I agree completely.
I've been lucky enough to be part of the National Farmers Union since the mid-nineties. It wasn't actually me who joined. It was my partner after she had moved to the farm. She joined because Nettie Wiebe, a woman, was president of the National Farmers Union. She agreed with the positions and the public appearance of Nettie Wiebe.
Just two weeks ago, I was in a situation where I was attending two meetings at the same time. I was at the national convention of the National Farmers Union, and I also sit as a board member of the Western Grains Research Foundation. I was going back and forth.
The Western Grains Research Foundation is the largest producer-funding organization of varietal research and agronomic research in the country. At the western grains meeting, there were 18 aging white men sitting around the table, making the decisions, and having the meeting. Over at the National Farmers Union meeting, at least 50% of those participants must have been women. The National Farmers Union has been very deliberate in involving women, such as having a women's president and a women's youth president. The decisions made and the way of making the decisions is very different and much more lively, energetic, and vibrant, with new and creative ideas coming in when everybody is involved, rather than just one segment of agriculture.