Farmers and the Net

The Associated Press had this story today about the latest fad for farmers: the Internet. According to interesting, but not-so-groundbreaking piece, more than half (51 percent) of U.S. farms had Internet access by July 2005. That’s up from 48 percent in 2003. Forums are busy with farm talk too. The AP reports that Farm Journal Media’s Net division has seen double the traffic between October 2005 and October 2006. None of this is surprising considering all the great information I’m finding about all kinds of farming on the Internet…not to mention the absolute generosity of small- to large-scale farmers looking to connect and share what they know. Too bad there is no mention of farmgirls in the story. Considering that women farmers are breaking into the field at a healthy clip, it was an unfortunate omission.