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  • WFA Webinar | How to Take Your Networking Skills to the Next Level

    What can you do to excel at networking in the food and ag industry?

     

    Check out the recording from our Women in Food and Agriculture (WFA) webinar held in September 2022, which provided the tips and tricks to improve your networking skills to strengthen your online presence and maximise your experiences at in-person events.

     

    The thought-provoking panel of speakers were:

    • Ebony Webber, Chief Operations Officer, MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences)

    • Molly Strader Fruit, Corporate Controller and Chairwoman, NA Women’s ERG, ADM

    • Kathleen Offman Mathisen, Chief Human Resource Officer and HSE/Internal Communication, Grieg Seafood

    • Jane Gauthier, Talent Acquisition Recruitment Process Team Leader and HR lead for Women in Operations, Cargill

     

    Areas discussed included:

    · The different forms of networking

    · Tips and advice on how to improve in person and online networking

    · Strategies to make the most of conversations with new contacts

    · How businesses can ensure employees are given the skills and opportunities to network effectively

  • VIDEO – What Can Women in Food and Agriculture Do For You?

    Keen to learn more about our core mission to be a force for change in food and ag?

    Our new video gives you a deeper insight into how we are striving for positive global change towards equality, diversity and a more sustainable future for the global food and ag industry.

    Hear from the team at WFA about how we offering support to women in the sector through resources, our annual summit, as well as mentorship and networking opportunities for women and men at all levels in their career.

    We also provide an industry-wide survey to track D&I progress and a series of written, audio, and video interviews with industry professionals who share valuable insights for your business.

    Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with the latest stories in food and ag: https://wfa-initiative.com/newsletter/

    Register for the WFA Summit 2022 here: https://www.wfasummit.com/

  • WFA WEBINAR – How To Be An Inclusive Leader

    WFA WEBINAR – How To Be An Inclusive Leader

    What does it take to be an inclusive leader today and how has the view of a leader changed over time?

    Putting diversity and inclusion into practice should be at the centre of every organisation as it has been proven to improve business performance. So, how can we ensure this starts with leadership and results in greater opportunities for food and ag industry professionals worldwide?

    Join us for a free interactive webinar on Thursday 5th May at 16.00 CEST / 10.00 EST where you’ll hear valuable insights from inspiring speakers from BASF SE and The Better Meat Co. Whether you are a working in an entry-level role with leadership aspirations or you are a top-level manager, a founder of company or a recruiter wanting to improve your company’s hiring practices, this webinar will be beneficial to you by explaining how to ensure inclusivity is at the heart of your work.

    You will be hearing from these key speakers:

    • Viola Choi, Vice President Global Human Resources Agricultural Solutions at BASF SE
    • Doni Curkendall, Executive Vice President at The Better Meat Co.
    • Tanja Kotevska, General Manager, Greenagro Dooel Skopje

    During this interactive discussion, speakers from across the supply chain will share their experiences and offer this opinions on the following key topics:

    • How people at all levels of businesses can foster a culture of inclusivity 

    • How the view of a leader has changed over the past 10 years  

    • The skillset of a perfect leader 

    • How leaders can be more mindful of their internal biases and hold themselves to account 

    You don’t want to miss this event, register in the form below and don’t forget to bring your questions to be answered in our live Q&A.

  • WFA Webinar | Boosting Women’s Careers In Food and Agriculture

    WFA Webinar | Boosting Women’s Careers In Food and Agriculture

    Missed our latest webinar? By popular demand, we shared it on YouTube! Dive right in and learn more about how to boost your career and support the women around you. From top tips on how to build a personal brand to tackling unconscious bias and the importance of allyship, watch our “Boosting Women’s Careers” webinar key insights from speakers:

    – Nikeisha V. Sleeuwen, VP P&O for Animal Nutrition & Health, DSM Animal Nutrition & Health
    – Christopher Bylone, Global Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion,
    International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (IFF)
    – Rejane Souza, VP Crop Knowledge and Agronomy, Yara International

     

  • Smarter Working: The Evolution and Future of the Workplace of the Workplace

    In this webinar we discussed how new working practices may positively, and negatively, impact employees, businesses and diversity in the workplace. This webinar will bring together representatives from ADM, Novus and DSM to discuss a number of issues including:

    – How the notion of the ‘workplace’ has changed since the start of the pandemic

    – The biggest challenges of home working for businesses and individuals

    – How these changes could impact on our drive for greater diversity and inclusion

    – What the ‘new’ workplace looks like

  • Ideas to put D&I at the heart of your business with Alltech

    Ideas to put D&I at the heart of your business with Alltech

    In this Women in Food and Agriculture video we speak to Bianca Martins, General Manager of Alltech Mexico about some of the initiatives she has been inspired to implement and get involved in to boost diversity and inclusion across her business.

    1.33 – Why did you decide to take the lead in a number of diversity and inclusion projects within Alltech? How did it all start?

    4.30 – Can you tell us about your mentorship scheme you put in place. How did it begin? What did you learn from this experience?

    7.00 – So what did you decide to implement next using what you had learnt from the mentorship scheme?

    8.51 – Tell me about the role that male allies have played in supporting gender diversity within Alltech. How did you develop D&I projects where there was no resentment or accusations of favouritism?

    13.31 – What have you learnt from implementing these projects? What impact have they had on your business?

    15.13 – What advice would you offer to others looking to develop some internal programmes to boost diversity and inclusion in their organisations?

    19.21 – What is next for Alltech to further boost diversity and inclusion across the company?

  • Coffee Break Discussion | Setting Goals with Jane Craigie

    Coffee Break Discussion | Setting Goals with Jane Craigie

    Take 20 minutes out of your day to drink a coffee and reflect on yourself and our industry by listening in and contributing to this informal conversation.

  • Building greater resilience and sustainability into food and farming supply chains will be ‘sped up’ as the industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic

    While global supply chains succeeded in keeping food on the shelves during the Covid-19 crisis, which claimed large numbers of businesses in other industries, agribusiness leaders said it was far from ‘business as usual’.

    Dr Mark Lyons, president and chief executive officer of Alltech, said keeping operational had been a critical element for businesses and that had aided consumer trust.

    Speaking during a Women in Food and Agriculture webcast on how the agrifood chain had coped during the pandemic, he said: “People showed up and felt a renewed sense of purpose in the job.

    “But this focus of the industry constantly looking at efficiency and constantly looking at a way that we can produce food at a lower price, has again been called into real question. “Because if we were not thinking of that, would we have had the ability to respond and would we have had the ability to be more flexible?”

    Dr Lyons said Alltech had always built in local production throughout the world, which he said had given the business a ‘massive strategic advantage’ and helped it remain competitive.

    He said trust between the actors in a supply chain was critical at any time, but especially in a pandemic and this should be a focus for businesses post-Covid-19.

    “You are really seeing an appreciation from the consumer for the food sector in general, but particularly in local food and does this then shift things in terms of our supply chains.

    “If you look at secure food supply, trust may be the driver in future, not price.”

    Jacqueline Pieters, lead in finance and investment with the World Business Council of Sustainable Development and Rabobank, agreed more local sourcing could be a legacy of coronavirus.

    “We are so focused on ‘just in time’ that there is little resilience in any disruption to our food supply and distribution,” she said.

    “Maybe we should look at ‘just in case’, for example keeping more products in our countries but also having partnerships to help on the sourcing and distribution side.

    “When out of home eating closed down overnight, we helped clients find new distribution channels, through a ‘farmers for neighbours’ type scheme.  I hope that will remain.”

    With the virus crisis being seen by many as a ‘reset’ moment in terms of sustainability, Dr Lyons highlighted the societal benefits agribusinesses provided.

    And this brought into sharp focus products which purported to be better for the environment, for example non-meat proteins.

    “A lot of products from some of the start-ups are very hot right now and very high on the sustainability indexes but they do not answer that societal question,” he said, adding that instead of pushing money back to the farmgate to enable rural communities to thrive, these products were effectively putting people out of business.

    “To a large degree they disrupt a lot of rural communities and rural livelihoods,” said Dr Lyons.