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Re: [Market-farming] Women's Voices in the 2007 Farm Bill--Please respond]]
- From: "Cherry Tree Farms" <ctfarms AT helicon.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Women's Voices in the 2007 Farm Bill--Please respond]]
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:50:41 -0500
Title: Women's Voices in the 2007 Farm Bill-- Please respond
Okay I will respond; how are women farmer's voices
different from farmer's voices?
As the one over the years who has tended the kids
while farming and made most of the meals and done a good bit of housework I
don't buy into the societies expected gender roles argument.
While waiting in line to comment to Cheryl Tevis
(Writer/editor for Successful Farming magazine) I overheard the 2 ladies in
front of me saying "yes it was all nice, but what about WOMEN farmer
issues? How can they succeed?" To which Cheryl responded "go out and be
good farmers." "But what about WOMEN farmer issues?" "Be successful
farmers and the women part will take care of itself."
I have noticed that when animals come
through the sale barn the gender of the grower didn't affect the
price. Same at the produce yards. At the farmers markets we
all have certain people whom we connect well with; that is a personality issue
rather than gender.
My defining moment in the women's ag movement came
at the same conference where Cheryl spoke. This particular conference
had a pre-conference the day before that was only open to women. After
listening to how it was a lovely program and this large regional organization
should put on more such conferences, I asked my dining table mates how it would
be if a conference would be staged where only men could attend?
Think about it.
P.S. We suddenly became the loudest table in
the room.
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[Market-farming] [Fwd: [Fwd: Women's Voices in the 2007 Farm Bill-- Please respond]],
Lucy Goodman, 11/22/2005
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Cherry Tree Farms, 11/22/2005
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Robin Follette, 11/23/2005
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Jill Bussiere, 11/23/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Women's Voices in the 2007FarmBill--Pleaserespond]], Robin Follette, 11/23/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Women's Voices in the 2007 FarmBill--Pleaserespond]],
Jill Bussiere, 11/23/2005
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Robin Follette, 11/23/2005
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Cherry Tree Farms, 11/22/2005
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