Annie's Project Celebrating 20 Years Of Empowering Women in Agriculture

Annie’s Project co-CEO Karisha Devlin, a University of Missouri Extension agribusiness specialist, trains facilitators on the MU campus in Columbia. (Photo courtesy of MU Extension.)

Over 19,000 women have taken part in a series of courses aimed at strengthening their role on the family farm and in the world of agriculture through Annie’s Project. The program is turning 20 this year, and co-CEO Karisha Devlin looks back on the program’s development.

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Devlin says Ruth Hambleton drew inspiration for Annie’s Project from the experiences of Hambleton’s mother, the namesake of the program.

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Annie’s Project co-CEO Karisha Devlin is an agribusiness specialist at the University of Missouri Extension’s office in Knox County. MU Extension will host a celebration for Annie’s Project in Novelty on April 1st.