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Social media saves farm

Nearing foreclosure and struggling to make ends meet, the Metchosin farmer turned to social media to call out for help.
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Metchosin farmer Kit Warren is saving his struggling farm though a creative Facebook campaign.

After a month of selling cars, Kit Warren threw in the keys and jumped back into his farm full-time.

Nearing foreclosure and struggling to make ends meet, the Metchosin farmer turned to social media to call out for help.

Status updates, posts and contests were answered by 3,337 B次元官网网址渓ikesB次元官网网址 that are generating into dollars through his creative initiatives.

Aside from selling farm products and weekly farm tours, Warren started offering chocolate making, canning and even fitness bootcamps. The exposure caught the eye of a bank who Warren says is finalizing paperwork on a new mortgage. He says that will allow him expand the farm by 19 acres and get out of the red.

B次元官网网址淚 am still behind in my (current) mortgage but we are getting by,B次元官网网址 Warren said. B次元官网网址(A new bank) saw my Facebook page and the exposure we have and believes in what I am doing.B次元官网网址

Warren is also working on securing foreign investors.

B次元官网网址淪ocial media has allowed this to happen,B次元官网网址 Warren said. B次元官网网址淲ith social media I can compete with the corporations.B次元官网网址

 

 





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