Reading Time: 3 minutes Josie Van Lent was “purposely naive” when she began her agriculture career more than 30 years ago. “There were times when the fact that I was female was probably less appreciated, but I was too stupid to see that,” Lakeland College’s dean of agriculture says with a laugh. “Definitely people would react to the fact […] Read more
Talent trumps gender in today’s agriculture
Josie Van Lent says young women see the opportunities in agriculture and are reaching out to seize them
Farm leader urges her fellow women farmers not to hold back
Alberta Pulse Growers vp Allison Ammeter has learned not being the ‘hands-on’ type isn’t a barrier for women in agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutes You might not guess Allison Ammeter is a farmer just by looking at her. And you wouldn’t be alone. One time, she introduced herself as a farmer during a meeting with a Calgary design firm in a funky little downtown office. The designer took one look at Ammeter’s red high heels and said, “You don’t […] Read more
Women in agriculture bank on change
Straight From the Hip: Give women a fair shake and agricultural production will increase
Reading Time: 3 minutes There has been a global failure to improve infrastructure and address policy to enable women to access the same level of education, technology, credit, and land ownership. In many countries I have seen how this has left farming women unprepared for the current and future increases in input costs and challenges in marketing. Women farmers […] Read more
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