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Our Gendered Food Chain, Jasmine T. Colahan
Our Gendered Food Chain, Jasmine T. Colahan
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Over the past four decades, the number of women-operated farms has nearly doubled. Including both primary and secondary operators, one million women make up thirty percent of all U.S. farmers.
Headlines such as “Females Take the Reins,” “Meet the New face of Agriculture,” “Old McDonald Might Be a Lady” demonstrate this gender shift. And, it is true in my life too. As I worked on the Painted Turtle Farm this summer, the majority of my role models, co-workers, and mentors working in agriculture, whether rural or urban, were primarily women. [excerpt]
The F-Word, Stephanie K. Adamczak, Taylor C. Amato
The F-Word, Stephanie K. Adamczak, Taylor C. Amato
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I’m thinking of a word. Can you guess it? This word is considered negative and harsh. It’s generally avoided in everyday conversations. You wouldn’t normally hear this word spoken by professors or sophisticated celebrities. It starts with an F… Do you know it?
That’s right folks! It’s “feminist”. [excerpt]