Mother Nature's Daughters: 21st Century Women Farmers
Nearly half of all farmland in the U.S. is owned by women295,000 of them. In an enterprise traditionally dominated by men, they are taking a lead role in overhauling a complex, often dysfunctional food system. This book features eight stories of women farmers who persevere despite treacherous weather and erratic commodities markets. Smart, independent, hard-working and politically astute, they explain in their own words how and why they chose, and continue to choose, farming.
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Mother Nature's Daughters: 21st Century Women Farmers
Nearly half of all farmland in the U.S. is owned by women295,000 of them. In an enterprise traditionally dominated by men, they are taking a lead role in overhauling a complex, often dysfunctional food system. This book features eight stories of women farmers who persevere despite treacherous weather and erratic commodities markets. Smart, independent, hard-working and politically astute, they explain in their own words how and why they chose, and continue to choose, farming.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780786497829 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 10/26/2016 |
Pages: | 252 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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