Social media is an amazing thing. It spreads ideas, news, pictures, and just about anything else quicker than we can even say the two words themselves. Not only has social media become an entertaining pastime for most all of us, but it has also begun to take hold in many different professional environments, as well.
Social media in agriculture has begun to play a huge role in spreading awareness for modern issues, as well as just telling the world it’s story.
Blog sites have allowed people to write about what they want, when they want, and then share it with who they want. Sites like Buzzfeed and The New York Times (online-version) float around the internet constantly, with short articles. These articles range anywhere from discussing the newest agriculture controversy, to highlighting an adorable video of baby goats that has become quite the internet sensation.
Sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have allowed farmers, and companies to set up pages and accounts, describing what they're all about. This allows people to do things like investigate what they're all about, contact them in another fashion, or even hear about them in the first place.
What’s my favorite form of agriculture on social media, however? The wonderfully witty spoofs that float around all over Youtube. Farmers sing about what it’s really like to grow up in the agriculture business, while making our days just a little brighter, doing it.
Please, enjoy for yourself; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H7zOQrX3U
Sources:
http://animalagalliance.org/images/upload/Social%20Media%20Manual.pdf
http://www.thesocialsilo.com/tag/social-media/
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