Harvest PR was recently recognized by the American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) with five prestigious MarComm Awards during the 12^th annual Agricultural Media Summit held in St. Paul, Minnesota. The team competed against more than 700 award entries for the program, taking home top honors in the New Product/Service Release, Feature Release, Web Content and Writing for Special Projects categories.

The five new awards trail Harvest PR’s 2009 acknowledgment, which included 2^nd place in the News Release category for “Sharply Reduced Cotton Plantings will Shrink Cottonseed Supply.”

Listed below are the 2010 awards, divided by category:

News Release – New Product/Service Release

1^st Place: Harvest PR for Cotton Inc. – “AgPro Industries introduces all-in-one cattle feed as cost-effective alternative to conventional hay”

News Release – Feature Release

1^st Place: Harvest PR for National Cottonseed Products Association – “Jazz up your Mardi Gras with piping hot beignets”

2^nd Place: Harvest PR for Cotton Inc. – “A million more tons of cottonseed”

Public Relations Web Content

1^st Place: Harvest PR for National Cottonseed Products Association – “Jazz up your Mardi Gras with piping hot beignets”

Writing for Special Projects

3^rd Place TIE: Harvest PR for Cotton Inc. – “HydraMatriCx Resource Guide”

Harvest PR recently earned six awards, including the coveted Spotlight Award, from the Portland Metro Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for its public relations and advertising programs. The Portland Metro Chapter of PRSA is currently one of the most active PRSA chapters in the nation with nearly 250 members.

Harvest PR earned a Spotlight, PRSA’s top honor, in the Media/Blogger Relations category for the Fats & Oils 101 seminar on behalf of the National Cottonseed Products Association, Cordova, Tenn. PRSA also awarded Harvest PR with five merit awards in the categories Events, New Media/Digital Communications, Feature Story, B2B Marketing and Integrated Communications for work done on behalf of Cotton Incorporated, Raleigh, N.C.; Pear Bureau Northwest, Milwaukie, Ore.; General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wis. and the National Cottonseed Products Association.

The next best thing about drinking Oregon Pinot? Writing about it. We cherish the craft of copywriting and thank client Erath Winery for the opportunity to narrate its story and unique winemaking philosophy on the redesigned www.erath.com. Cheers to Fine Design Group in Portland for spectacular design and flawless navigation.

Harvest PR was on fire at the Best of NAMA Awards, sponsored by the National Agri-Marketing Association, winning six national awards. The company won four first-place honors in the following categories: Producer or Company-funded Public Relations Program to Consumers, News or Feature Article, Digital Presentation and, for the second year in a row, News Release. In the News Release category, Harvest PR smoked the competition, taking home the second-place merit award,as well. Harvest PR also won the merit for Web site – Educational Focus, Directed to Consumers.

News of Seed to Succeed, Harvest PR’s first non-profit grant offering, is sprouting up all around the agriculture community. AgriMarketing, AgWired and the American Agricultural Editors’ Association have all published information on this $20,000 giveaway. Interested? Be sure to apply by May 15.

Are you a non-profit hungry for some seed money? Listen up. Harvest PR is donating $20,000 in PR services to one non-profit organization in the farm-to-table community. If you or someone you know could benefit from a year of free marketing communications support, check out our Seed to Succeed PR grant. Submissions are due May 15. We are excited to hear from you!

A pair of Harvest PR team members embarked on a whirlwind two-day media event in New York City showcasing the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. With the help of the dynamic duo, Vitaly and Kimberly Paley, media from publications like Every Day with Rachael Ray, O, The Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Redbook and Woman’s Day wined and dined on some of the best food around. On the menu? Fresh pears, Oregon Pinot, handmade cheeses and the Pacific Northwest’s prized crustacean, Dungeness crab.

National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA), the country’s largest association for professionals in marketing and agribusiness, recently announced winners of the Western Regional Best of NAMA competition.

Harvest PR wrangled six first place awards and one merit in the categories of News or Feature Article, News Release, Internet Web Site, Digital Presentation, Producer or Company Funded Public Relations Program Directed to Consumers and Producer or Company Funded Advertising Directed to Consumers for work done on behalf of Cotton Incorporated, the National Cottonseed Products Association and Pear Bureau Northwest.

In April, all regional award-winning entries will compete at Best of NAMA, the national competition held in Atlanta.

Last night, the Portland Metro Chapter of PRSA honored the accomplishments of PR professionals throughout the City of Roses with the 2008 Spotlight Awards.  We are pleased to announce that our work was among the winners!  Harvest earned a total of six awards: three prestigious Spotlight Awards and three Awards of Excellence.

Spotlight Awards:
              www.PearPanache.com – Web site – Tactic
              www.CottonseedOilTour.com – Web site – Tactic
              The Bartender’s Guide to Pear Cocktails – Publication – Tactic

Awards of Excellence:
              Cottonseed Oil Comeback Tour – Integrated Marketing Campaign
              Have a ball with MKE – Media Event
              www.SkyMailMe.com – Word of Mouth – Tactic

Harvest PR & Marketing brought home another national award for its work with Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport (MKE). The North American Chapter of Airports Council International’s 2008 Excellence in Marketing & Communications Contest awarded the agency a second place finish in the Special Events category for its “Have a Ball with MKE” media event.

The Chicago rooftop event, designed to launch a new viral campaign for MKE – www.skymailme.com – to Chicagoland air travelers, involved orchestrating a skywriting stunt over the sold-out Cubs-White Sox game at Wrigley Field in June, generating an estimated 2.4 million site impressions within a week of the event.

The “Excellence in Airport Marketing & Communications Contest” honors airport professionals that offer expertise and talent in a variety of categories, including web site design, annual reports, newsletters, advertising campaigns, special event planning and more. The award won by Harvest PR was one of only 31 chosen from more than 300 entries.