Farmers on social media: The dark side of being an 'agvocate'
Story Date: 6/11/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 6/8/18


I have tried my best to encourage people that it is essential to share their farm stories in the title of my presentation “Don’t Let the Activists Drive Your Combine.” And now, I’m a hypocrite, not practising what I preach. There is a whole other side of this agvocacy world, and that involves farmers on social media. The biggest backlash and criticisms about what I say, write, and do are from farmers on social media, primarily on Twitter.

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