IWCA series: Jolene MacEachern

Fuelled by a passion for agriculture, Jolene MacEachern is an advocate for the family farm. She is the director of strategic projects in the faculty of agriculture at Dalhousie University and works to improve learning opportunities for students to set them up for success in the ag industry. MacEachern even took the unconventional path to acquire her dairy farm while balancing her career and a family. She's also an Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture honouree for 2025.

In this conversation with agriculture editor Jill Filmer, MacEachern stresses the importance of education and research to improve economic development and the success of the agriculture sector. She discusses the value of farms in the community and the importance of building social license for agriculture. She also shares her thoughts on farmer perspective and bringing their “ground-level” approach to planning and developing effective policy.

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Special thanks to Bayer Crop Science Canada, platinum sponsor of the 2025 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture program, for sponsoring this series.