In agriculture, especially when animals are involved, people have a lot of opinions because they're concerned about their food being safe or because of possible animal welfare issues. Social media like this can be detrimental and/or a positive force because a lot of times messages get distorted and a picture or phrase gets put out of context and the farmers and industry leaders end up getting loads of flack. On the reverse side I think that giving people more access to information about where their food is coming from and the struggles that the farmers go through to get the food to their plate can make people more conscious about how they're spending their dollar at the grocery store.
There are also loads of topical blogs that can keep us fellow aggies in the know about specific topics from Agriculture in Africa to changes in agriculture laws and policies in Canada. Being able to streamline news like this makes it much more efficient for those in my field to keep up to date (think of the last time you saw an agricultural policy story on CNN?).
I will leave you with a picture of my dog, Bandit:
My parents also have two other dogs and I have two Linnies (you should look them up, they're amazing birds).
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