Today, March 8, marks International Womens Day and here is a video from four female farmers championing the farming industry.
In this International Womens Day special video, four female farmers - Hannah Jackson, Holly Moscrop, Louise Penn and Sophie Mitchell-Smith - explain why they love doing what they do.
https://youtu.be/9LcIoHYMSjI
The agricultural sector is brimming with women, all who inspire and have diverse and varied roles in the industry.
There are, of course, too many to mention, but here are just a few to follow on social media.
Claire Whittle, farm vet
https://www.instagram.com/dr_dowhittle/
Ness Knight, new entrant farmer
https://www.instagram.com/ness_knight/
Maria Warne, farmer and Yellow Wellies ambassador
https://www.instagram.com/mariawarne1124/
Zoe Coleville, shepherdess
https://www.instagram.com/thechiefshepherdess/
Holly Atkinson, dairy farmer/mental health advocate
https://www.instagram.com/cups.on.cows/
The foodies
If you want to find out more about how you can cook with fabulous British produce, check out Jenney Jefferies and Milly Fyfe. Both are cookbook authors and doing all they can to connect the public with UK farming.
Milly Fyfe
On International Womens Day, lets celebrate the woman who champion food and farming ??
Milly Fyfe ® (@MillyFyfe) March 8, 2023
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Jenny Jefferies
If we do have a food crisis it will not be caused by the insufficiency of natures productive power, but by the extravagance of human desire.
Jenny Jefferies (@jennyljefferies) March 7, 2023
Masanobu Fukuoka, The One-Straw Revolution
Farming CAN
Why not check out some of our fantastic female #FarmingCAN ambassadors? Each have paved their own path in farming and are now promoting the industry to the wider public.
