WVU Extension Service’s Women in Agriculture
Conference Equips Female Farmers with Tools
for Fruitful Farm Enterprises
With more than 9,000 female farmers in West
Virginia, West Virginia University Extension Service
acknowledges and embraces the large impact women
have on the state’s agriculture industry. In an effort to
equip female farmers with the tools they need to succeed,
WVU Extension Service is hosting the second annual
Women in Agriculture Conference, October 23—24, at
Canaan Valley Resort in Davis, West Virginia.
Singh-Knights said that female farm producers can
benefit significantly from attending the conference
because it covers a vast array of relevant subject matter
to help cultivate a bright future for their farm enterprise.
With four conference education tracks—livestock,
horticulture, farm finances and farm niches, and a
dozen sessions—participants can tailor their conference
experience to their specific farm enterprise needs.
The conference provides the state’s female farmer
population the opportunity to gain valuable industry
knowledge through
networking, informational
workshops and leadership
development opportunities.
There will be a pre-conference farm tour on
Friday, October 23, which visits several local farms
that incorporate food and
hay production, showcase
effective marketing strategies
and much more. Cost for
the tour is $35 and includes
dinner. Participants can opt
for the networking dinner
only for a cost of $25.
“Women farmers in
West Virginia are crucial
in preserving small farms,
improving the local food
system, and enhancing
rural economic and social
development,” said
Doolarie Singh-Knights,
WVU Extension Service
agricultural economics
specialist and cocoordinator of the West Virginia Women in Agriculture
team.
WVU Extension Service’s Women in Agriculture
Conference help women farmers develop entrepreneurial
skills today, while WVU Extension’s Agriculture
and Natural Resources and 4-H Youth Development
programs work cooperatively to help secure the future
of West Virginia’s farm industry through agriculture
education and services.
WVU Extension Service’s Women in Agriculture
conference of