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Women in the know who can help you grow

accelerateonline • May 07, 2021

Want to take your farming business online? Finding it hard to stay fit and healthy? Seek help from three 2020 NZI Rural Women NZ Business Award winners.

Go digital with agri-experts

“We know how to drive a tractor and a successful marketing campaign,” says Grass Roots Media owner Chelsea Miller, who manages social media communications and campaigns for the food and fibre sector across New Zealand. Based in Manawatu, but operating in the digital world, the Grass Roots team of four won the Emerging Business Award. They have helped rural businesses such as NZ Young Farmers, Hurricane Agriculture, MealTime Stock Feed, and Kuhn get ahead using online communications.

Design your farming future

Combining her farming heritage and creative talent, Becks Tosswill helps bring agribusiness brands to life through design and strategic thinking. Her company Farmers Daughter Design Studio , which operates from
a 650-hectare hill country farm in the Wairarapa, won the Creative Arts Award.

“We help businesses big and small make their mark on the primary sector in New Zealand with visible, competitive, and compelling branding and design,” says Becks. “Working from the ground up, we provide insightful, inspiring creative that opens up business possibilities and perspectives. We identify your strengths and ambitions and target the people your brand speaks to.”

Get fit on the farm

Looking to get fit but too far from the gym? Kate Ivey, who lives on a High Country Station adjacent to Aoraki Mount Cook, feels your pain. Kate runs DediKate , an online health and fitness community and app for busy New Zealand women. The community has over 1,500 members and Kate’s workouts are streamed from
her home (and her other trainers’ homes all around the country) directly to yours.

“Around 45% of my members live rurally, like me!” says Kate, who won the Rural Health and Wellbeing Excellence Award. “I love being able to help busy women make exercise a consistent part of their lives. We have weight training, HIIT, cardio, boxing, yoga, Pilates, pregnancy and postpartum workouts, rehab, meditation, and more.” You can sign up for Kate’s free two-week trial here.

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Livestock Special Alert 2023: Sheep

By accelerateonline • 12 Jun, 2023
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By accelerateonline • 12 Jun, 2023
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Tax

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