Had a horrible blonde moment, realized that this was wrote and had been sitting in the draft box for a week!…Ugh!
I reached a new milestone today on National Agriculture Day…I took a felfie. Well, not an actually felfie since I think under the guidelines and definition I needed to be out on the farm and taking the picture myself. I will admit I have not been a huge advocate for the felfie. I love the idea of producers and those involved in agriculture taking pictures of their operations.
But…..
The name just drives me crazy! Agriculturists are some of the smartest people I know, and felfie was the best we could come up with??? It sounds like a Muppet character, and we all know that their last movie bombed! If the purpose is for farmers to take selfies, wouldn’t that actually be a farmfie? And what about us ranchers? I’ve been thinking on this for awhile now. Ranchie reminds me of dirty socks, and isn’t ralfie the “I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!” I’m going to start advocating for an Agfie!
My Agfie came about today in a unique way. In celebration of National Ag day I spent my morning on the airwaves of four different radio stations promoting agriculture and involvement. My first stop was a radio station in Chadron where I spent a half hour on the air with the Executive Director of the Chadron Chamber of Commerce and a great dj that was able to keep the flow of conversation going. Now, I had not had the opportunity to meet either of these individuals, but the ice was quick to break when the Executive Director pulled out a clipping of a blog advertisement found in Midwest Producer. Now I’m not for sure who is responsible for the ad…but, when it says ”outrageous, entertaining, opinionated, etc. etc.” that’s a lot to live up to! I finished off the first interview by explaining the felfie, and encouraging everyone to get out today, hug/high five an ag producer and to post your felfies to social media. Not only did I say felfie, but I said it on air….Kermit the Frog is laughing hysterically at this point.
The Executive Director asked if I’d step across the hall to the FM station and we proceeded to give another interview. Guess what came up? Yes, the felfie. It went over so much that the new dj asked to even take her own felfie with an ag. producer to post online, and now my picture, my name and the word felfie can be found on the world wide web.
I doubt my agfie will get very far, but it was neat today to see non ag people get excited about the felfie. What impressed me the most was when the Executive Director posted on Facebook tonight a picture of her and her daughter (a huge ag lover) in their own felfie. National Ag. Day is a celebration of all great things agriculture. Its one day that’s part of a week of celebrations for you and me and what we do for a living, but most importantly what we love. It’s just one more time to tell our stories, share our influences and promote our industry. Have a great National Ag Week!