In this episode of Leadership is Language CEO of Country to Canberra Han Worsley shares her tips for volunteer recruitment and engagement with Country to Canberra board member and YFC Meg Rice, and YVLT Chair Dione Howard. Key Messages Volunteering is about seeing and capturing potential within your network Look for diversity in your team […]
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Leadership is Language with your host Meg Rice interviewing OzHarvest FEAST Education Manager Amelia Berner
Kicking off the second series of our Leadership is Language conversations is Amelia Berner from OzHarvest who sits down with Young Farming Champion Meg Rice to discuss the importance of valuing food – because wasting food wastes everything. Key Messages In Australia over 7.3 million tonnes of food ends up in landfill each year. One […]
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 […]
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 […]
Young Farming Champions Muster November 2021
Headline Act One of the founding aims of Action4Agriculture is to take agriculture to students who would not normally be exposed to it. This vision has been driven by our Young Farming Champions (YFC), our teachers and our partners – a collaboration of leaders with a common vision. This collaboration was highlighted during October and […]
Young Farming Champions Muster July 2021
Welcome to the Young Farming Champions July Muster. Our headline act this week celebrates the latest milestone for the team. One of the great strengths of the program is our YFC alumni network who are paying it forward and providing a peer-to-peer buddy system for new entrants. In 2021 those relationships have led to some […]
Young Farming Champions Muster June 2021
Emma Ayliffe 2020/2021 Australian Young Farmer of the Year with her partner Craig Newham Headline Act Does it get any better than this? Our very own Emma Ayliffe has been announced as the 2021 Young Farmer of the Year!! Read all about it here. One of the reasons Em won this prestigious award is that […]
Young Farming Champions Muster May 2021
Headline Act Often our headline act each month celebrates the awards and recognition our YFCs deservedly receive, but every now and again it is good to go back to basics and listen to the passion that draws them to agriculture in the first place. Marlee Langfield is a shining example of this and has commenced […]
Young Farming Champions Muster March 2021
Headline Act The Young Farming Champions program gives our young agriculturists the confidence to lead and the greatest manifestation of this is through the Youth Voices Leadership Team. It therefore gives us great pleasure to introduce the YVLT for 2021. Taking on the position of Chair is Dr Dione Howard. “I’ve put up […]
Today’s Youth Voices Leadership Team – becoming tomorrow’s CEOs by turning leadership knowledge and skills into daily habits
If you are a Young Farming Champion (YFC) you already see yourself as an emerging leader for agriculture. If you also envision your future includes managerial positions, board appointments and CEO roles then the Youth Voices Leadership Team (YVLT) is the perfect training ground. The YVLT is a group of committed YFC alumni who have […]