Cherries and social media

Hello to my loyal follower (plural to come later...)

The link below will take you to our local CBS affiliate. Cherry farmers and social media was the topic of the story, and your's truly was featured (although they did not tag my name anywhere). Check it out!! Sorry I could not embed it this time.

http://www.9and10news.com/category/story?id=200157

Sanjay Gupta Video

Check out this video from Dr. Sanjay Gupta. He interviews a dietician who rates tart cherries as the #1 food for fighting inflammation naturally! All we have to do is get everyone to drink 1 ounce of tart cherry concentrate daily to maintain those natural anti-inflammatory benefits.

Live healthy!!

Social Media-- First try

Hello cyber-world. I am what you might call a "late adopter." I felt proud for many years to resist the temptation of "social media." I scoffed at those who spent hours on Facebook, Twitter, and other unproductive activities. I hid behind sarcasm, but deep down, I wondered about all these unknown sites. I surfed around my wife's Facebook page, living vicariously through her "friends," all the while wondering how I could transition from naysayer to user without losing my dignity. Luckily, our industry's "Cherry Marketing Institute" put on a workshop to show us cherry growers how to utilize social media for our personal and professional benefit.

So, I dove in headfirst. I've created a Twitter page, and you can follow me @BenLaCross. I will tweet when I update this blog, or you can simply check back here. What's in it for you, you ask?

Well, hopefully, this will evolve into a fun blog where you can learn about what's going on on our family cherry farm. I will soon post details of our farm, so you can get some background on who we are and what we do. I will also post about the health benefits of cherries, politics of farming, and maybe give my take on some current events and what's going on in the world of sports.

So, check my links, follow me on Twitter, and check back soon!!