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St. Louis Diamond Jubilee Celebration Huge Success, Raises Funds for Charity; Buckingham Palace Takes Note
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2012 marks 60 years on the throne for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, and St. Louis celebrated this landmark occasion for the worldwide British community with The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Lunch at the London Tea Room. The event was attended by more than 200 people, and raised more than $1,300 in support of the fight…
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Local STL TV Celeb Trained as British Town Crier
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Back when we threw a big party in downtown St. Louis to celebrate Her Majesty’s 60 years on the throne, we had a wee bit of fun with Tim Ezell, a local TV celebrity who is always so much fun to be on air with. Enjoy! And, here’s an earlier blog post with all…
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Hosting Scotland. Growing Students.
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This summer, I hosted two Scottish interns, here in St. Louis, USA. You can follow their experiences here, and read my thoughts on the entire Saltire Foundation program here.
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The Hunger Games: A Real World Life and Death Battle
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Back in May, I had the absolute pleasure of spending time and having some deep conversations with some amazing people from a variety of walks of life. The conversations were incredible, focused on sustainability and the difference people can make in the lives of others, and these men and women were inspiring. Nick Aster,…
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Lending My Voice…
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One of the coolest things I get to do from time to time is lend my voice to help promote some amazing work done by some amazing people. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTMiXDWPX08]
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Tweeting the #GlobalAg Summit in Washington DC
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Some days life moves at 300mph. Some days you feel good about what you spent your day doing. May 18, 2012, was both of those days for me, when, on Monsanto’s behalf, I live tweeted the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. It was an…
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I’m Farming and I Grow It
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Earlier this week, one of my co-workers, Glynn, ran across an incredibly creative music video created by three farming brothers in Kansas. At that point the video had been viewed about 400 times, so we decided to share this fun, creative promotion of the importance of agriculture via our social media channels. And so did…
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Giving Back to the Troops
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Recently, I received an invitation from a military-support organization to spend the day with the troops. As a member of the Navy League in the US, and the Royal British Legion Scotland and Royal British Legion in the United Kingdom, I never pass up those opportunities. The invitation came from Operation Homefront Missouri, an…