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Preface
Kim Schoukens
Marieke Gouda: the female owned Dutch cheese that conquered America
Interview with dairy farmer and cheese maker Marieke Penterman
“It’s a hard life, but it’s been worth every second”
Chyenne Smith, rancher at J Lazy S Angus Ranch
The idea that, for some people, women can't work in agriculture, is unacceptable to me"
Liesbet Vermeire, crop protection specialist, Syngenta
“Women have an important role to play for the future of agriculture”
Isabelle Alfano, Director at SIMA Paris
Hobby
Moniek Wisse combines a career in agriculture with waterskiing
"Taking care of piglets has always been my thing."
Flanders' Miss Agriculture 2017 and pig farmer Mieke Verniest