Women in Food & Agriculture Podcast AgriBriefing

In this episode of the Women in Food and Agriculture Podcast we sit down with Amelie Mainville, Nutrition & Tech Services Director at Cargill to chat about her experience as a working mom in leadership, her career in agtech, where her love for the sector started, and the incredible work her and her team are doing on Cargill’s Dairy Enteligen platform.

We also get into the importance of having a work-life balance, how the support of a significant other can form part of this, and what companies need to consider to get more women into senior roles.

For this episode of the Women in Food and Agriculture Podcast Ollie Theocharous, our Head of Content talks to Nadine Kuester, who is the General Secretary of Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Danone, a multi-national food and drink company.

In this insightful conversation, Nadine speaks candidly about the significant barriers facing women at an executive level within the food and drink industry, what it requires to manage teams and why she feels company-wide diversity targets are useful in achieving equality across the entire supply chain.

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This episode of the Women in Food and Agriculture Podcast features Sandy Hansen-Wolff Former Founder and Owner of AgVenture Feed & Seed, who will be speaking at the WFA Summit next month.

She talks openly about her career journey to becoming an entrepreneur, the challenges associated with running a business in the agrifood sector that she has had to overcome, why women working at a founder or executive level is vital to the industry and what she's looking forward to the most about the summit.

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This episode of the Women in Food and Agriculture Podcast explores everything from issues surrounding climate change to farmer livelihoods, racial diversity and the representation of women in leadership.

Olga Korzhova, the Head of Event Content for the WFA Summit shares interesting findings from conversations with CEO’s, thought leaders and agriculture and food experts ahead of the WFA Summit in June. If you’re keen to get into the minds of a diverse range of food and ag professionals, take a listen to this insightful interview to gain new perspectives and influence your strategic decisions.

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We sat down for an informative chat with Michelle Cassal, the Deputy Chief of Party for the USAID TRANSFORM Programme at Cargill. In this podcast she explains her role, the impact the ag sector can have on human health through addressing zoonotic diseases and antibiotic resistance and why developing a diverse team is so beneficial in driving projects like this forward. We also discuss advice for women wanting to progress in the food and ag sector.

If you’re looking to understand how D&I plays a fundamental role in team building and gain valuable advice to help you advance in your career take a listen to this episode supported by Cargill.

Find out more information about USAID TRANSFORM here: https://www.cargill.com/sustainability/transform

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In this 20 minute Coffee Break Discussion Session we speak to Emma Penny who is a professional coach, consultant and writer about her experience as part of the WFA Mentorship Program which is supported by Alltech.

You can get in contact with Emma via her linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-penny-coaching-mentoring-consulting-b8350817/