This 2020 article examines the relationship between childcare, the farm business, and the farm family while probing larger questions related to quality of life, labor market outcomes, and the gendered nature of work as families negotiate on-and off-farm roles and household needs.
Citation: Inwood, S.M. and Stengel, E. 2020. “Community and Care: Exploring Child Care in Farm Families at the Rural Urban Interface.” Community Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2020.1800772
This article in The Conversation, discusses how household expenses like access to health care and child care affects farm development, including the impacts on farms with women as primary operators.
The authors are: Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University; President’s Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University; and Associate Research Scientist in Rural Sociology, Adjunct Faculty – National Farm Medicine Center, The Ohio State University.
This 2019 recording provides an overview of legal issues that are relevant to women-operated farms, and will help educators and service providers assess when to recommend that farmers or ranchers might need to seek legal advice. The session will cover issues related to land tenure, contracting, and legal liability including suggested legal resources for individuals handling sexual harassment claims on the farm. The session, originally delivered at the 2019 Women in Ag Programs for 21st Century Farms and Ranch Virtual Conference, also includes information on how to find attorneys who understand agricultural law and related issues.
Presenter: Erin Shirl Parker, J.D., LLM, Research Director and Staff Attorney at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, University of Arkansas School of Law.
