Women of the Harvest Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers

by Phillips, Catherine Lee; Bollinger, Holly; Butters, MaryJane

• ISBN13: 9780760321843
• ISBN10: 0760321841
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-15
• Publisher: Voyageur Press

Summary

Up with the rooster, to bed with the sun, and if the farmers a woman, its a good bet theres always more work waiting. Holding household and family together, women farmers daily, quietly perform heroic labors just to eke a livelihood out of the land. Women have always farmed, when death or war left them to fend for themselves, but today they might choose to farm, and, in a time when farming is a shrinking occupation, their choices have expanded. Some women are only at home on the range; others, more hearth-bound, see the farm as an extension of home and family life. Some farm to feed their families; others, running huge corporate operations, farm to feed nations. These are the farmers thatWomen of the Harvestcelebrates. In twelve illustrated profiles, the book introduces readers to women who work the land, raising livestock and crops, and, in doing so, uphold and transform a tradition as old as agriculture itself. Their stories, drawn from farms across the country, are truly in the American grain.

Author Biography

Energy-efficient homebuilder and photographer Cathy Phillips lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where she homeschools her daughter, Nadia, walks her dog, Ivy, and tolerates their backyard chickens. Holly L. Bollinger, agricultural journalist and sanguine mother of two, lives and writes in New Franklin, Missouri. Her published books include John Deere Tractors: The First Generation of Power and Outhouses. Writer, video editor, and pioneering women’s studies instructor Susan Gartner can often be found eating lox and bagels with her friend, Cathy Phillips. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.Lauren Heaton is an associate editor of the Yellow Springs News. She has also written for Tricycle, the Dayton City Paper, and the Antiochian. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.Bethany Weaver-Culpepper, a Wright State University graduate, lives in Tipp City, Ohio. As a mother of three girls, she is inspired to write for women and future women. MaryJane Butters is the founder of MaryJanesFarm, which provides produce for an 18-family CSA and has its own magazine and website (www.maryjanesfarm.org). She is also the author of MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook. MaryJane operates an apprentice program where people learn about organic farming. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.
 
 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Patricia Orlowitz, Washington, D.C

Lini Mazumdar, Londonderry, Vermont

Donna Betts, Whipple, Ohio

Sarah Polyock, Chetek, Wisconsin

Eloise Stewart, Pinetta, Florida

Laura Adams, Cedar Key, Florida

Rose Koenig, Gainesville, Florida

Jessica Norfleet, Newberry, Florida

Jana Sweets, Tucson, Arizona

Nancy Wilson, Fossil, Oregon

Carolyn Lattin, Olympia, Washington

Julie Safley, Hillsboro, Oregon

Michelle Bienick, Applegate, Oregon

Emma Jean Cervantes, La Mesa, New Mexico

Maud Powell, Jacksonville, Oregon

Maria Largaespada, Jacksonville, Oregon

Peggy Case, Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Index

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