Back in 2008, climate change was a hot topic for U.S. agriculture with both presidential candidates having proactive plans to address greenhouse gases and climate change. Now the EPA is proposing to lower the ozone standard to between 65-70 parts per billion (ppb).Back in 2008, climate change was a hot topic for U.S. agriculture. Carbon and greenhouse gases were in the news every day as were several proposals for regulating their emissions. The two presidential candidates, Democrat Barrack Obama and Republican John McCain, both had proactive plans to address greenhouse gases and climate change. Agriculture was actively involved in trying to turn "lemons into lemonade" (as the saying goes) by fixating on the carbon sinking qualities of farml...
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.