women farmers
rhubarb and resilience: women share inspiration
Lisa Kivirist, Senior Fellow and Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the University of Minnesota, authored a beautiful piece published in the Monroe Times: Rhubarb and Resilience - Women Share […]
watch: cool trailer showing the shepherdesses of the glaciers in ladakh
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0oZi8zrJS4&w=640&h=360]
awesome HERB MAYONNAISE farmer entrepreneur
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_-nnJqChQY&w=560&h=315]
declaration against the criminalisation, persecution and judicialization of the struggle for the defence of life, rights, land, water, seeds and mother earth
International Conference on Agrarian Reform La Via Campesino, The Peasant's Movement Marabá, 15 April 2016 From 13 to 17 April 2016, in Marabá, Pará, Brazil, more than 130 delegates from […]
farm transition planning for women
Farm Transition Planning for Women: Course Starts March 16 in Plattsburgh, March 17 in Canton, NY. Plattsburgh, Canton, NY. Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York Annie’s Project will host […]
farmher, supporting women in agriculture
Iowa photographer Marji Guyler-Alaniz gets it. She just gets it. In her own words, "Too often in our world, the beauty of a woman; of an image, is judged by a face. These […]
think you know what a farmer looks like?
Preliminary results from the 2012 Census of Agriculture show the increasing role of women in U.S. agriculture—especially on organic and small-scale farms. When Lindsey Morris Carpenter was a college student […]
casting call for city women turning towards the farming life
Cole Huling, a casting producer for Orion Entertainment, is currently working on a new TV series that features women who are leaving behind the city/suburban life to become farmers/ranchers/etc., working […]
beginning women farmer training
The Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Project is accepting applications for a year long, statewide training program for beginning women farmers. Women farmers - and aspiring farmers - from […]
WFAN
women, food and agriculture network. we've talked about them before, but can't say it enough. A tremendous listserv out of Iowa, a great community of women thinking long term, practically […]
farm mom
Nominate Your WFAN "Sustainable Farming Mom of the Year" by May 7! Have you seen the hoopla lately from Monsanto about nominating candidates for their "Farmer Mom of the Year?" […]
good to keep these struggles in mind
Love v. Vilsack could be settled by legislation Back in 2000 Rosemary Love of Harlem, Montana brought a discrimination lawsuit with other women farmers alleging they were denied loans by the US Department […]