Whether you’ve recently become a parent, are about to become one or may in the future, its important to include postpartum period in your farm planning. In this Growing for Market article, farmer Katie Kulla shares her personal postpartum stories & experiences along with those of other postpartum farming mothers in this week’s article.
Women in US Agriculture – Fact Sheet from American Farmland Trust
This American Farmland Trust fact sheet provides an overview of demographic, production, economic about women farmers and ranchers. It also identifies assets women producers bring to their enterprises, as well as disparities in their performances and barriers women farmers frequently encounter.
Testing the Women Landowner Conservation Learning Circle Model
This 2019 Report from American Farmland Trust found women landowners are important in the broader implementation of conservation practices on farms. The report also shows women-only learning circles work as a means for expanding conservation actions and women who participated want to learn more. Additional reports and documents are available at American Farmland Trust’s Research Into Women in Agriculture page.