Between farming and working, running a home, caring for children or parents and dealing with everything else life throws at us, women rarely take time to recognise or celebrate their own successes. So Irish Country Living is set to recognise these achievements with our FBD Women & Agriculture Awards.
This biannual awards, now running for the third time, celebrates the essential role women play on farms.
We have three categories to enter. In our Innovation On-Farm Award, we are looking for women who are farming on their own or in partnership, whose contribution has been essential to the success and profitability of the farm.
For the Agribusiness and Innovation Award, we are searching for a woman who looked at the farm and saw immense opportunity through diversification, making a success of that business idea.
Finally, the winner of our Lifetime Achievement Award will follow in the big steps taken by previous winners, Myrtle Allen and Anna May McHugh.
We are looking for a lady that has dedicated her life to agriculture and has made a real impact in that time. Are you one of those women or do you know someone who fits the bill? If so, send us your nomination so we can recognise and celebrate those achievements.
Categories and Prizes
1 Innovation On-Farm Award. (Winner gets €2,500. Runner-up gets €1,000).
2 Agribusiness Innovation Award. (Winner gets €2,500. Runner-up gets €1,000).
3 Lifetime Achievement Award. (Special commemorative piece).
Who Can Enter?
The awards are open to women aged 18 and over, from every county in Ireland. You can enter yourself or be nominated by friends or family by following the application guidelines below.
What Happens Then?
All applications and nominations sent in before the closing date of 18 August 2015 will be reviewed by a judging panel. Shortlisted nominations will then be visited by a panel of judges.
Application/
nomination form
1 Innovation On-Farm Award
We’re looking for a farming woman who has successfully implemented technical or managerial innovations on the family farm. This may have been done through one or more of the following ways:
• Employing new technology wherever possible to improve farm profitability.• Seizing every opportunity to improve innovation on the farm.• Using excellent management practises to make farm work more efficient.• Improving work-life balance with the introduction of new work practices. • Employing scientific knowledge to make the best decisions for the farm.• Building up farm production with unique ideas.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
2 Agribusiness and
Innovation Award
The winner of this award will be a woman who has looked at the family farm and brought a novel idea to life. She may have done this through one or more of the following ways:
• Developing an impressive and profitable on-farm business, such as a bakery, allotments or a contracting company, anything that falls under the heading of a food, tourism or agri-related category.• Identifying a viable market opportunity and making a success of it.• Embracing innovation to add real value to the family enterprise.• Increasing family income by utilising unique elements of the farm, as well as her own skills.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
3 Lifetime Achievement Award
Is there a woman you know who deserves to be recognised for her role in Irish agriculture? This may have been done through:
• Being at the forefront of Irish agriculture and food for most of her life.• Pushing boundaries and bringing about change.• Making her voice heard and actions seen.• Being as relevant today as she was 20 years ago.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
Please send your application form along with five to 10 relevant photographs to: Women & Agriculture Awards 2015, Irish Country Living, Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12. Or email your entry to womenandag@farmersjournal.ie. Closing date for applications is 18 August 2015. Any supporting material such as business brochures may also be sent, but is not essential. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and email address, also detailing whether you are nominating yourself or someone else.
Coming soon
Looking for some inspiration? In the next few weeks, we’ll profile some of our past winners to give you an idea of the ladies who have really stood out from the crowd.
The journey of every rural business starts with a single step. If you’ve started developing a rural business, then find out how to grow it even further. If you want advice on making the biggest impact, being able to pitch perfect, make the most of social media and grow sales, then contact us at womenandag@farmersjournal.ie
Between farming and working, running a home, caring for children or parents and dealing with everything else life throws at us, women rarely take time to recognise or celebrate their own successes. So Irish Country Living is set to recognise these achievements with our FBD Women & Agriculture Awards.
This biannual awards, now running for the third time, celebrates the essential role women play on farms.
We have three categories to enter. In our Innovation On-Farm Award, we are looking for women who are farming on their own or in partnership, whose contribution has been essential to the success and profitability of the farm.
For the Agribusiness and Innovation Award, we are searching for a woman who looked at the farm and saw immense opportunity through diversification, making a success of that business idea.
Finally, the winner of our Lifetime Achievement Award will follow in the big steps taken by previous winners, Myrtle Allen and Anna May McHugh.
We are looking for a lady that has dedicated her life to agriculture and has made a real impact in that time. Are you one of those women or do you know someone who fits the bill? If so, send us your nomination so we can recognise and celebrate those achievements.
Categories and Prizes
1 Innovation On-Farm Award. (Winner gets €2,500. Runner-up gets €1,000).
2 Agribusiness Innovation Award. (Winner gets €2,500. Runner-up gets €1,000).
3 Lifetime Achievement Award. (Special commemorative piece).
Who Can Enter?
The awards are open to women aged 18 and over, from every county in Ireland. You can enter yourself or be nominated by friends or family by following the application guidelines below.
What Happens Then?
All applications and nominations sent in before the closing date of 18 August 2015 will be reviewed by a judging panel. Shortlisted nominations will then be visited by a panel of judges.
Application/
nomination form
1 Innovation On-Farm Award
We’re looking for a farming woman who has successfully implemented technical or managerial innovations on the family farm. This may have been done through one or more of the following ways:
• Employing new technology wherever possible to improve farm profitability.• Seizing every opportunity to improve innovation on the farm.• Using excellent management practises to make farm work more efficient.• Improving work-life balance with the introduction of new work practices. • Employing scientific knowledge to make the best decisions for the farm.• Building up farm production with unique ideas.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
2 Agribusiness and
Innovation Award
The winner of this award will be a woman who has looked at the family farm and brought a novel idea to life. She may have done this through one or more of the following ways:
• Developing an impressive and profitable on-farm business, such as a bakery, allotments or a contracting company, anything that falls under the heading of a food, tourism or agri-related category.• Identifying a viable market opportunity and making a success of it.• Embracing innovation to add real value to the family enterprise.• Increasing family income by utilising unique elements of the farm, as well as her own skills.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
3 Lifetime Achievement Award
Is there a woman you know who deserves to be recognised for her role in Irish agriculture? This may have been done through:
• Being at the forefront of Irish agriculture and food for most of her life.• Pushing boundaries and bringing about change.• Making her voice heard and actions seen.• Being as relevant today as she was 20 years ago.We want to know about this woman in 500 words or less.
Please send your application form along with five to 10 relevant photographs to: Women & Agriculture Awards 2015, Irish Country Living, Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12. Or email your entry to womenandag@farmersjournal.ie. Closing date for applications is 18 August 2015. Any supporting material such as business brochures may also be sent, but is not essential. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and email address, also detailing whether you are nominating yourself or someone else.
Coming soon
Looking for some inspiration? In the next few weeks, we’ll profile some of our past winners to give you an idea of the ladies who have really stood out from the crowd.
The journey of every rural business starts with a single step. If you’ve started developing a rural business, then find out how to grow it even further. If you want advice on making the biggest impact, being able to pitch perfect, make the most of social media and grow sales, then contact us at womenandag@farmersjournal.ie
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