Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Real-Life FarmVille Grows Offline




Inspired by the virtual game FarmVille, a real-life British farm is
allowing online participants to vote on its key decisions, in a
crowd-sourcing experiment that could point the way to better farming,
even a stronger sense of community.

Launched this week, the "MyFarm" experiment offers up to 10,000
online participants to discuss and vote on what to buy and plant on the
2,500-acre