Women Farmers

Stop Excluding Women From Farmer Business Associations, Field School Training

Dr. Rekha Mehra | Posted 05.20.2012

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Dr. Rekha Mehra

Women farmers work hard to grow food for themselves and their families, and for sale. They plant and tend, fertilize and weed, harvest and process -- in short, do all it takes to produce a crop. But they don't get much in return.

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Kadia, This Is for You...

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 05.08.2012

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Kumi Naidoo

We must accept that after decades of struggle led by the women movement, injustice perpetuated against women for no other reason than their gender remains.

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Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 11.14.2011

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Rebecca Gerendasy

2011-09-14-womenfarmers.jpgThe 30 women profiled in this book share a common vision for what constitutes a sustainable food system.

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Women Farmers: Nourishing Body and Soil

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.28.2011

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Wendy Gordon

Women think on a whole systems level which is why I'm impressed though not surprised to learn that women are running more farms and ranches, operating more land and producing a greater value of agricultural products than they were five years ago.

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A More Feminine Food System: Farmer Jane (a Book Review)

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Hatfield

Originally published at Ecocentric. Let's try something. Picture for a moment, dear reader, a farmer. It doesn't have to be a farmer you know, ass...

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Women Can Plow Under A Global Hunger Crisis

Ritu Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ritu Sharma

This week, 4 million more people worldwide will go to bed hungry. Seven out of 10 of them are women.

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Loving the Ladies: More Female Farmers Sprout Up Nationwide

washingtonpost.com | Lori Aratani | Posted 05.25.2011

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While men tend to run larger farms focused on such commodity crops as soybeans and wheat, women tend to run smaller, more specialized enterprises sell...

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