Have you considered how farmers are communicating socially outside of our United States? Of course, many are doing so through Facebook, Twitter, etc. just like farmers here. But there are also a number of social networks being developed. Here’s one that came to my attention via Twitter last night. It’s SojaBook.
SojaBook is the social network that connects you with area people in the countryside.
I don’t have much more information about it except that it’s structured so that you can use it in a large number of languages and that’s a great feature. If you join let me know what you think.
SojaBook is, right now, just a platform recruiting members. It’s claim of “Sojabook is the first social network for farmers.” is off base, look at the long list of ag/farm social networks in “100 Best social network sites for Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness”
http://farmersforthefuture.ning.com/profiles/blogs/100-best-social-network-sites
The first three links I tried on that list don’t work. How would you describe AgChat, which isn’t on the list? And what’s the definition of a social network?
The http://farmersforthefuture.ning.com/profiles/blogs/100-best-social-network-sites page is from 2009:)
AgChat is a social network that is virtual and real. Social network definition? Not sure. We drink beer, attend events, chat, share stuff. And we network (?).