It has been a career long observation that being a woman and working in agriculture puts the odds in my favor, at least when it’s break time during a big meeting and the room empties to the restrooms. The near dichotomy of being a woman in ag is something that has shifted since I started by working with a farm… Read More
Spring Fever and It’s Time for Planting Social Media Ideas
I don’t think of my school days often, but this time of year, I remember teachers complaining that some of us had gotten spring fever and needed to calm down. It only became more pronounced when I lived in Oklahoma and New York. But once I was working and living in the midst of agriculture, wow. Even all my city family… Read More
Basics for Agvocating Online — What I’ve Learned this Year
It is a hot topic in agriculture — lots of discussions about agriculture are being held online. One of the points that several have made clearly is agriculture’s messages are being communicated online and if farmers want to be part of the conversation, they need to be on the major social media networks. And while I know there are LOTS… Read More
My Top 10 Farm-Related Hashtags in 2009
I’ve seen enough blogs on twitter’s top hashtags or topics for 2009 to never want to see another. However, I couldn’t help but notice that agriculture seems to get left off the list! Fine then (as a friend of mine would say)! I’ll just make my own list and I’ll open it up for discussion & debate. I may have… Read More
SM Ag Revolution…
We all studied the industrial revolution that increased the way we could mass produce things in demand. And most of us in mainstream agriculture have participated in the biotech revolution. This morning as I was casting my vote for Michele Payn-Knoper for twitter user of the year… the phrase, social media ag revolution came to mind. Today, I count among… Read More
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