Ms Roseingrave runs a mixed farm in Clare in partnership with her brother. She was a previous participant of the ACORNS programme, funded by the department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Roseingrave credits ACORNS with giving her the knowledge, skills, and confidence to diversify and grow as a woman farmer and rural female entrepreneur.<\/p>\n
She recently featured in the documentary film Irish Farmers: A Love Story, where she shared her personal experience of being a woman farmer in Ireland. Ms Roseingrave is passionate about farming, nature and instilling a love of the land in the next generation.<\/p>\n
Following the announcement, minister Heydon said: \u201cI look forward to the year ahead, where we hope to increase recognition and promote gender equality in agriculture. I would also like to thank all the women who took the time to apply and wish them all every success for the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the ambassador, Ms Roseingrave will represent women in Irish agriculture, promoting existing supports and initiatives while also highlighting issues important to her and other women farmers.<\/p>\n
“This role puts women farmers at the heart of our initiatives for International Year of the Woman Farmer, shaping a better future for women in the sector,\u201d minister Heydon said.<\/p>\n
The event included addresses from the department\u2019s secretary general, Sin\u00e9ad McPhillips, and former T\u00e1naiste and minister for agriculture, Mary Coughlan, the only woman to hold these posts in the 125-year history of the department.<\/p>\n
In his closing remarks, minister Heydon emphasised the need to be conscious of the important role and contribution of women to the agri-food business and to commit to building a more inclusive and resilient agri-food sector, as “Irish agriculture is strongest when everyone\u2019s contribution is valued”.<\/p>\n
He also stressed the need to work collectively, not just to celebrate women but to effect change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ms Roseingrave runs a mixed farm in Clare in partnership with her brother. She was a previous participant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17228,12635,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-342754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-farming-munster","tag-farming-rural-life","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}