12, 2015
I used this for a few weeks, certainly felt it was a good help with clearing my infection
Great product~
Posted by 5190543549762344981 on Oct 13, 2014
I feel more energetic after taking this product for just a few weeks. I can't wait to see what else happens. With guidance, I daily make a 'tea' by mixing this with dandelion. I got it to help with my fibroids' experience (I say it this way as to not claim this condition - experiences end!) and can see the size of my stomach going down. The pressure on my bladder IS GONE!
Great liver help
Posted by Reviewer1372082 on Jun 22, 2014
I have taken different forms of milk thistle on and off for a long time not knowing if it was beneficial or not. I have many food and chemical intolerances that result in a headache that lasts for 3 days. I have discovered that taking this product reduces the intensity and the duration of the headaches. So now I take it daily hoping that it will help my liver all the time, not just when it is over loaded.
Posted by CIPRIAN on Aug 02, 2013
looks ok!


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Skuta looks to help 49ers on special teams, defense ... and offense
Dan Skuta eager to contribute immediately
Dan Skuta played 15 snaps on offense for the Bengals in 2010. (USA TODAY IMAGES)
Dan Skuta, who signed a two-year contract with the 49ers late Thursday, is listed as an inside linebacker.
With All-Pro inside linebackers Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman on long-term contracts with the 49ers, the team hopes Skuta remains on the sideline when the defense is on the field.
But Skuta, who played his first four NFL seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, still can big a big contributor as one of the 49ers' core special-teams players. And Skuta also figures to get a chance to contribute as a short-yardage blocker at fullback on offense.
He played 15 snaps on offense for the Bengals in 2010 in such a role. Skuta played running back in high school, and also saw some action there while at NCAA Division II Grand Valley State.
When asked if he might play some offense, Skuta had a long pause before answering.
"That's a conversation they've had," Skuta said. "I'm not really sure. I'm going to come in and if that's something they have for me to do, I'll be happy to do it."
Since Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman arrived on the scene in 2011, the 49ers have used a number of defensive players on offense, including Isaac Sopoaga, Will Tukuafu, Justin Smith and Demarcus Dobbs.
Skuta's main responsibility will be to help shore up the 49ers' coverage units. The 49ers ranked 31st in the NFL last season, allowing a 26.9-yard average on kickoff returns. The opposition returned six kickoffs 40 yards or more.
The biggest -- and most costly -- meltdown on special teams occurred in Super Bowl XLVII when Jacoby Jones had a 108-yard kickoff return to open the second half in the Baltimore Ravens' 34-31 victory.
Skuta spent four or five hours at the 49ers' Santa Clara complex on Thursday, during which time he got the impression the 49ers are a "top notch" program.
"I just want to just contribute," he said. "We saw it the same way, contributing any way possible, running down the field on special teams, backup linebacker, (and) a number of different things they talked about doing with me."
Skuta said he is not bothered that there will be no opportunity to start, as long as Willis and Bowman remain healthy. He said he is eager to learn behind two of the best inside linebackers in the league.
He said he expects to move to the Bay Area as quickly as possible to begin working out at the team's facility. He will take part in the 49ers' offseason program.
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