Located in the Members’ Centre at the Royal Welsh Showground, it’s still not too late to book your space to join more than 100 ladies who have already signed up for next week’s Wales Women in Agriculture forum. This popular annual event will be held on Thursday, 29 September from 10.30am to 4pm.
Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs will give the keynote address and Alwen Williams, Director of BT Wales is a speaker.
This event, designed to inspire, motivate and empower women in agriculture, will ensure that women who work in food, farming and forestry businesses in Wales are able to influence the rural agenda post the EU referendum. Farming Connect are recruiting women across Wales to join new agricultural networks, with feedback from the groups directly influencing the Welsh Government’s new post-Brexit agricultural policy.
Eirwen Williams, director of rural programmes with Menter a Busnes, delivering Farming Connect, which is funded by Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, says this is a very important opportunity for women working in the industry to make sure that their voices are heard.
“We are urging delegates attending next week’s forum to commit to joining one of the new networks.
“If you want your voice to be heard and your opinion to matter, this is your opportunity to help influence the future development of the agriculture industry in Wales” said Mrs. Williams.
The forum will comprise of three facilitated workshops, which will address
‘Developing an agricultural policy for Wales post Brexit – women’s perspective’, ‘Communicating with others’ and ‘Starting difficult conversations.”