Visar views her operation as another way to practice what she preaches – health and wellness. An occupational therapist, she has long endorsed the importance of incorporating fruits and vegetables into daily diet for overall health. With help from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, she has expanded her reach as a local source of quality produce through her multifaceted operation.
This 2022 profile was written by Brooke DeCubellis, NRCS-USDA Ohio, as part of the USDA’s “Fridays on the Farm” series.
In this podcast series hosted by Ashley Ahearn, from Boise State Public Radio, you’ll visit working ranches to meet women who are changing the way meat is raised in several US western states.
“Ahearn saddles up, microphone in hand, to bring us a series of sound-rich portraits of women ranchers – their big dreams and daily challenges – as they work to change the ways we manage land and livestock in the West,” says the National Public Radio description of the series.
This 2020 journal article examines childcare arrangements and an under-recognized challenge through which farm household dynamics directly influence agricultural production. The article draws on interviews and focus group data to identify and analyze social, economic and cognitive pathways through which childcare affects farm operations.
Citation:
Rissing, A., Inwood, S.M. and E. Stengel. 2020. “Farming Parents Are Working Parents: Tracing the Impact of Childcare on Agriculture and Food System Development.” Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10162-1
