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Women Farmers

G8: Don't Forget the Farmer at the End of the Road

Samuel A. Worthington | Posted 06.08.2013 | Impact
Read More: Hunger Summit, Interaction, nutrition4growth, 2013 Hunger Summit, Farming, Poverty Farming, Women Farmers, Farmers, Impact News
Samuel A. Worthington

As world leaders tackle hunger, poor nutrition and extreme poverty, they need to ensure their solutions are not top down. Farmers, particularly women farmers, must be central to any strategy and not an afterthought.

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Stop Excluding Women From Farmer Business Associations, Field School Training

Dr. Rekha Mehra | Posted 07.20.2012 | Impact
Read More: Female Farmers, Farming, G(irls)20 Summit, G(irls)20 Summit 2012, Agriculture, Farmers, Africa, Developing World, Women Farmers, Impact News
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 | World
Read More: Rural Communities, Climate Change, International Women's Day, Unhrc, Women Farmers, United Nations, International Women's Rights, World News
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 | Green
Read More: Women Farmers, Sustainable Food System, Sustainable Food, Farmer Jane, Responsible Farming, Female Farmers, Small Farmers, Sustainable Farming, Family Farms, Books We Love, Green News
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 | Green
Read More: Wal Mart, Michelle Obama, Farm Subsidies, Food Systems, Growing Green Awards, Women Farmers, USDA Census of Agriculture, Hfcs, Green News
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 | Home
Read More: Temra Costa, Women Farmers, Feminism, Farmer Jane, Agriculture, Food Politics, Home News
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 | World
Read More: Developing Countries, Women Farmers, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Gender, Third World Farming, World News
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 | Green
Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Small Farmers, Local Food, Sustainable Food, Women Farmers, Agriculture, Farmers, Food, Green News

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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