The Internet Down on the Farm
Throughout this course, we'll introduce you to five
farm business owners who share their thoughts and
experiences in managing using the Internet. They
also provide some advice to you as a fellow farm
business owner. Here's what two of them said about
the Internet's overall impact on their businesses.
Joe Phillips – Boer goat producer
“With today's technology, this is where you need to
be. My product can be sold anywhere in the world.
Someone can look at it, evaluate it, and make a purchase.”
“No matter what kind of product you are trying to
sell, e-commerce is the way things are being done.
You can move your product faster. You can get
people out there to see your product, to know the
quality of your product, and to investigate and learn
about the product you produce.”
Brad Hollabaugh – fruit grower
“As our computer-literate segment continues to
grow, I see our website as an essential part of what
we do in terms of keeping ourselves accessible to
our
customers who want us to ship things to them
as
well as who want to come onto our farm.”
“If I were advising any other agricultural business, if
they're not connected to the Internet, they're
already behind. It's not something that you want;
it's
something that you have to have. It's time to do
it
and learn how to use its features because the
world
is going by you very rapidly.”