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Young Farming Champion Meg Rice showcases the Trailblazers she met at the Heywire Gala

Young Farming Champion Meg Rice (right) with Lauren Heritage-Brand on the red carpet at the Heywire Gala Young Farming Champion Meg Rice recently had the opportunity to represent Art4Agriculture at the ABC Heywire Gala dinner at the Australian National Museum in Canberra. Here she met some very inspiring young rural Australians. Each year the ABC conducts a storytelling … Continue reading “Young Farming Champion Meg Rice showcases the Trailblazers she met at the Heywire Gala”

Meg Rice part of a generation of young women whose fathers are encouraging them to into careers in agriculture

In 2017 Meg Rice was awarded the Northern Tablelands Scholarship to participate in the Young Farming Champions (YFC) program Taking part in the YFC program involves undertaking a series of Sydney based workshops, under the mentorship of some of Australia’s finest communication, marketing and professional development experts. The program’s focus is developing confident, independent, reflective … Continue reading “Meg Rice part of a generation of young women whose fathers are encouraging them to into careers in agriculture”

Young Farming Champions Muster September 2020

Headline Act The NSW Young Achievers Awards were presented in an online ceremony on September 11 and the star of the show was our very own Emma Ayliffe who was a finalist in the First National Real Estate Leadership Award. Emma beamed into the ceremony clad in a red dress standing in a bright yellow … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster September 2020”

Young Farming Champions Muster June 2020

Headline Act Oh wow, wow, WOW. Our very own Jo Newton has been awarded an OAM! We are so very proud of this young woman whose has contributed to scientific research, inspired countless young people to consider a career in agriculture, volunteered hours of her time and overcome some major life-hurdles along the way. And … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster June 2020”

Proud to be shining the light on Heywire ensuring talented young people have equal opportunity

Picture You in Agriculture’s (PYiA) mission is to put young people in agriculture at the centre of the learning and doing experience and provide genuines opportunities for their voices to be heard and cinsidered. We support others who share our values to to achieve our joint goals. In November 2019 school students from Lake Cargelligo … Continue reading “Proud to be shining the light on Heywire ensuring talented young people have equal opportunity”

Young Farming Champions Muster April 2020

Anika Molesworth took the Young Farming Champions message global when she visited Antartica as part of Homeward Bound Headline Act Welcome to the first Young Farming Champions Muster for 2020. What a year it has been already; opening with drought, morphing into bushfires, blessed with rain and now we are living in a global pandemic, … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster April 2020”

Australian Farmer of the Year and Picture You in Agriculture celebrate a decade of amplifying our farmers voices

Celebrating Women in Agriculture at 2019 Australian Farmer of the Year Awards. LtoR Meg Rice, Aimee Snowden, Lynne Strong, Sally Downie, Jackie Jarvis, Sarah Parker, Charlie Aves and Sally Murfett Ten years ago an organisation called Picture You in Agriculture (PYiA) launched with the vision of creating a network of empowered young farmers to represent the … Continue reading “Australian Farmer of the Year and Picture You in Agriculture celebrate a decade of amplifying our farmers voices”

Young Farming Champions Muster October 2019 1st Edition

This week’s top stories from Young Farming Champions around the world…  In the Field What better way to start the week than with news just in from the rice fields of Myanmar, where YFC Sam Coggins is working as a Soil Research Officer at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) – a government … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster October 2019 1st Edition”

Young Farming Champions Muster September 2019 1st Edition

This week’s top stories from Young Farming Champions (YFC) around the world.  In the Field We all know dogs are a human’s best friend and when it comes to farm dogs they are both best friends and highly valued team members! This week celebrated International Dog Day and YFC Peta Bradley sent us these beautiful … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster September 2019 1st Edition”

Young Farming Champions Muster August 2019 1st Edition

This week’s top stories from our Young Farming Champions (YFC) around the country and globe.  In the field First stop on our round the globe tour this week is with YFC Sam Coggins who has touched down in SE Asia for the next stage of his work with Rise Harvest. Sam is the co-founder of … Continue reading “Young Farming Champions Muster August 2019 1st Edition”