Mother Nature's Daughters: 21st Century Women Farmers

by Paula vW. Dáil

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497823
• ISBN13: 9780786497829
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher