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A father of three girls on a farm in Western Australia's wheat belt has been inundated with uplifting messages about women in agriculture. Ty Fulwood was unpacking a travel bag with his oldest daughter, three-year-old Sylvie, when she made a surprising comment. He realised that despite creating a supportive environment for his daughters, they didn't see many females working on the farm and that had created a perception in their young minds that women don't work in agriculture. Mr Fulwood, who runs a cropping operation growing wheat and canola in Cunderdin, kilometres east of Perth, wanted to show his daughters examples of female farmers.
GIRLS CAN BE FARMERS TOO
A father of three girls on a farm in Western Australia's wheat belt has been inundated with uplifting messages about women in agriculture. Ty Fulwood was unpacking a travel bag with his oldest daughter, three-year-old Sylvie, when she made a surprising comment.
He realised that despite creating a supportive environment for his daughters, they didn't see many females working on the farm and that had created a perception in their young minds that women don't work in agriculture. Mr Fulwood, who runs a cropping operation growing wheat and canola in Cunderdin, kilometres east of Perth, wanted to show his daughters examples of female farmers.
But because of coronavirus restrictions couldn't do it in person. So he took to Twitter. Some people shared videos, directed to Sylvie, explaining why they had a passion for agriculture. Others shared images of themselves or their daughters and wives getting busy on the farm, helping with lambing, feeding livestock or working with heavy machinery. In northern Queensland, Kate Andison and her four sisters all consider themselves farmers. You can do what ever you want to and remember that girls make the best farmers.
Mr Fulwood said his next challenge was to keep his young daughter's attention while showing her the many videos and stories sent her way. He added that he would keep the Twitter thread for future use when his daughters are a bit older.
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Can girls be farmers? When WA farmer Ty Fulwood asked for help to convince his eldest daughter farming isn't just for boys, he couldn't have imagine the response he would receive. Ty and his family were inundated with photos and uplifting messages from farming women telling Sylvie just what was possible.
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