Women in Ag Magazine #3

 

Women in Ag 3 is out now! We are proud to present you with this third edition of Women in Ag Magazine, a project that was a dream a little over one year ago but has brought you the inspiring stories of women in agriculture from all over the world since March 2021!

For this edition, Women in Ag travelled to Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Scotland, Brazil and even New Zealand. Our goal remains collecting inspiring stories from the strong women in our sector from all around the world.

In this third issue, we bring you the stories of Valerie Walpot, who left her life in Belgium to go manage a farm in New Zealand, and Tiara Sauaia, who left her Kansas city life to follow her heart and is now a rancher in Brazil. Scottish farmer Amy Geddes tells us about her dreams of riding around the farm with her daughters and observing nature from the saddle.

Marie Mouton, Director of Communications, Events and Digital Marking for Europe at CNH Industrial, tells us about her company’s presence at fairs and its vision on diversity. This edition’s outsider is Eveline Jacques, Technical Advisor Fruit at Bayer. Pass the pen takes us to Martine van Wesemael‘s farm in the Dutch polders, where she cooks the delicious salty vegetables the family is growing. As per usual, we end the magazine with Melanie Epp‘s column where she talks about mental health this time.

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Women in Ag is also available in Dutch.

 

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“I think the best thing a manager can be, is to be there for their team.”

Laura Overall, Senior Vice President Communications CNH , Basildon (UK).   Last summer, we were invited to Basildon (UK) for a visit to the New Holland plant and to see the new CR10 and CR11 combines at work. However, while that was the main reason for our colleagues’ visit, we were there to meet Laura […]

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“Diversity is a good thing and we need to embrace it”

Marrit Kyung Ok Schakel, farmer and cheesemaker, Hoogmade (Netherlands)   In the Western world, from where we write, agriculture is not only mostly a male industry but also a predominantly white one. As Karen Washington explained to us in the March edition of this magazine, it is simply a lot less evident for non-whites to […]

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Mental well-being in young farmers

Evy Mettepenningen   The mental well-being of farmers has been under pressure for a while. A recent study by the Belgian Agriculture and Fisheries Agency shows that well-being among Flemish farmers has been systematically declining over the past decade and is lower than that of the average Flemish person. What about farmers-to-be, the new generation […]

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