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Swing batter, batter!
October 17th, 2011
It’s no secret that farmers and others in agriculture are some of the biggest, most dedicated sports fans around. Whether it’s football, baseball or basketball, we like rooting for our teams whenever the opportunity presents itself! It’s also no secret that farmers love sharing their own farm stories and showing how they’re doing their part
Tags: advocacy, agriculture, agvocacy, baseball, Cardinals, farm, farmers, food, Fred Bird, Missouri, pigs, pork, sports, St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series
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World Food Day & Blog Action Day Through the Farm Lens
October 16th, 2011
Today (Sunday, October 16) is observed for a couple of reasons that both impact the farmers who are empowering themselves with social media. If you didn’t know, today is both World Food day and Blog Action Day on food. Rather than try to tell a single story, we’ve asked some of the people who talk
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Dust off those cameras!
October 13th, 2011
Quick question for the crowd: how many of you like to take photos? I can easily answer that question. Photography has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and, as the photographer for Iowa Farm Bureau for the past 10 years, I’ve photographed farmers in fields, barns, farmsteads and
Tags: advocacy, agriculture, agvocacy, contest, farm, farmers, photography, pictures
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No smartphone? No problem.
October 3rd, 2011
“Your dumb-phone is not welcome here!” I have heard these words and felt left out when it comes to connectivity with mobile technology. As a response, I say my “dumb-phone” keeps me just as connected and more focused while on the go. True, my phone may not access the internet from the tractor seat, but
Tags: agriculture, agvocacy, dumbphone, facebook, farm, farmers, mobile, smartphone, social media, twitter, video
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An engaged community. A collective voice. A chance for agriculture to work together on a common issue-led by farmers. The ability to touch millions with agricultural messages. Agvocacy at its best goes beyond a single person or tool-it connects people on both sides of the food plate.