Louisiana Agritourism: Social Media Workshop Webinar

Friday, February 15, 2013

Social Media Workshop Webinar

I attended the webinar offered by eXtension on February 14th. Thanks to technology, that webinar, "Cool Tools and Top Ten Trends" is now available online. Although you cannot ask questions, this webinar provides ample information.

Julie Fox of Ohio State shares lots of important facts.

Information shared during the workshop that might be beneficial to you included the following:

GPS cordinates: Go to Google maps, place sursor on the location you want, right click, select "what's here" in the drop down menu, your digital coordinates will appear in the box where you would have typed in the address. Then if you want go to http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html to convert to other coordinate formats

QR Codes: You can also customize QR codes to a certain degree with colors/logo elements: http://mashable.com/2011/04/18/qr-code-design-tips/ For free QR codes: http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ delivr.com for creating QR codes - it allows you to edit codes, track usages, etc wolframalpha.com also offers the ability to create free QR codes

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Agritourism Law Limits Liability

In 2008, the Louisiana Legislature expanded the limitation of liability found in La R.S. 9:2795 et seq to include certain agritourism activities. The legislation authored by Representative Andy Anders and Senators Francis Thompson and Mike Walsworth provides that the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Foresty (LDAF) will develop a set of rules and regulations and that the LSU AgCenter will define a “plan of operation” for an agritourism venture and review those plans.

More about this law can be found on the LSU AgCenter Web site: www.lsuagcenter.com/agritourism

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“Once every five years, farmers, ranchers and growers have the unique opportunity to let the world know how U.S. agriculture is changing, what is staying the same, what’s working and what we can do differently,” said Dr. Cynthia Clark, the retiring head of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, which administered the survey.

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