This percentage bucks the national trend for women in farming – a June 2025 report by the Department for Environment, Food ...

Women farmers in the North Country share stories about how they got into careers in agriculture, growing and butchering.

Paula Sterzinger is in her 35th season of farming, having farmed since 1991 and as a female farmer, she considers her greatest hurdle that she is still thriving in the industry. “The biggest challenge ...

MAURICE, KATC - You’ve probably heard of grass-fed cattle, but what about donut-fed cattle? Louisiana Farm Bureau 2024 Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman of the Year Amanda Duhon ...

From speaking with many women growers, Audra Mulkern noticed something interesting about how they feel about the term “female farmer.” “Some women felt very strongly that they are the farmers — and ...

In honor of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2026 International Year of the Woman Farmer, Extension shines a light on the essential roles women play to lead their farms and ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The face of farming is changing as females break barriers in the agriculture industry. Local farmers who bank on urban, sustainable growing techniques are becoming more ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 2022 Census of Agriculture, female farmers make up about 36% of all U.S. producers. Women are more likely than men to be beginning farmers, so exposure ...

According to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, 36% of U.S. farmers are female. The first farm meetings Elizabeth Ryan attended included a few hundred men and six or seven women. en The farmer ...

It isn’t Old MacDonald’s farm anymore. The people behind your market tomatoes and steakhouse dinners are as diverse as the seeds they sow and the animals they raise. And though farming is an industry ...

In tune with the rhythms of the moon and the earth, Black female farmers in the East Bay are growing food in the learned tradition of their ancestors — not only to sustain the environment, but to ...

Farming equipment is traditionally designed to be used by men. That presents a problem for the increasing number of women across the country who are entering the agriculture workforce. Men have long ...