Listen to Kim speak in the DLG podcast!

Earlier this month, our editor in chief was a guest in the DLG podcast “Stories that empower – Female Agri Fellows” with hosts Stefanie Pionke and Nathalie Joest, along with Women in Ag Awards laureate Christine Jodloman (Philippines).

Listen to her opinion on being a woman in agriculture and the Women in Ag Awards here!

 

Column – Who run the world?

Girls!   You probably know this song by Beyoncé. While it is not about women in agriculture, I was reminded of it. A few months ago, I read the news that the United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer. The fact that the UN would devote an entire year to […]

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Women in Ag Awards 2025 – Meet the jury: Juana “Jane” Tapel

As the temperatures are reaching tropical heights in Europe, we are gearing up for the fourth edition of the Women in Ag Awards, the international awards open to all women in agriculture worldwide, hosted in collaboration with the DLG. Present and behind the Awards project from the very beginning, back in 2022, Juana Tapel has […]

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More and more female farmers run Flemish farms

The proportion of female business leaders in the Flemish agriculture and horticulture sectors continues to increase. Young women in particular are increasingly taking on leadership roles in agriculture, according to an article by Flemish agricultural organisation Vilt.  “We can only applaud the evolution towards more gender equality in managerial positions in agriculture,” Flemish Minister of […]

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