My family have been farming in this country for over 180 years ( and who knows how long in Ireland and Scotland before that)
My childhood experience of life on the farm left me with the impression that farming was the most undervalued profession in the world ( 50 years on I am wiser and sadly there are lots of professions as undervalued as farmers ).
This childhood experience encouraged me to choose a profession where I and the people I worked with were truly valued. And I did just that. In my day working in pharmacy was extraordinarily rewarding and people acknowledged that. I can remember one Christmas where we couldn’t find enough room for all the Christmas cards from the pharmacy’s customers in our lounge room and I put on 2kgs from the boxes of chocolates of thanks that came my way at Christmas,
For the last fifteen years I have been using my 25 years of experience in a truly rewarding profession to endeavour through as many innovative ways as I can to generate the same acknowledgement for farmers and its been a long haul . There have been many successes ( salute to the Young Farming Champions ) and a number of ongoing disappointments.
From my significant experience I give you this advice
Always remember there will be people who get it and people who never will.
First and foremost – Value yourself
Don’t cross oceans for people who wont jump puddles for you
But I can assure you I will never let this happen
Your little pearls of wisdom always seem to come at the right time Lynne.
Mmh my sweet If only I would learn to take my own advice BTW Hope you are sending me some of those little cakes with the kisses on them
Thank you Lynne
I am not giving up Emma just regrouping and getting smarter – there must be some-one out there who believes in youth in dairy in NSW – because people like you are worth it
You’ve hit a funding hurdle, Lynne? You’ve got a lot of runs on the board to demonstrate your program’s effectiveness. Maybe you just need to find the perfect match looking to pair up with your audience.