Waterloo Rural Women’s annual Winter Mini Conference is on Thursday.
This year guest speakers include Jenn Christie, Dealer Development Manager at John Deere.
Christie will be the key note speaker for the day and will talk about splitting her time between her family’s 6th generation dairy and grain farm in Bruce County and developing marketing strategy with John Deere dealers across Canada.
Based out of Kitchener, she enjoys the learning opportunities of working in today’s agri-business environment. Christie was named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women, in the Telus Future Leaders category, by the Women’s Executive Network in 2013.
Lisa Akey, Executive Director of Interfaith Counselling Centre, New Hamburg will be talking about understanding Depression and Anxiety. Her presentation will discuss strategies to empower individuals to cope with the symptoms of mental illness, with specific relevance to women of rural communities.
Also at the mini-conference, international award winning Photographer Sharon Grose of Alma will be sharing photos from her recent trip to New Zealand and Australia. She was awarded International Federation of Agricultural Journalists DeLaval Star Prize Photography People's Choice award.
Cost of the event is $20 which includes a hot noon meal quiche, salad and homemade dessert.
To register to attend the Waterloo Rural Women winter event call 519-576-1933 or 519-669-8066 or email Susan Martin at florahills24@gmail.com.
