3-7 IAN Ag Tweets

 It seems that these days, everything is about letting everybody know what you’re doing. That can cause trouble, for example, if you post something on Facebook which you may regret in the future. On the more positive side, more and more ag producers are using social media to let the world know what they are doing to put food on the table.

 Think how many people use Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. I have a friend who blogs once a week and has hundreds of people respond.  Getting back to ag, Jeff Fowle is a fourth generation farmer & rancher and   virtual reality has become an important part of his daily  reality. “On Twitter currently I am almost at 23,000 followers and on an average day I reach between 900 thousand and 1.3 million individuals.  Of those, I expect approximately 30 to 40 percent actually see at least one of my tweets per day.   More people are getting involved creating a Facebook page, getting on Twitter, utilizing YouTube to explain why what and how they put food on the plate. The growth has been amazing.”  Fowle is president of the AgChat Foundation, a group that focuses on helping farmers and ranchers use social media technology to share their stories and make connections with people not involved with agriculture.

 We have relied too long on having others share our story and the face of the American farmer has been forgotten.  And I think it’s time to put a face back on the plate