I have not forgotten about you! I just needed some breathing time!
So here is my second part to my Nashville adventures!
The theme of the conference with my fellow AgNerds was an interesting one. Beyond the Choir- we are trying to educate the people who have never been on a farm to learn about agriculture!
We were asked to think of our A-Ha! moment- the time that we realized that we wanted to become Agvocates. Some of you may have already read my A-Ha! moment in a previous post that I did.
We had so many differnet and amazing speakers fit into the two day conference, it was so much to take in- but well wortht it!
Jennifer Dahm came and spoke to us regarding what consumer research has told us about agriculture. Consumers individually think farmers are great, research shows they have concerns how we do our business, how we raise the food. Which really got us thinking about how we need to market ourselves.
We then had a pannel of Mommy bloggers come in and share with us what they feel consumers are fearing in the processing of their food. Rachel came and spoke to us regarding feeding a family with food allergies. Shanna gave us a great opinion from a mothers perspective, and was joined by Lindsay.
We also had alot of great speakers helping us on specific needs for our posts- like pictures and how to format links. As well as a few roundtable discussions about what we feel is an issue in our area and how we can all call on each other to help when we have someone fighting the ag community.
The AgChat Foundation put on an excellent conference on how to effectively use social media for agricultural advocacy- or Agvocacy.
If you have a chance to attend- I would highly recommend it, as you learn alot of invaluable skills.
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