"For a long time women in farming have been almost invisible," a farmer has said. Maria Warne-Elston, a TikTok star and ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is now accepting 2026 International Year of the Woman Farmer nominations and will share ...

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - Though, in the US, farming is a male-dominated field, there are organizations that aim to bring more people with limited resources--especially rural minority women-- into the fold.

MILWAUKEE - Females are fast becoming the future of farming. In fact, a recent census by the USDA Census of Agriculture showed that 35% of farmers in the U.S. are women. Seven people will get ...

A small farm has a lot of facets for a successful operation, but there are regulations for those farms that want to retail their produce. The “Women, Livestock, and the Land Workshop” can answer those ...

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 ...

While violence against women in agriculture may seem like an issue mainly experienced in developing countries, the truth is that it also happens all too often to women and girls on farms in the United ...

More than three-quarters of female farm workers have experienced sexual harassment at work. U.S. lawmakers can and should do more to protect them, say researchers. Farmworkers weed a field of peppers.

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 ...

Female enrollment in WVU Parkersburg’s agribusiness program has grown from two students to more than a dozen.