http://agwired.com/2008/07/14/new-media-musings/ What's new in the world of agribusiness Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://agwired.com/2008/07/14/new-media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-54662 Chuck Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:18:21 +0000 http://agwired.com/?p=5812#comment-54662 Very good point Gary. We've got the tools to join the online conversation or ignore them and be left out. Very good point Gary. We’ve got the tools to join the online conversation or ignore them and be left out.

]]> http://agwired.com/2008/07/14/new-media-musings/comment-page-1/#comment-54660 Gary L. West Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:51:08 +0000 http://agwired.com/?p=5812#comment-54660 Hearing comments like, "I know a farmer who doesn't even own a computer," is starting to sound like an excuse to do little or nothing in the new media realm. But perhaps the new media holdouts need to consider that activist environmental organizations, animal rights groups, etc., are all very well aware and getting more savvy about use of new media. They are taking their message right to consumers. If agriculture businesses and organizations aren't there too, where do you think consumers will turn for their information? Hearing comments like, “I know a farmer who doesn’t even own a computer,” is starting to sound like an excuse to do little or nothing in the new media realm. But perhaps the new media holdouts need to consider that activist environmental organizations, animal rights groups, etc., are all very well aware and getting more savvy about use of new media. They are taking their message right to consumers. If agriculture businesses and organizations aren’t there too, where do you think consumers will turn for their information?

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