Agritourism Farms now using Social Media

Yes, it’s true!  Based on a recent survey I conducted agritourism farm operators are not jumping on the social media bandwagon. Facebook was the top choice with 51.2% of the respondees participating and Twitter had 29.9%.

Two local orchards in Connecticut are actually having a friendly rivalry to see which farm can add more  new members to their Facebook page by Nov. 27.  For each new member added  to their fan page Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market & Winery in Guilford, CT and Jones Family Farms in Shelton will donate $1 per fan to local charity. You still have time to join them for this worthwhile cause. 

Chris Curtis of Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch in Champaign, Illinois truly had some success with launching his fan page.  The orchard started their Facebook fan page in June and in three short months they have over 5,600 fans.

For those farms that would like to participate in my Annual Agritourism Farm Survey CLICK HERE .  The survey will be open until December 20th at which time I will then summarize the results and share them with all respondees. The survey is only for farms and you can expect to take between 20 -30 minutes to complete.

It’s that time of year to count our blessings and to say thanks for all that we have. Wishing everyone a very blessed Thanksgiving.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009, by Jane and is filed under "Agritourism Marketing, Technology, agritourism, Bishop's Orchards Farm Market & Winery, Curtis Orchard & Pumpkin Patch, Eckert Agrimarketing, Facebook, family farms, Jane Eckert, Jones Family Farms, Rural Bounty, social media, twitter ".

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