Well the end of this year’s 4-H season is just a few weeks away for the club that we belong to and as I reflect back on the past year of our 4-H experience it has been a lot of fun, we learned a lot, we know what we need to work on next yearContinue reading “Our first year in 4-H”
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Space Travel and Agriculture
I am often glutton for punishment so every now and then I venture over to Facebook and after a few short minutes I remember why I don’t go on that site all that often anymore. I ran across one of the “Agvocates” (those people who advocate for agriculture) who was on a rant about theContinue reading “Space Travel and Agriculture”
Black Farmers in Agriculture
February is Black History month, so it got me thinking and interested in learning more about the history of black people and their involvement with agriculture. I was able to dig up some interesting facts and discovered that black people have made some significant contributions to the history of agriculture and their inventions still haveContinue reading “Black Farmers in Agriculture”
Thania Damaris Avelar
I had the distinct pleasure of being able to interview a young woman by the name of Thania who is the Greenhouse manager for the Arbor Day Foundation. Thania is a woman who works in the agriculture industry, but like many women, she has to work extra hard to prove herself in a space thatContinue reading “Thania Damaris Avelar”
Scare tactics won’t work
Social media is a very powerful tool. It can be used to sway people in a positive manner and it can be used to convey negative messages. If you are someone trying to promote agriculture the number one thing you can do to turn away consumers is to bully them or to use scare tactics.Continue reading “Scare tactics won’t work”
Free Online Course Helps Farmers, Ranchers Cope with Stress
“When we’ve done our surveys, we found was a tremendous amount of mental health problems out in rural America – two out of five farmers didn’t really know whether or not they could find help or where to go to get help.” Zippy Duvall Click on the below link to check out the free OnlineContinue reading “Free Online Course Helps Farmers, Ranchers Cope with Stress”
We all hurt the same.
If you are a farmer and fall off a tractor and break your leg you more than likely will need to see a doctor to get your leg fixed. If you are a firefighter and fall of a fire truck and break your leg you will most likely end up at the same place theContinue reading “We all hurt the same.”
Understanding the Consumer
Often things said on agriculture social media can be taken out of context, this is partly due to the consumers not understanding the agriculture world, but also stems from the agriculture world not understanding the consumer. When it comes to social media there is your reality of your operation and there are a million perceptionsContinue reading “Understanding the Consumer”
What is the next move for Advocates?
Agriculture Advocacy is like a game of chess, it is much more than just blasting social media with a ton of pictures and videos. True advocacy really must include engaging with the other side, so what is the next move for Agriculture Advocates, is it time to shift gears? In the military we study theContinue reading “What is the next move for Advocates?”
