Women in dairy milk networking opportunity
Holly Ferguson and Laura Shrewbridge Carter were part of the Digital Dairy Chain team promoting its work at a Holyrood reception
Women working to transform the dairy industry joined an event to celebrate and discuss the theme 鈥楤reak the Bias鈥� at Holyrood.
The Digital Dairy Chain, led by Scotland鈥檚 Rural College (伊人直播), invited women from the industry to attend the annual Parliamentary Reception on 4 March to promote their work.
They also had the opportunity to meet Susan McKellar, Operations Director for the Scottish Women鈥檚 Convention, before her attendance at the UN Commission on the Status of Women conference in New York to discuss the themes of innovation and technological change and rural women and girls.
The 拢21 million Digital Dairy Chain, funded by the UK Research & Innovation鈥檚 Strength in Places Fund, offers businesses and individuals involved in the dairy supply chain across Cumbria and South & West Scotland a range of services to support innovation and productivity through collaboration.聽
Pauline Murray, Innovation Broker Project Manager, said: 鈥淥ne of the Digital Dairy Chain鈥檚 aims is to create more opportunities and access points for women to enter the dairy sector.
鈥淗owever, for the industry to be appealing to new entrants, we need to showcase the range of roles and careers available.
鈥淲e invited 19 women working as researchers, technology experts, project managers, ice-cream producers, farmers and policy advisers, to the Scottish Parliament to demonstrate the breadth of existing skills and the important role women play in this sector.
鈥淲e want to help break down the barriers to participation by raising awareness of the support and opportunities projects such as the Digital Dairy Chain are offering women.鈥�
Toni Bruce, Responsible Sourcing Specialist at First Milk 鈥� one of the Digital Dairy Chain partners - said: 鈥淭he dairy industry has traditionally been male dominated but women have a vital role to play across the sector.
鈥淲e are keen to encourage more women into the industry and to celebrate the amazing contribution that women make every day on dairy farms and throughout the dairy supply chain.
鈥淎t First Milk, we have a well-established Women in Agriculture group, and we are delighted that participants from this were able to join the event at Holyrood to celebrate International Women鈥檚 Day.鈥�
Posted by 伊人直播 on 06/03/2023
