Recent News

2021 Scholarship Opportunities

Women Changing the Face of Agriculture, a project of the Illinois Agri-Women, is once again offering four scholarships for females studying agriculture. Application deadline is March 31st.

WCFA 2021: Online Curriculum – Call for Videos

Our planning committee developed the idea for Online Curriculum for teachers to use in their classrooms. We would like to invite you to participate in this online opportunity as one of our past sponsors and professional participants of the event to submit 2 minute videos about your careers in agriculture.

2021 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture Event Postponed

The 2021 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event, scheduled for March 5, 2021 at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois, has been postponed until 2022. The next Women Changing the Face of Agriculture event will take place on March 4, 2022, at Carl Sandburg College.

A Thank You from Richland Community College

The WCFA planning team showed its appreciation to the Richland Community College through a continuing expression of support for young women interested in careers in the agriculture, food and natural resources industry. They selected the agriculture and culinary arts programs to receive generous donations following WCFA 2019. In addition, several scholarships were awarded to young…
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Chats with Changemakers: Gayle Baker

DiscoverE, an outreach group for public understanding of engineering, is featuring Illinois Agri-Women member Gayle Baker. Gayle is a member of American Society of Agriculture and Biological Engineers (ASABE) in a recently launched video series entitled, “Chats with Changemakers.” The interview will take place Friday, June 12, at noon eastern time. “Chats with Changemakers” introduces…
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4-H Alumni Association Needs Help

The Illinois 4-H Program is developing an exciting new resource for 4-H members and their families called Illinois 4-H Spark Sheets.  Illinois 4-H Spark Sheets will be created for all ninety-one projects that 4-H members can enroll in.  Each 4-H Spark Sheet will be a one page resource sheet (front/back) and will focus on a specific…
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WCFA 2021 Location Announcement

The Women Changing the Face of Agriculture planning committee is excited to announce that the 2021 WCFA event will be held at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, IL on March 5th, 2021! Sandburg has revitalized it’s agricultural program with a 16-credit hour program, which could be completed in as little as two semesters culminating in…
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WCFA 2020: Feedback Survey

Thank you so much for attending 11th Annual Women Changing the Face of Agriculture 2020! Help us make next years event even better by providing your feedback!

Scholarship Applications Now Available

Scholarship Deadline is March 31st, 2020! Scholarships for females studying agriculture are offered by the Illinois Agri-Women and Women Changing the Face of Agriculture! The Illinois Agri-Women (IAW) organization supports the agriculture industry, works for legislation to support and preserve family farms, communicates with other agriculture organizations, and strives to educate the public and promote…
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WCFA Registration is Open!

The registration system is up and running for the 2020 Women Changing the Face of Agriculture on March 6, 2020. We are looking forward to Richland Community College again hosting this event in Decatur. This year we have a great selection of breakout sessions, a Keynote by Farm Babe, and teacher professional development training. Event Schedule…
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