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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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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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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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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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 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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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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WHEN: Thursday, January 23, 2020 TIME: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET WHERE: On Twitter with the hashtag #BeyondTheBuzzChat WHO: @MillionWMentors & @STEMconnector Please join us on Thursday, January 23 at 3 pm ET for the next Twitter chat in our series of #BeyondTheBuzzChats‘. In this discussion, we want to focus in on raising awareness of mentoring in its various forms, promote the importance of the growth…
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The top ten photos are available on the American Agri-Women Facebook Page for voting! Molly Stamm, an ACT member, is in the top 10 Nationally on the America Agri-Women facebook page for their AG 365 photo contest and the voting is in full swing. See her picture below! Like, share and comment on your favorite to help…
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National FFA Convention is this week! Eastland High School Delana Erbsen and Alyssa Miller with their AgriScience Fair entry Environmental Study on Rumen Degradable Protein in Simulated Anaerobic Environments ranked gold and placed 6th in the Nation at the National FFA Convention in October 2019 in Indianapolis. Riley Middendorf and Madison Huebner of Waterloo FFA…
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