Future Farmers Network aims to empower, support and retain young people in Australian agriculture. We are the only national independent organisation providing opportunities and services to support the future of Australian agriculture.
This episode of the FFN Mentor of the Month series sees FFN Director Lauren Roellgen speak with Jaime Painter.
Jaime works in strategy at Loam Bio, a fast-growing Australian biotech company enabling farmers to capture and store stable carbon in the soil by utilising the power of microbes.
Jaime is a little different to our usual guests – she didn’t grow up on a farm, and she didn’t study agriculture, nor is she now in what most would consider a traditional agricultural role. She’s an engineer by training and spent two years at a top-tier management consulting firm before venturing into the world of agriculture, first in Africa and then back on Aussie soil.
As one of ag’s newest recruits and having taken a path less trodden, Jaime shares a little about how she got to where she is and why she chose agriculture to be where she makes her next mark.
Tune in for an exciting story.
7 Mar 2022
Episode 21: IWD 2022
In celebration of International Women's Day this year, we've put together 5 rapid-fire questions to ask some inspiring and influential women in Australian agriculture. With the United Nations' theme for 2022 being "Breaking the Bias", we've asked our guests what we can do to make a difference.
28 Sept 2021
Episode 20: Aly Bunton
Episode 20 of the FFNs mentor of the month see's director Amelia Shaw interview Aly Bunton. Aly Bunton is the public affairs manager for Bayer’s Australian crop science business, looking after government and stakeholder relations in Australia and New Zealand.
Born and raised in Sydney and Newcastle, Aly had little exposure to the agriculture sector before her first full-time job at the Federal Department of Agriculture.
There, she worked on issues including biosecurity, coal seam gas, water, and grains policy before moving to industry body NSW Farmers’ Association.
At NSW Farmers, Aly led a national campaign to increase Q fever awareness and improve access to the Q fever vaccine; she also covered grains, horticulture, biosecurity and ag vet chemical policy, and managed the NSW Young Farmer Council.
Tune in for an amazing chat
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