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Annie’s Project, a national non-profit to educate and empower women in agriculture, is celebrating 20 years since its founding. Today, the program has over 19,000 graduates across 38 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Annie’s Project uses a methodology that builds confidence, develops networks and creates lifelong learners among women farmers, ranchers, growers, landowners, and agriculturalists.
The inaugural class of 10 women met in February 2003 in Centralia, Ill., and several members of the group will gather again for a virtual meeting via Zoom to share memories of those early meetings and the impact Annie’s Project has had on their farms and lives.
The virtual event is set for Tuesday, Feb. 21, noon Central Standard Time. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gmpYG0dJSl-F2O-nFDffEw
Additional events are being planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary, with updates provided at www.anniesproject.org or on Facebook, www.facebook.com/anniesproject. Sponsors can contact doris@anniesproject.org to learn ways to be part of the initiative and the celebration.
Annie’s Project is based on the life of a farm woman, Annie Fleck, who spent her lifetime learning how to be an involved business partner with her husband. She died in 1997 and was the inspiration for her daughter, Ruth Fleck Hambleton, to create Annie’s Project in 2003. Hambleton was a Farm Business Management and Marketing Educator for University of Illinois Extension at the time.
SOURCE: AgPR.com
