Published - 15 October 2024 2024 Victorian Rural Women’s Award Winner and National Final Runner-up – Grace Larson Congratulations to Grace Larson who was announced the national runner-up in the 2024 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. Grace is a paediatric critical care nurse with … Read More awards, Rural women, Victorian Rural Women's Network eXtensionAUS, Home, Uncategorized
Congratulations to 2023 AgriFutures Australia Rural Women’s Award National Winner – Nikki Davey Victorian tech entrepreneur Nikki Davey was announced the 2023 Rural Women’s Award National Winner at a Gala event at Parliament House in Canberra on 12 … Read More eXtensionAUS, Home, Newsletter, Uncategorized
2023 Victorian Rural Women’s Award Finalists 5 remarkable women have been named as finalists for the 2023 Victorian Rural Women’s Award today, coinciding with International Women’s Day. View the media release … Read More eXtensionAUS, Home, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Published - 10 September 2022 Kimberley Furness – 2022 Rural Women’s Award Victorian Winner As Founder and Editor of print publication OAK Magazine, Bendigo local Kimberley Furness has long been a cheerleader for rural and regional women and their … Read More awards, business, community, empowerment, leadership, regional, Rural women, small business, stories, Victorian Rural Women's Network Home, Newsletter
Published - 28 February 2022 Jessica Knight – Leadership Program Participant Profile Growing up in an agricultural community, Jess Knight had a feeling farming might be for her. Taking the scenic route to get into dairy farming, … Read More Home, Newsletter
Published - 2 February 2022 Meet our VRWN Mentoring Program Facilitators With the challenges of the past two years having disrupted the lives we otherwise took for granted, many of us have been prompted to think … Read More agriculture, community, empowerment, leadership, mentoring, networking, Rural women, Victorian Rural Women's Network, women on farms Home, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Published - 16 December 2021 Profile – Leadership Victoria Program Participant – Amy Cosby For Amy Cosby, the opportunity for online training during COVID-19 provided access to leadership development that might have otherwise been unavailable. And now with new … Read More agriculture, farming, leadership, Rural women, women in agriculture, women on farms Uncategorized
Published - 12 November 2021 Leader Profile – Catherine Marriott When you think of agriculture, your mind might not jump to international export and trade delegations, women’s leadership workshops and board papers. But for new Rural … Read More agriculture, Australian Women in Agriculture, community, leadership, networking, Rural women, women on farms Home, Newsletter
Published - 14 October 2021 Profile – Natalie Ajay – Board Leadership Program Participant City expat Natalie Ajay didn’t ever plan to be raising kids (and chickens) in country Victoria. But when the perfect opportunity arrived on her doorstep, … Read More community, empowerment, leadership, Rural women, Victorian Rural Women's Network, women on farms Home, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Published - 15 September 2021 Regional Leadership Program participant profile – Kirsten Larsen With time at work spent building a network of primary producers and food system champions, and time away from work spent on a new farm … Read More agriculture, Australian Women in Agriculture, community, empowerment, farming, food, Victorian Rural Women's Network, women in agriculture, women on farms Home, Newsletter
Published - 7 July 2021 Profile – Kirsten Diprose – The Observership Program Participant Though her experience is in media, Kirsten Diprose’s leadership contributions spill in to many other areas. As a Board Director and newly minted podcaster, her … Read More agriculture, community, media, stories, Victorian Rural Women's Network, women on boards Home, Newsletter
Published - 6 July 2021 Leader Profile – Dr Kate Auty Dr Kate Auty’s legal training has seen her working across the country tackling challenging subjects. Now based in Euroa, her days are filled with driving … Read More agriculture, climate change, farming, leadership, mentoring Home, Newsletter
