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Eleanor J. Bader

Women Lead The Way In Sustainable And Organic Agriculture

Female farmers now make up the fastest-growing sector of the country’s changing agricultural landscape.

November 19th, 2013

By Eleanor J. Bader

Women Lead The Way In Sustainable And Organic Agriculture

According to the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, the number of women-operated farms more than doubled in the 25 years between 1982 and 2007. In fact, female farmers now make up the fastest-growing sector of the country's changing agricultural landscape and nearly 1 million women - approximately one-third of total domestic

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