Une entrepreneur et advocat: Jeannine Messier (From entrepreneur to advocate)
Le francais suit. Jeannine Messier has been a farmer and entrepreneur in the Montérégie region of Quebec for the last 30 years. She has...
Open letter - Why we're STILL talking about women in ag
An important conversation was started by a tweet recently and expanded upon in an op-ed in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. The tweet many...
Closing the Gap
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Gender Wage Gap. With the current rate of change staying equal, the World Economic Forum estimates...
Gender Wage Gap 101
Is it 85 cents that women make compared to every dollar men make? Or is it 79 cents? Is that for full time work? What about education and...
Does the term “farmer’s wife” cut it?
Many women choose to use “farmer’s wife” to describe themselves, their lifestyle and often their additional responsibilities. But what’s...
Canadian Young Speaker, Katelyn Ayers talks women in Ag – Read the whole speech here
Earlier this week, an article appeared on CBC about women in agriculture, featuring a fellow enthusiastic women in agriculture and Ag...
9 Tips to Deal with Sexism & Unconscious Bias in Agriculture
Listening to Courtney Denard’s recent interview on Wendall Schumm and Christine Eisler’s podcast “Come Over Here & Say That”, I found...
Can I talk to the man in charge?
True stories about women in agriculture and their experiences with sexism, discrimination and just plain rudeness. Late in August, our...