With women officially representing 33% of the workforce according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Australian Agriculture is an industry that has historically had a significant gender imbalance.

In today’s special International Women’s Day episode of Good People to Know, Andrew finds out more about this gap in diversity by shaking hands with President of Australian Women in Agriculture and National Farmer Federation’s Independent Board member, Nat Somerville.

Nat is a farmer of Torres Strait Islander descent that lives and works on Ngadjuri Country in South Australia’s Mid North. Her own participation in the National Farmer’s Federation (NFF) Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program in 2018 has led to some amazing next steps in her career and she is a passionate advocate for greater diversity and representation in all its forms.

Make sure you listen in to hear Nat talk about the gap in diversity, how the industry will benefit from being more inclusive and how the National Farmer’s Federation aim to address this through their Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program.

Registrations open for the Program today! You can find out more information and register at https://nff.org.au/programs/diversity-in-agriculture-leadership/.