Rizpah Bellard

Professional Title: Entrepreneur and Cattle Rancher, Nova Farming
Age: 30
Home: Fresno, CA

Rizpah Bellard is a graduate of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (BS '15). Raised on a Black Angus cattle ranch, Cornell was the perfect fit. Through both lived and academic experiences, Rizpah has combined natural sciences with social sciences.

In her professional experience, Rizpah has tackled many social-biological issues such as human trafficking, mental health, homelessness, global health, and education. After many years working with socially disadvantaged populations, Rizpah has pinpointed a major source of imbalance between the social and biological worlds – a widening gap between humans and their food.

As an entrepreneur, Rizpah founded Nova Farming to educate and expose society to the American and global agriculture sectors and build a bridge to agriculture as an occupation, to eventually even out the imbalance between society and nature. Rizpah has experiences in global agriculture in Changchun, China , Cali, Colombia and is currently consulting farmers and ranchers in Akure, Nigeria (Ondo State).

Rizpah holds a Master of Arts from The University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies in International Studies with a Concentration in Human Trafficking and Forced Labor and a Certificate of Global Health (‘20). Rizpah was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2020.

Vision for the future of women in the Western industry:

"I envision more young women in the beef industry and the global agriculture industry. It’s a lonely world as a young woman in the beef industry, at least in California. I want more young women to learn about raising and managing cattle and gain the desire to join the ranks of cattle ranchers. There is a lot that goes into cattle ranching – acquiring land, applying for USDA loans/grants, working the cattle, finding a market, and much more – but it is doable for everyone, especially young women.

Also, as someone that does international agriculture – I currently provide consultation in both wheat and beef production to professors at the Federal College of Agriculture in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria – the world is wide open for agriculture! I want to see more young women taking their American agricultural knowledge and skills to developing nations worldwide to help stabilize their agricultural economies."

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