At the American Agri-Women national convention, Oregon Women for Agriculture won the award for the most new members. California Women for Agriculture won the award for the most members. Three members of the Oregon affiliate Kristi Miller, Mallory Phelan and Arwen McGilvra, plus Lynn Woolf of Kansas Agri-Women and Krystal Doolittle of Iowa Agri Women were honored for their part in the Ag Day 365 campaign.
Ag Day 365 was a year-long advocacy initiative started by American Agri-Women during the 2016 National Convention and formally kicked-off at National Ag Day 2017 in Washington, D.C. McGilvra was also honored with the organizations president’s award along with Woolf.
President Doris Mold, Minnesota, remarked on the great amount of work McGilvra and Woolf did for the all-volunteer organization during the year and thanked them for being “the wind beneath her wings.” American Agri-Women is the nation’s largest coalition of farm, ranch and agri-business women. American Agri-Women began in 1974 with members from four states joining together to create a national organization to represent women involved in agriculture and agri-business.
