Author: Jacey Yahne
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Facebook and Insta and TikTok, Oh My!
Make the most of your time and energy spent on social media. For thousands of years, anthropologists have studied different societies and cultures and how people within them function. Early anthropologists, and even anthropologists from 20 years ago, would likely never have suspected that cultures are now being created in a place where people do…
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Talk the Talk: Spring Planting Version
We know you can walk the walk, but can you talk the talk? Translating farm terminology is a skill that may be more important now than it ever has been. Every culture has a unique lingo and agriculture is no exception. When so much time is spent within one industry or culture it can become…
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Curating Opportunities for Engagement
The Great Divide Noah Kahan released a brand-new song in January called “The Great Divide”. It talks about themes of growing apart and how people can end up worlds away from where they grew up, values they used to hold and people they used to know. I believe this provides a great reflection to show…
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Let’s Be Social
In a day and age where connection comes from social media, farmers and agriculturists must be present to build relationships with consumers. If you have been to any professional conferences, training, talked to your neighbor recently, or just existed in a public space, social media has probably been a part of that experience. You may…
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Put Yourself Out There
Social media is loud. Everyone is certain they have the right opinion, and they are all too excited to share that opinion, loudly. As agriculturalists, it is vital to find a way to rise above the noise without shouting at people. Social media can be divisive, and it should be the goal to have accurate…
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