Meg Kennett to help find solutions for global food challenges at 2021 Bayer Youth Ag Summit

The 21-year-old from Boorowa, NSW was selected out of 100 youth aged 18 to 25 from around the world to attend the biennial 2021 Bayer Youth Ag Summit in November.

The proud advocate for agriculture has been working at Walcha property "Wirribilla" since May while studying a pasture management course on the side.

Prior to that she spent spent over a year in the Northern Territory and Kimberley contract mustering cattle across 15 different stations.

She also spent time with the Hudgins family in Texas, USA, to learn more about how they breed Brahman cattle and to work on an intensive cell grazing operation.

But it's a project she has been working on with fellow agricultural advocate Lucy Moore to help educate Australians on where their food comes from that saw her become selected.

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The pair hope to see videos rolled out in major supermarkets showing the farming process alongside supermarket products.

"There are so many people who don't see agriculture through social media, so I wanted to do something a bit more direct, and I actually came across a blog by Lucy Moore who is also a very passionate agriculturalist," Ms Kennett said.

"She talked about having a supermarket cinema where films were shown next to the produce, showing the farmers producing the food, doing what they love, why they love it and a couple of nutritional facts.

"So I got in touch with her and asked if she would consider doing it, and she was very enthusiastic about it."

The duo have been working on the project since April, and hope large agricultural businesses might take their idea on.

"We're just trying to bridge the gap between urban and rural populations - around 83 per cent of Australians have little to no relationship to agriculture at all and 65 per cent of Aussies want to know more about where their food comes from, so I definitely think there's a huge gap in the market for it," Ms Kennett added.

She hopes the global youth summit will be an opportunity to make the dream a reality.

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