[ExI] Farmville for real

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Spike mentioned a project to allow Farmville players to try their
skills on a real-life farm.
A trial project is now starting up in the UK.

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13276102>
Quote:
A National Trust farm is to be run by online subscribers voting on
which crops to grow and livestock to rear.
For a £30 annual fee, 10,000 farm followers will help manage Wimpole
Home Farm, in Cambridgeshire.
The National Trust says its MyFarm project aims to reconnect people
with where their food comes from.

It was partly inspired by the online Facebook game Farmville and
follows the example of Ebbsfleet Football Club which is run on a
similar basis. Decisions about the running of the team in Kent has
been in the hands of MyFootballClub subscribers since 2008.
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