Social Media's Role In Agriculture

Do you ever look around at any public place and see almost every person within eyesight on a cellphone or a tablet? Do you ever wonder what those people are looking at and what the purpose is? Maybe contemplating what could possibly be so interesting that no one can look up from their screens? I will admit that I have been one of those people and I often still am, but I still wonder what others find so intriguing on their phones or tablets. Most of the people that you see on their phones and other devices are using some type of social media. Social media is used to connect people with their family and friends. But how does social media play a role in agriculture awareness? What ways is agriculture portrayed through social media? Agriculture

Like I said before, some organizations use social media to bash farming and agriculture in general. There are farmers that use social media to invite people to their farms to see exactly what is done on their farms and how (Nadeau, 2010). These farmers gain positive criticism for making their practices transparent and showing the world the reality of farming instead of sugar-coating it. While some of these farmers use social media to advocate for themselves, others use it to advertise their products and send publicity to their farms. In these cases, the farmers can use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or some other social media site to spread the word about their products and advertise their services to other people. These farmers gain a lot of publicity which can help their businesses be more productive and

Most of us wouldn’t have food to eat or clothes to wear or jobs to work. Social media can be used to promote the spread of agriculture and its practices. Organizations have been known to use social media to generate campaigns and movements that promote the importance of agriculture and educate those who don’t know about it. Without social media in agriculture, there would be some people that would be uneducated and unaware of the importance of agriculture and how much it impacts our daily lives. There would not be as many ways to find information about agriculture and there would be less communication between agvocates. Social media is now a common means of communicating important information with others and it is a huge part of the agricultural