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Welcome to the Farms.com Media Centre.  Farms.com’s vision is to be the essential partner to our global agriculture and food industry customers; by exceeding their expectations through value-added & integrated information-driven services and solutions enabled by technology.

Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries. The Farms.com family includes AgCareers.com -- the leading human resources website for the agriculture and food industry; and PigCHAMP, Inc. -- the leading swine industry software and knowledge management company, as well as a Farms.com Risk Management a crop and livestock marketing advisory service to producers across North America which assists them to effectively address their price risk management. It also includes Farms.com Professional Services – a full service interactive technology firm specializing in the agriculture, food, and natural resource sectors.

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Farms.com Code of Journalistic Ethics

Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries.

This Code of Ethics reflects Farms.com’s dedication to ethical practices, fostering trust and accuracy within the farming community.

We use Farms.com vision statement as a guiding principle of our agriculture content. Farms.com’s vision is to be the essential partner to our global agriculture and food industry customers; by exceeding their expectations through value-added & integrated information-driven services and solutions enabled by technology.

These guidelines for Farms.com journalists state the goals of ethical journalism and provide guidance on how to put them into practice. 

At Farms.com Media & Publishing, our team of journalists upholds the highest standards of ethical journalism to serve the agricultural community with accuracy, fairness, and transparency. These principles guide our reporting and ensure integrity in every piece of content we produce.

Accuracy

• Reporters must strive for accuracy by seeking reliable sources, properly quoting interviews, and maintaining the integrity of reported information—ensuring it is not compromised, even under the pressure of the 24-hour news cycle.
• We remain vigilant against misinformation, disinformation, and fabricated content, recognizing the importance of factual reporting in agriculture and agribusiness.
• Where warranted, we conduct independent fact-checking by another Farms.com journalist is encouraged to uphold credibility.
• Source identities and backgrounds must be verified, especially with online information, social media posts, and agricultural industry insights where warranted. Documentation supporting reliability is prioritized.
• Corrections are promptly published upon discovering errors to maintain trust within the farming community.
• Legal reporting ensures defendants are described as having "allegedly" committed crimes until conviction, protecting journalistic integrity and minimizing defamation risks.
• Opinion surveys and statistical agricultural data are handled with care, ensuring proper contextualization and disclosure of margins of error.

Fairness

• We respect individuals in the agricultural sector by avoiding references to ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, or physicality unless relevant to the story.
• Extra precautions are taken when reporting on children or individuals unfamiliar with the consequences of media attention, ensuring proper oversight from responsible guardians or industry leaders.
• Information from social media is frequently verified before publication, acknowledging its potential impact on farmers, agribusiness professionals, and agricultural communities.
• Journalists recognize their own biases and actively mitigate their influence on reporting, ensuring objective coverage of farming and agribusiness issues.

Transparency

• We uphold transparency by clearly communicating how we conduct journalism and openly declaring ourselves as reporters when gathering information.
• While rarely done, undercover reporting is only conducted when investigating illegal or unethical agricultural practices, in cases where public interest outweighs alternative methods of gathering facts.
• Sources are made aware that Farms.com stories published online will have a lasting impact and reach broad agricultural audiences across multiple media channels.

By adhering to these ethical principles, Farms.com commits to fair, accurate, and responsible journalism that serves the agricultural industry with trustworthy reporting, information they need every day in agriculture.