Miller Magazine Issue: 147 March 2022

33 MILLER / march 2022 NEWS World Leading Digital Technology. Global Support Network World Leaders in Microwave Moisture Measurement Hydro-Probe XT Hoppers, chutes, belt conveyors Hydro-Mix XT Mixers, conveyors, Ducting System Hydro-Mix XT-EX Certified for use in ATEX, IECEx and NEC/CSA Hazardous Locations (Dust) Hydro-Mix HT Mixers, conveyors, Ducting System, High Temperature Oil Animal Feed Coffee Rice Grain enquiries@hydronix.com www.hydronix.com Contact us for more details The Women In Milling project seeks to highlight and celebrate the contribution of women to the industry. It’s launched on March 8, to coincide with Internation- al Women’s Day, and UK Flour Millers will be launching an online exhibition featuring stories of such pioneers as Margery Kempe, who launched her own brewing and milling empire in medieval Norfolk. It also includes profiles of the modern mill owners, managers, scientists, technicians and rising stars who together represent not only the present but the future of the modern flour milling industry. Among those featured is Katie Barwise. Having stud- ied business management at university, Katie was look- ing for a new challenge when a job as a lab supervisor came up at Carr’s mill in Silloth, Cumbria. A decade lat- er, the 31-year-old mum of two is now the plant’s opera- tions manager, overseeing a 60-strong workforce. “It’s a job I love, because it’s about so much more than flour milling,” she said. “And my message to any young wom- en thinking about a career in the industry is to go for it, because there are so many fantastic opportunities in a variety of different areas.” Katie also combines her busy day job with ongoing studies to complete the advanced milling diploma run by UK Flour Millers – an achievement that is growing ever closer after some spectacular success so far. In 2019 she achieved the highest score from 500 stu- dents around the world in her exams, and after an en- forced Covid-break, she is now close to completing the remaining modules. UK Flour Millers launches Women in Milling project