Savvy Chicken Suits: Defining the Food Story

By Invited Guest Blogger | May 4, 2011 |

Guest blogger Lara Durben has had animal rights extremists throw a rock through her window, participated in a meeting with a HSUS employee who was an Illinois 4-H farm kid and found activists are much savvier than wearing chicken suits on sidewalks. She offers perspective on how poultry organizations have utilized speaker bureaus to empower their producers, participated in social media and how you can blur work and personal life to maximize impact.

Small Farmer Talks Rabbits & Chickens on Social Media

By Invited Guest Blogger | April 15, 2011 |

A small farmer in Alabama talks about the diversity of agriculture. Jan Hoadley in Alabama highlights how social media allows people far from their food source to see options in agriculture and how their food is grown. She tells how her small operation relies on communications tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogging and even videos to tell others about their chickens an rabbits.