She's a Lady

Old McDonald Might Be A Lady: More Women Take Up Farming

Amazingly, my dad thought this statistic was awesome and seemed genuinely affronted that  after all the work my grandmother did, going gungho beside my grandpa all those years, wasn't counted as a farmer. Gram, for her part, just smiled and looked vaguely amused.

Lady Farmer

This is just an awesome, awesome article. Really inspiring.

Hannah Breckbill [farms] “to work in something real and be the change I want to see happen in this world.”

With women accounting for 30% of U.S. farmers, there's a shift in agriculture. Be interesting to follow this trend of women and the move toward sustainable agriculture.

Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, women are taking the reins By Lori Rotenberk
 






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