Fostering meaningful connections: Melissa Huizer gives a behind the scenes look into the Mentorship Program
Mentorship remains at the heart of nurturing talent and fostering long-term partnerships within the food and agriculture industry. From words of support to constructive criticism, the bond between a mentor and mentee can contribute to career and personal development. With support from Alltech, we have been able to take the Women in Food and Agriculture […]
A Year in the Life of a WFA Mentor
A Year in the Life of a WFA Mentor What is it really like to be a mentor as part of the Women in Food and Agriculture Mentorship Program? This initiative supported by Alltech is in its second year and aims to support women who want to progress their careers in the food and ag […]
Could you be a mentor in the food and agriculture industry?
As 2021 comes to an end, now’s a great time to think about positive new year’s resolution. Why not do something for others in the food and ag industry? Could you support a woman’s career and gender diversity in the industry by becoming part of the WFA mentorship program? When Women in Food and Agriculture (WFA) launched their 2021 mentorship program at the end of 2020, the plan was to […]
How Cargill Believes Diverse Minds are Helping us Tackle the Sectors Biggest Sustainability Issues
The WFA campaign is supporting the work of our industry partners to create a more sustainable food and agriculture sector. New solutions are being developed across the world by the industry’s brightest minds, and through speaking with them we can highlight the variety of work being completed in this area. We sat down with Heather […]
WFA INTERVIEW – Christos Dimopoulos, President, Global Supply Chains, Bunge
Attracting the skills and talent of the future will require agribusinesses to change tact, according to Christos Dimopoulos (CD), President, Global Supply Chains, Bunge. Here he tells WFA why businesses have to be more vocal about what they have got to offer potential employees and why individual and collective efforts to make the industry more […]
Careers Stories Interview: How the Young Animal Nutrition Sector is Capturing the Minds of STEM Professionals
Boosting the number of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) roles is an issue that all industries are facing. From those leaving school to business leaders, it is vital we redress the gender balance in these fields at all levels. We at WFA have interviewed a number of inspirational women working in technical […]
Interview with InnovaFeed Co-Founder Aude Guo
Aude Guo is a co-founder of French start-up InnovaFeed, a leading insect producer, breeder and processor. The company produces insect-based ingredients (protein and oil) for animal nutrition and upcycles its frass (insect droppings) as an organic fertilizer, derived from the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens). In late-2020, InnovaFeed made the headlines on several occasions by […]
Interview with Barbara Bray, MBE
Recognising the barriers to personal and career goals and working proactively to overcome them is a principle that Registered Nutritionist Barbara Bray truly believes in and says without it she would not be where she is today. With 20 years’ experience working in the agri-food sector in the UK and Europe, Middle East and […]
New Book Features Women Innovators in Agtech
Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Amy Wu (a member of the WFA Community) has just published a book “From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown,” that profiles nearly 30 women innovators and leaders in the growing sector of agtech. Agtech encompasses innovations including drones, sensors, artificial intelligence and blockchain that help […]
IFAD and Govt. of Maharashtra join hands to empower 1 million rural women
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Maharashtra in India launched the Nav Tejaswini programme this week. The project, which aims to socially and economically empower women in 1 million households across the state, will support rural women across Maharashtra’s 34 rural districts to improve their livelihoods by helping them […]
