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SXSW: Zach Hunnicutt talks social media, new technologies on the farm
Twitter users tweet, but in August 2009, fifth-generation Nebraska corn, popcorn and soybean farmer Zach Hunnicutt and other agriculturalists began “mooing” to support dairy farms and their struggle to survive due to low milk prices. #Moo became a top-10 trending topic on Twitter for about eight hours one afternoon, resulting in more than 500,000 unique…
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Stacking Up: Ash ElDifrawi focused on building Hayneedle brand
Before his days of management consulting and brand advertising, Ash ElDifrawi dealt with clients subjected to complicated marriages and troubled families. It all began in 1989 at the University of Chicago, where he obtained a doctorate degree in clinical psychology and started training at the Family Institute of Chicago, focusing on marriage and family counseling.…