Went to see Temple Grandin speak in Brandon yesterday. Well worth the drive. They had a packed room with about 700 in attendance.
We were pleased to see that we are already using a lot of her methods. So actually didn't learn a lot of new info in that department.
She did have an interesting answer to one fellow's question about dealing with animal rights activists who post old re-run videos about horrible things that have happened. She told him that he needs to post some videos too.
She told him to make some videos of daily life on his hog farm, and make them almost like a tutorial. Show people what really goes on in daily life, and make it something you'd show a guest. Her theory is that a lot of the problem is perception, and that city people just see one side of the picture.
She says that every time someone searches Youtube for a video, and a bad one pops up, there should be a bunch of good ones that pop up beside it. I think that's a good idea.
If anyone ever gets a chance to go see her, I say do it. There were a bunch of people from the Winnipeg Humane Society (notoriously unfriendly to hog farmers), and not a peep out of them. I guess even they can recognize common sense when they hear it.
We were pleased to see that we are already using a lot of her methods. So actually didn't learn a lot of new info in that department.
She did have an interesting answer to one fellow's question about dealing with animal rights activists who post old re-run videos about horrible things that have happened. She told him that he needs to post some videos too.
She told him to make some videos of daily life on his hog farm, and make them almost like a tutorial. Show people what really goes on in daily life, and make it something you'd show a guest. Her theory is that a lot of the problem is perception, and that city people just see one side of the picture.
She says that every time someone searches Youtube for a video, and a bad one pops up, there should be a bunch of good ones that pop up beside it. I think that's a good idea.
If anyone ever gets a chance to go see her, I say do it. There were a bunch of people from the Winnipeg Humane Society (notoriously unfriendly to hog farmers), and not a peep out of them. I guess even they can recognize common sense when they hear it.
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