Agriculture

International Day of Women and Girls in Science with Angela Falagario

Last Sunday, we celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The initiative comes from the United Nations, in an effort to call attention to a persistent issue in terms of gender equality: the still significant gender gap in STEM all over the world. Two women who unintentionally show the way to young […]

Women in Ag Magazine 2023-004

Another year came and went… The fourth issue of Women in Ag Mag has been published, bringing the magazine’s third year to a close. Over the passed few years, we have been working hard on our content. Now it is time to level up. Our newsletter is part of that, you should see more of […]

Deanna M. Kovar elected President John Deere Europe, Africa and Asia

The new President of John Deere’s Europe, Africa and Asia “small agriculture and turf care” is a woman. In her new role, Deanna Kovar is responsible for the European, African and Asian markets and for equipment and technology solutions for small agriculture and turf care customers globally. Kovar, who grew up on a dairy farm […]

Grief is a wave and a freight train

Erica Leniczek on how to deal with grief “It doesn’t matter what you do, eventually you lose everyone in your life or they lose you.” The reality of that quote is that it’s true. Either everyone loses us or we lose everyone. We are set up with neurological processes to handle loss and grief […]

“There are a lot more women than men in agriculture in Zambia!”

Chileshe Chansa, Lusaka, Zambia Chileshe Emmeldah Chansa (41) runs a mixed farm in Lusaka province in Zambia, Southern Africa. Without a real agricultural background, she started up her farm, Mabala farm, all on her own after seeing a friend do it. Today, she runs a farm and all the administration that comes with it on […]

Unravelling unconscious bias: It starts with us

by Melanie Epp When I was a kid, I loved riddles. I remember one that really stumped me. It went something like this: A father and son get into a serious automobile accident. The father dies on the way to the hospital. The boy requires surgery. In the operating room, the surgeon said, “I […]

Women in Ag 2023-002

The new Women in Ag magazine has arrived and it is packed full of sunshine! In this issue, we take you to Toledo (Spain) where we attended the ICAR conference in the beautiful historic center of the city and met Marta Cuesta and Patricia Garzarán, two city girls who went to the mountains for a […]

“I see it as healthy curiosity when people test my technical knowledge.”

Cindy Vandommelen, Pixelfarming Robotics (Netherlands) Cindy Vandommelen is used to being among big machines. After growing up between the trucks at her parents’ company and riding horses, she ended up in the agricultural sector by accident. However, the branch she is in is the most up and coming of our industry: agricultural robots! As […]

“I hope the attitude towards women in agriculture will change from admiration to normality”

Annemarie Paulsen is this issue’s influencer You might call German dairy farmer Annemarie Paulsen the online ag comedian. With her funny reels and TikToks, she offers an honest and playful insight into her life as a dairy farmer and the beauty of farming. Her fresh and comedic approach earned her the 2022 Influencer Award […]

“Changing clichés about women starts in schools”

Marguerite Legros, flower grower in Brittany Earlier this month, French agricultural real estate company FEVE, that provides financing and support to help beginning farmers set up their agro-ecology projects, launched a series of portraits of women in agriculture in order to get more visibility for women in agriculture. An initiative we at Women in Ag […]