Open Mic Night? What determines credibility in terms of farming and agriculture products you use on your farm? What does ‘sustainable’ mean to you? These and other questions were the focus of this AgChat conversation with an open mic flavor.
- What online resources/sites do you love & find of use? What web resources are needed in ag/would make life easier?
- What determines credibility in terms of farming and agriculture products you use on your farm?
- Do initiatives like Food for Thought help or hurt the message due to bad PR and image of a big ag corp?
- Should food manufacturers be obligated to properly label products with biotech ingredients?
- What are your goals through social media as a farmer?
- What do you find to to be the most important blogging content & why, or what is the most engaging to read?
- What are some specific practices that you or your neighbors do to help wildlife thrive on your farm?
- Do you work with any conservation or ecology groups concerning the wildlife on your farm?How are farmers in your area protected from extreme weather events? Crop/Livestock insurance? Progressive mgmt?
- In Ontario Canada we have crop prod insurance..4 calamities from extreme weather, but its part of business
- What are biggest challenges for marketing for direct & ‘conventional’ farmers? How do you get around them?
- What’s your advice for folks considering whether or not to join/return to the family farm?
- What does ‘sustainable’ mean to you?
- What are the greatest misconceptions held by the general public about farming today?
- What are everyone’s favorite topics of conversation on social media beyond agriculture?
- Where do you see the future of farming headed?
- What the one idea you’ll be working on as a result of this week’s chat?
