Mother Nature's Daughters
21st Century Women Farmers| By: | Paula vW. Dáil |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Print ISBN: | 9780786497829 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781476627229 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2017 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
Lifetime - $16.79
eBook Features
Instant Access
Purchase and read your book immediately
Read Offline
Access your eTextbook anytime and anywhere
Study Tools
Built-in study tools like highlights and more
Read Aloud
Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you
Details
Table of Contents
Nearly half of all farmland in the U.S. is owned by women--295,000 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.