Championing Agriculture
Leveraging the Trust Invested in Farmers
“For every $1 the fear profiters spend to spread a scare, it takes $10 to refute it.”
~ Law of Fear Mongering
Feel like consumers don’t understand where their food comes from? Frustrated by the way agriculture is portrayed in the media? Wondering why legislators don’t seem to value the agrifood business? Agricultural advocacy isn’t about the “warm fuzzies” – it’s about protecting our bottom line. This program will help leverage the trust invested in farmers and give participants 6.5 easy-to-remember tools to take back to members.
Michele founded Cause Matters Corp. to give a voice to the people who feed the world – and this is her signature presentation. Re-inspire staff members to help defend the trust consumers have invested in agriculture. Brainstorm ideas about how to more effectively connect agriculture with consumers, the media, teachers, and politicians who are generations removed from our industry!
- Stand up, step out, and “sell” our cause
- Understanding hot buttons and why they’re so important to our cause
- How to successfully influence consumer, political, and media groups
- Impact of 27,000 + activist groups speaking out against agrifood business
Not only will her lifelong passion and background in agriculture keep your audience on the edge of their seats, Michele’s interactive style will get them out of their seats and talking about their experiences! This workshop is a great way to excite your audience about new and innovative ways they can use to proactively speak out for agriculture.
Objectives: (will vary depending upon timeframe)
- Evalua
te agriculture’s failures and successes in telling our story - Learn from case studies of anti-ag activist groups
- Complete a personal action plan that can be used with your members
- Share agricultural advocacy ideas with other organizations
- Receive resource list to help you and your members have the arsenal to proactively fight back for agrifood business
“The person who says food is safe is at least as important as the facts being communicated. Consumers rank farmers as the most credible on animal care issues” — Iowa State University Sociological Research
