6 Oct 2010

Women and Agriculture Conference 2010

Women and Agriculture Conference 2010
Looking positively at ourselves, our families and our farming business is the theme of this year's Women and Agriculture conference which takes place on the 20th October in the Lyrath Hotel Kilkenny. This key event for farm women promises to be jam packed, informative, entertaining and fun day.

Over 600 women attended last year's conference and the feedback was "do it again". Bookings are coming in so to be sure of your place log on to www.irishcountryliving.ie or phone 01 4051189 and book today. €50 per person includes lunch and teas.


Programme for the Day

9.00 Registration with tea/coffee and pastries

9.30 Official Welcome, Matt Dempsey, Editor of Irish Farmers Journal

9.40 Official Opening, Helen Brophy, CEO of National Dairy Council


Session 1: Our farming business

10.00 Up the Energy I

10.10 Looking after your most valuable asset - Professor Patrick Wall, Associate Professor of Health, UCD

11.00 Break

11.20 Pension issues for farm families - Margaret Healy, Chairwoman of IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Committee

11.35 Real life family dilemmas from the Money Mentor including 5 key messages for farm families - Peter Young, Irish Farmers Journal

12.15 Financial Matters including nursing home support, civil partnerships and co-habitation, transferring the family farm and what to expect in the Budget - Declan McEvoy, Senior Tax Planning Consultant with IFAC Accountants

12.45 Questions

1.00 Lunch


Session 2: Ourselves and Our Families

2.00 Up the Energy II

2.10 Growing up together, dealing with teenagers and young adults and how best to manage the adult to adult relationship with the child who remains on the farm - David Coleman, Clinical Psychologist and popular presenter of RTE series, Families in Trouble and Teens in the Wild

2.55 EU food labelling – understanding the health claims made for food - Dr Mary Flynn, Chief Specialist, Public Health Nutrition

3.30 Flourishing under fire – "happiness is not an accessory in our lives but essential for survival, recovery and flourishing" - Dr Maureen Gaffney

5pm Close with Mairead Lavery, Editor Irish Country Living

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