Agriculture  Office of the Chief Scientist Program Assistant Colleen Rossier was asked by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan to speak during a Know Your Farmer Compass event that used twitter social media to continue the National Conversation on Local and Regional Food projects and how they offer economic opportunities to local farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs, using the new web-based Know Your Food Compass, the conversation covered many aspects about food, such as infrastructure, stewardship, local meat and poultry, Healthy food access, careers in agriculture and local food knowledge. The virtual conversation took place at the White House, and Twitter was used to expand the conversation worldwide, from Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 5, 2012. Unlike most events where mobile communication devices are asked to be turned off, here it was asked that they remain on allowing people to have social media conversations.  USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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