FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9th, 2006
Farms.com Wins Award for Best Website
London, ON – 11/09/06 ~ The 2006 Best of CAMA Awards named Farms.com’s AgPromote.com website the Best Web Design of 2006 in the Web Design, Outbound Electronic and Interactive Multi-Media category. The development of AgPromote.com was a joint effort of the Farms.com Media team and our Farms.com Professional Service Design and programming team. Andrew Bawden, Farms.com Media Advertising Manager, accepted the award on behalf of Farms.com at the 23rd Annual Awards Ceremony in Winnipeg Manitoba on November 2. “We are very pleased to accept this award,” says Bawden. “Farms.com has secured a strong presence on the Web, and development of the AgPromote.com website is a natural extension of this tremendous growth.
“We have made it simpler and faster for agribusinesses to find out more about Farms.com in a professional website that is pertinent and easy to navigate. We also wanted to show off the skills of our Farms.com website programmers by using leading edge web development including interactivity, flash motion and audio coupled with a creative electronic advertising campaign on the Farms.com site. Our products and services allow us to maximize customer awareness and return on investment.” he continues.
The CAMA awards honors innovation and excellence in agricultural marketing communications. This year’s panel of judges consisted of both marketing professionals within and outside the agricultural industry. There were a number of entries from across Canada and the awards competition featured categories in public relations, web design, advertising and promotion. CAMA is an association for people involved in marketing communications, public relations, product management, or sales in the agribusiness industry.
About Farms.com Media @ AgPromote.com
Farms.com Media delivers innovative online and new media marketing services to agriculture industry advertisers that are interested in communicating with farmers, ranchers and agribusiness clients. We have the tools and capabilities to assist you in reaching your audience and communicating your message effectively. Visit www.agpromote.com for more information.
About Farms.com
Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services, with software solutions for the global agriculture and food industries. Farms.com can be accessed through its internationally recognized agriculture information portal, which has business services and resources for the 16,000-plus agribusiness professionals and livestock and crop producers who use it each day for business services and resources. The Farms.com family includes AgCareers.com -- the leading human resources website for the agriculture and food industry; and PigCHAMP, Inc. (www.PigCHAMP.com) -- the leading swine industry software and knowledge management company, as well as M&F Trading the leading livestock marketing company in the North American pork industry. Farms.com operates across North America with offices in Ames, Iowa; Clinton, North Carolina; Fresno, California; and Guelph and London, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit: www.Farms.com.
Contact:
Joe Dales
Farms.com Ltd.
(877) 438-5729 x5013
joe.dales@farms.com