TFF info graphics - your ideas please

[Clive]

The "Farming is part of the solution" series of info graphics have gone down well so far - the reach is many millions now and everyone has been very positive about them.

We are 8 into the 11 we have but we don't want to stop there ..........We want to do more and we need your help

We need more positive messages - max 25 words but less is more

Doesn't have to be livestock themed this time but anything goes as long as its tells a POSITIVE message about farming and the environment

Your suggestions please, we will select the ones we like the most and get our designers to make them into something eye catch and continue this campaign that has already seen retweets and likes from Minister, sports and TV personalities and even many environmental lobbyists and campaigners that are more usually very anti agriculture

 

[Clive]

if you haven't seen the ones released so far they can be found here https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...farming-is-part-of-thesolution-series.285510/

 

[Bob lincs]

Could you design one with a happy smiley badger family in the foreground and a flooded village in the background as all the drains are now blocked .

 

[Clive]

Could you design one with a happy smiley badger family in the foreground and a flooded village in the background as all the drains are now blocked .

No, positive message only

No stereotypical moaning farmer rubbish

 

[Lazy Sod]

I don't have a graphics idea, but it seems to me that a vast amount of the population don't have a clue as to how all of nature, including agriculture and particularly live stock, is completely interlinked.

For example; those who think that re-wilding and letting everything revert to scrub, and eventually woodland, don't understand that a huge amount of our species would be deprived of their habitat.

I know that parts of this have already been covered already but there is an awful lot of ignorance to overcome.

 

[Clive]

I don't have a graphics idea, but it seems to me that a vast amount of the population don't have a clue as to how all of nature, including agriculture and particularly live stock, is completely interlinked.

For example; those who think that re-wilding and letting everything revert to scrub, and eventually woodland, don't understand that a huge amount of our species would be deprived of their habitat.

I know that parts of this have already been covered already but there is an awful lot of ignorance to overcome.

Wrong attitude - you won’t get anywhere telling people why they are wrong or ignorant ! don’t argue with our customers, engage with them instead !

Messages need to just focus on the positive like the ones done already

 

[scholland]

I can't remember what's all been covered so far but one around local produce, seasonal produce and food miles /carbon footprint would be good.

 

[Lazy Sod]

I'm sorry @Clive, I think that you have misunderstood me.

I was merely pointing out that people who are ignorant of the facts need to be educated, which is what you are trying to do admirably.

 

[yellowbelly]

Your suggestions please,

How about something along these lines?................

..........I think somebody said this was done by the NFU

I think it's useful as it shows how agriculture fits into the whole scheme of things and we aren't as bad as our detractors would have everybody believe.

 

[snarling bee]

How about the value of glyphosate, and its link with carbon emissions. (less cultivation, use of cover crops, DDing, less grain drying requirement, faster harvesting) etc etc.

 

[Clive]

How about the value of glyphosate, and its link with carbon emissions. (less cultivation, use of cover crops, DDing, less grain drying requirement, faster harvesting) etc etc.

Go on then - 25 positive words or less please to get that message across

Think that could be a good one

 

[Clive]

How about something along these lines?................
View attachment 811438 ..........I think somebody said this was done by the NFU

I think it's useful as it shows how agriculture fits into the whole scheme of things and we aren't as bad as our detractors would have everybody believe.

A very good one but if it’s already been done why do it again

 

[delilah]

A very good one but if it’s already been done why do it again

I instinctively shy away from messages which say, in essence, that "we may be bad but we're not as bad as some others", which is what that NFU graphic does.
There are loads of wholly positive messages about UK agriculture waiting to be turned into these tff graphics, without having to resort to the 'we're not that bad' ones.

 

[Clive]

I instinctively shy away from messages which say, in essence, that "we may be bad but we're not as bad as some others", which is what that NFU graphic does.
There are loads of wholly positive messages about UK agriculture waiting to be turned into these tff graphics, without having to resort to the 'we're not that bad' ones.

I agree 100%

Let’s have some ideas then

 

[Pilatus]

Are the “Farming is Part of The Solution”,series of info graphics available to buy , as car bumper stickers, so a few Waitrose, Tesco etc etc customers ,might, read them when we are parked ,as they are the people that need educating about our industry?
My apologies if the above has been asked before.

 

[delilah]

Tourism accounts for x% of the UK economic activity. It is the maintenance an attractive landscape by Britains farmers which makes our countryside so appealing to visitors.

 

[Clive]

Are the “Farming is Part of The Solution”,series of info graphics available to buy , as car bumper stickers, so a few Waitrose, Tesco etc etc customers ,might, read them when we are parked ,as they are the people that need educating about our industry?
My apologies if the above has been asked before.

Some have had banners made - cost about £10 each I believe

Stickers are a good idea

I’m going to investigate getting a sponsor for them and making them available free or at cost via farm marketplace

 

[wanton dwarf]

Something along the lines of:

Farming Food Fuels the Future Generation.

Getting Fixated with Carbon .. picture of cow pasture.

The Art of Renewables .. Muck Spreading a Picture .. Mona Lisa ?

 

[delilah]

Over the last 10 years Britains farmers have dug xxx new ponds, creating habits for endangered species such as yyy and zzz.

 

[delilah]

xxx thousand people work in British abattoirs, producing nutritious food for the nation.
These are highly skilled, well paid jobs, often in parts of the country where employment opportunities may be limited.