Mother Nature's Daughters

21st Century Women Farmers

Paula vW. Dáil (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9782-9 (ISBN)

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Nearly half of all farmland in the US 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 the stories of eight women farmers who persevere despite treacherous weather and erratic commodities markets.

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.

Paula vW. Dáil is an emerita research professor in social welfare and public policy. Widely published in the social sciences, she is a political activist, former journalist, and award-winning non-fiction writer. She lives in the Lower Wisconsin River Valley of Southwestern Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: The Dirtier My Clothes—The Better My Day: A Brief History of Woman Farmers

One. Godspeed the Plow: Spirit Connects with Land, Food and Mother Nature

Two. Farming for the Love of God

Three. Farming to Heal a Troubled Soul

Four. Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up to Be Farmers: Making a Living Off the Land

Five. Voting with a Fork: Farming as a Political Statement

Six. Farming for the Love of Farming

Conclusion: Cultivating the Dirty Life: Feminism at Its Finest

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	18 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	0-7864-9782-3 / 0786497823
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9782-9 / 9780786497829
Zustand	Neuware