Authentically Agriculture

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___________ is leading the conversation about

agriculture.

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Why should “they” care?

ValuesValidationVoice

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Why should “they” care?

ValuesValidationVoice

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Can we connect on values?

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Who are you?

Who are you talking to?

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What’s important to them?

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Where is your validation of today’s

farm & food practices in the eyes of the

public?

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Collin: the validation factor

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Source of Food Info

People who trust local TV news as the most credible source on food system plummeted 33% in 2010.Newspaper credibility dropped 17%Websites increased in trustworthiness by 52%

~Center for Food Integrity

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Breadcrumbs about farmingHSUS: 112,000 followers on Twitter (144x increase). 1,100,000 FB fans.PETA: 1,363,000 FB fans (20x); 233,000 Twitter followers; 42,000 on YouTube.Greenpeace: 395,000 followers on Twitter (200x increase) 1,019,000 FB fans; 35,000 YouTube.Farm Sanctuary: 59,000 FB fans (10x increase) & 22,000 Twitter followers.

Source: Cause Matters Corp. 1/09-1/12

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How are you giving an authentic voice to agriculture?

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Poll on our voice

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Today’s Voices840 million people are on Facebook300 million users of Twitter; 200 million tweets sent/day.15,000+ people have connected through AgChat & FoodChat, grew into a Foundation to help agvocate through social media. $8 billion will be spent on social ads in 2012.

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How can you

connect?

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Your authentic connection

Values: Lead with human.Validation: Serve as a resource of information for your community. Voice: Don’t complain if your own skin isn’t in the game.

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Are you sharing your

authentic story?

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“If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. 

If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. 

If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.” 

~ Chinese Proverb

What are you growing?

Authentically Agriculture

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