Soil Sisters
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-805-0 (ISBN)
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Women in agriculture are sprouting up in record numbers, but they face a host of distinct challenges and opportunities. Blending What Color is Your Parachute-style career advice with sustainable agriculture practices viewed through a gender lens, Soil Sisters provides a wealth of invaluable information for fledging female farming entrepreneurs. The first manual of its kind, this authoritative and comprehensive blueprint presents practical considerations from a woman's perspective, covering everything from business planning to tool use and ergonomics to integrating children and family in farm and field operations. Key topics include: Finding your niche: mid-life encore careers, younf and beginning, Boomerangs, and more From concept to crop: diversified farm start-up basics Resources, grants, and loans available especially for women farmers. Soil Sisters also contains case studies, inspirational ideas, and savvy advice nuggets from over one hundred successful women farmers and advocates. Targeted specifically to members of the fastest-growing demographic in local agriculture, this highly readable guide is practical and pragmatic "Chick Lit" for today's food scene.
Lisa Kivirist is Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and a national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture. She founded and directs the Rural Women's Project of the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service, an award-winning initiative championing female farmers and food-based entrepreneurs. Together with her husband, John Ivanko, Lisa is co-author of Homemade for Sale, Farmstead Chef, ECOpreneuring, and Rural Renaissance. Lisa and her family run Inn Serendipity Farm and Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and sun in the rolling green hills of southern Wisconsin.
Lisa Kivirist is a Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and a national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture. She founded and directs the Rural Women's Project of the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service, an award-winning initiative championing female farmers and food-based entrepreneurs. Together with her husband, John Ivanko, Lisa is co-author of Homemade for Sale, Farmstead Chef, ECOpreneuring and Rural Renaissance. Lisa and her family run Inn Serendipity Farm and Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and sun in the rolling green hills of southern Wisconsin.
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface: Land — A Love Story
Introduction: About This Book
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING OUR ROOTS Origins and polyculture dreams 1: Fertile Ground
Condensed history of women growing food
Invisible work and grass ceilings
Big ag and women's role
Crisis, community, and CSAs
Reclaiming the farm and new domesticity
Back to the future: women farming today
Reality check: history of discrimination
Mantras of meaning
2: You as a Farmer
Gardener to farmer: hobby versus business
Soil test: skills assessment
Farm transplants: the right fit
PART 2: GLEANING KNOWLEDGE Farm smarts
3: Organic Trends
Certifiably organic
Trending now
Local markets with moxie
4: Key Ingredients for Success
Build your knowledge base: what you need to know
Access land: finding your on-ramp
Cash crops: loans, grants, and crowdfunding
PART 3: PLOWING AHEAD Supplying the bank account and sustaining the soul
5: Farm business varietals
Grow it: field production and tree fruits
Raise it: livestock
Create it: value-added products
6: Complementary On-farm Enterprises
Diversify it: risk management
Sleep it: farm stays
Taste it: farm-to-table meals
Experience it: agritourism
Teach it: workshops
Write it: article and books
Work it: independent contract projects
7: Business-planning Boot Camp
Plan it: business planning
Sell it: marketing
Tech it: Internet, social media, and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Do it: getting down to business
8: Your Body
Live it: body care
Work it: tools for women
Wear it: wearables that work
PART 4: CULTIVATING QUALITY OF LIFE Nurturing your body, mind, and spirit
9: Sister Share
Improving communication with men
Fitting in
Finding your local tribe
Integrating family and kids
10: Crafting Balance
Time management
Yin and yang of controlling chaos
Food as fuel
Epilogue: Plate to Politics — Lead the Change You Seek
State of the field
Leadership ideas
Index
About the Author
| Verlagsort | Gabriola Island |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 184 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 482 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-86571-805-9 / 0865718059 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-86571-805-0 / 9780865718050 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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