Ryan Weeks is a 5th generation farmer from south-central Nebraska (pictured on left). He thinks that if farmers don’t use social media to tell their story someone will do it for them. He’s involved in the AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference. He got interested after starting on Twitter and attending last year’s conference. This year’s he’s serving on the training committee.

He thinks there are a lot of people having conversations online in agriculture but says we need to get outside our comfort zone to extend that conversation with more people who are not on the farm. Ryan says the conference here will talk about getting outside your community. He calls it “farming your online community.”

You can listen to my interview with Ryan here: Interview with Ryan Weeks

2011 AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference Photo Album