Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council

A growing number of Canadian farmers use social media sites such as Facebook, according to a recent Farm Credit Canada study.

The study found most producers use social media to stay in touch with family and friends, to research information and to remain current with industry news.

In an effort to contact with farmers and others in the agriculture and agri-food industry, MRAC has entered the social media world and is now on Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook is the most popular social networking site with more than 400 million registered users. Facebook allows people to share updates, photos, videos, articles and more with “Friends,” who they have approved to be in their network. Organizations and businesses can create “Fan Pages,” which other Facebook users can become fans of.

MRAC’s Facebook page will include news items with links, photos from MRAC events and discussion topics. 

Click this link to visit the MRAC Facebook page and become a fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manitoba-Rural-Adaptation-Council/108187039224781 

Twitter is a social networking service that allows users to communicate with their “Followers.” Twitter is open to anyone, so you can follow or be followed by people you know and people you don’t. Users choose a “handle” that is their user name preceded by the @ symbol, and communicate via short messages and updates called “Tweets” that have a maximum length of 140 characters.

Via Twitter, MRAC will send out CAAP application deadline reminders, MRAC event notices and news items.

Click this link to visit the MRAC Twitter page and follow us: http://twitter.com/mbrac

Please spread the word to your colleagues in the ag industry and connect with MRAC.

~ Teresa Falk, MRAC Communications Officer