Published - 2 February 2022 By Lara McPherson Meet our 2022 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 - 12 November 2021 By Lara McPherson 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 By 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 By Lara McPherson 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 By Lara McPherson 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 - 11 May 2021 By Lara McPherson A Relaunched Network for Victoria’s Young Farmers Young farmers across Victoria have voiced their desire for a way to connect and network with other young farmers. Agriculture Victoria currently has a very … Read More agriculture, community, leadership, networking, women on farms, young farmers Home, Newsletter
Published - 9 April 2021 By Lara McPherson The Power of Networking Alecia Dodson, Catherine Haldene and Jodi Fry at the most recent Women on Farms Gathering in Port Fairy, March 2021 You’d be forgiven for feeling a … Read More agriculture, community, connection, empowerment, Events, farming, networking, wellbeing, women in agriculture, women on farms Home, Newsletter
Published - 26 March 2021 By Lara McPherson Profile – Alicia Robinson – 2020 Leadership Victoria Program Participant Thanks to scholarship support from the VRWN and support from her employer Warakirri Cropping, Wimmera broad acre cropping farmer Alicia Robinson has built on the … Read More agriculture, community, leadership, training, women in ag, women in agriculture, women on farms Home, Newsletter
Published - 5 March 2021 By Lara McPherson Profile – Amelia Hartney – 2021 Community Leadership Program participant For consultant and strategist Amelia Hartney, it made sense that the next step in her professional and leadership development journey would be close to her … Read More agriculture, Australian Women in Agriculture, community, empowerment, leadership, mentoring, Rural women, training, Victorian Rural Women's Network, women on farms Home, Newsletter
Published - 5 March 2021 By Lara McPherson Introducing – your new Victorian Rural Women’s Network team The Victorian Rural Women’s Network has welcomed two new team members over the Christmas break. Here’s a little bit about Anthea (left) and Lara (right), … Read More agriculture, Australian Women in Agriculture, community, leadership, Victoria, Victorian Rural Women's Network, welcome, women Home, Newsletter
