What's Next for AWN
A few months back, we asked you for your feedback on a number of items relating to the Ag Women’s Network. This isn’t our first survey...
A multi-faceted career: education, horticulture and business
Megan Balsillie is a teacher, tour guide, and farmer from Harrow, Ontario. Please tell us a bit about yourself and your career path. My...

Sticking to it and the power of shared experiences
According to author Nora Ephron, “Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something,...

Grounding herself in agriculture: Sandra Vos
Sandra Vos grew up in Toronto but found her passion in a second career: farming.

Constant reinvention: Family farm evolves to find its niche
Lester farms is a farm that is constantly reinventing itself. Mary and Susan help find new niche for the family farm.

Book recommendations for International Women's Day 2018
In honour of International Women’s Day, I reached out to my network, asking them for book recommendations written by female authors. I...

The art of presenting
Have you ever sat through a presentation where you concentrated more on your daydreams, or on everything else other than what the person...

Celebrating our mentors
Celebrating the mentors of the first Ag Women's Network mentorship program with a little poetry!

Setting resolutions for agriculture in 2018
2018 has arrived, a toddling new year with all the potential in the world heaped up like a snowbank. The baggage of last year has...

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...