Farming Volunteers and Twitter Plugins
There is a neat WordPress plugin called RF Twitter Post which will send a tweet when a new WordPress posts is published using the post’s Title and URL which are combined and kept under 140 characters on the author’s twitter status. This Twitter WordPress plugin can be turned on and off depending on the post author.
Running an event can be very time intensive. You will need a ton of HELP! Recruiting attendees is no order for evites.com. Eventful.com may be a good place to start looking for community event organizing for say a hopyard RSVP secret harvest camping weekend. hmmm…
“…Eventful is the leading events website which enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events. Eventful’s community of users select from nearly 4 million events taking place in local markets throughout the world, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies…”
Agro-Tourism
“As U-Picks’ popularity blossomed, hayrides, petting zoos and corn mazes were added. “Agri-tourism is now a growing part of Michigan’s $9 billion agriculture…”
- ATTRA – Entertainment Farming and Agri-Tourism / Business Management Guide
Consumer Focused Farming - White Hutchinson Leisure and Learning Group – specializing in consulting and design of family and childrens’ entertainment, leisure and learning venues / article on Agri-tainment: Farms and Entertainment
Other Excellent links:
- http://www.voluntourism.org/
- http://www.wwoofusa.org/
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
We used to get this milk delivered to our house in Dodgeville and for a time it was the best local milk source available. We where so excited when our local grocery chain, Piggly Wiggly, started to carry their mild sold in glass bottles. After a while the home delivery service was not offered and my wife and I were sad when after buying their milk for some time it started to taste really bad–we noticed the milk going sour in a matter of days. This week we learned that Blue Marble Dairy of Barneveld, an on the farm milk producer who does not pasteurize or homogenize, had shut down as a business. Too sad.
