So lately I've been using social media a lot. If you read back to my first blog post, my first and foremost goal with this blog was to bridge the gap between the city and the farm and learning more about myself and doing so with any tools I came across.
I'm on Facebook, I've self-taught myself with a few different web programs, I'm pretty familiar with the Adobe Creative Suite, I'm on Twitter, I'm on LinkedIn, still want to get better with YouTube, and as soon as I save up my pennies for a new phone, I'll be an Instagramer as well...
I have found that they're all great tool for sharing information and it seems to be the more, the better. Some may wonder well what are smart phones doing in farmers pockets, or what is GPS doing in tractors or sprayers, or why would a food packaging or processing facility need to enlist the services of a graphic designer? It's the 21st century and everything is changing so quickly. My take on it is that social media is mostly free and its becoming the forefront of news sharing, so why not jump on the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and LinkedIn bandwagon? It's win-win.
I'm staying with the times, while showing everyone around me I'm staying with the times, and staying with the times of what everyone is sharing. It's a full circle and if I use it correctly, I can be a sponge and just keep learning and I can help others become sponges by sharing what I've learned. Twitter is my newspaper in the morning, Facebook is an instantaneous website, and YouTube is a way to share with the more visual learner. So yes, all of the above belongs in the agriculture industry. It's one of the quickest, and most cost effective ways to help bridge the gap between the city and the farm.
And to finish this night time blog post... with more and more people becoming closer to FOUR generations removed from the family farm, there's no better time than the present to capitalize on this viral sharing bandwagon.
Jump on the wagon with me!
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