Farmers use social media to share stories on Earth Day

Apr 22, 2013

The FarmOn Foundation based in Alberta, Canada - which is dedicated to supporting young farmers, is encouraging producers to use Earth Day as a platform to share their stories on social media.

The hashtag #FarmVoices has become popular on Twitter today, as farmers from around the world share their stories and images on Earth Day. The social media campaign is part of a wider initiative or movement to ‘bringing farming back’ initiated by the FarmOn Foundation.

The group is encouraging farmers, especially young farmers and ranchers to share their voice. An organized social media campaign through the Twitter handle @farmon has been tweeting out to different countries prompting them to share their positive stories about caring for the land and their animals with the Twitterverse.

More information about the FarmOn Foundation can be found at: http://farmon.com. To follow or join in on the discussion use the hashtag #FarmVoices. The following are a few examples of some Tweets from the social media campaign:

Video: Sweetener Effects on Gut Health - Dr. Kwangwook Kim

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.