Empowerment Celebration returning this year

The Shelby County Growing Women in Agriculture committee is thrilled to bring back its Empowerment Celebration in 2021. The committee’s goal is to grow women involved in the agriculture community

in our area. Since 2007 the number of

women in agriculture has increased by 7% in the United States. With

this evolving statistic in the industry, many new avenues for our community and state have developed in order to take advantage of these rising agriculture leaders.

As a part of their efforts to grow the agriculture community in Shelby County would like to support local women in agriculture by holding its sixth annual “Growing Women in Agriculture, an Empowerment

Celebration” event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2021 with the early make and take session starting at 4:30 p.m. The event will be held at St. Mi

chael’s Hall, 33 Elm Street, in Fort

Loramie. The evening will include a unique blend of educational and fun agriculture information, specifically targeted to the women in our community. The cost is $20 per person, with an additional $25 for an optional

pre-event Make’ n Take the class by

937 Designs. A portion of the fee will support the Community Gardens at Agape. Registration deadline is Aug. 27, with breakout sessions being filled on a first-come-first-served basis as registrations is received.

The event will begin with heavy hors-d’oeuvres, wine sampling and social time at 6 p.m., then follow with

the break-out session, then end with

the featured speaker Brandi BuzzardFrobose. Frobose is director of communications at the Red Angus Association of America. She is a rancher, cowgirl and agriculture advocate.

Frobose has spoken on MSNBC, FOX, CBS and visited the White

House to address issues like climate change, sustainability, and nutrition.

She also makes regular appearances on podcasts, radio, and print journalism. Throughout her career, she has strived to provide clear, transparent communication whether the topic is sustainability or a marketing program. Join the group to listen to Frobose’s message about her story and the importance of holding women up in the agriculture community.

• Minimizing Clutter with Lori Firsdon of Forte Organizer. Firsdon

will help participants stop feeling overwhelmed by clutter and start to

learn how to effectively manage their things to live a better life!

• Bee and Enthusiast! by Emily Davis of Nate’s Nectar. Davis will share how her family started their bee business and how they manage over 550 hives.

• Working on your Mental Health presented by Jodi Knouff. Knouff is the director of clinical series at the Family Resource Center and will give par

ticipants tips to work through life’s burdens and find peace in a difficult world.

• Herbs, Mixes Oh My! presented by Amber Stephens of Rosebud Ranch in Piqua.

Stepehs took a passion

for growing food and turned it into a growing business of specialty food, herb mixes

and a profitable CSA.

For additional information or to register, please download the registration brochure

at OFBF.org/counties/shelby. You may

also call Jill Smith, organization director for

Shelby County Farm Bureau at 877-775

7642.