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June 20th, 2011
Take agvocating to the next level Attending #ACFC10 (or the AgChat Foundation Conference in 2010 for those still getting used to Twitter-speak!) brought some changes to my social media (SM) exposure and interaction. It all started with the purchase of my Blackberry. Going to the conference meant I had a reason (although maybe not a
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June 17th, 2011
I didn’t apply for the first AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 Conference until the day before the application deadline. Sure, I had lots of friends through #agchat who were talking about it and I really wanted to go. However, I was pretty sure there was absolutely no way I could afford it, I wasn’t a farmer
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June 1st, 2011
Learn tools of agvocacy trade! It’s here! After much anticipation, the AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 Conference is back and ready to welcome a whole new crop of agvocates! This year’s conference will be held August 22 and 23 in Nashville, Tennessee. We are excited to expand the conference by opening it up to 75 people
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April 5th, 2011
Five ways to engage with real farmers, from foodies and farmwives to cattlemen with a cause April 5, 2011 – Americans may have noticed a new social media trend this past year: more Facebook posts from the farm, more tweets from the tractor and more blogs from the back forty. The timing of this social
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September 2nd, 2010
Trained. Energized. Networked. The individuals who came to this week’s AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 training conference commented over and over again that these were some of the key benefits of the conference. Farmers and ranchers from across the U.S. got together to trade tips about social media. Some of them led panels or gave presentations
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