Wearing a felt hat and canvas overalls, Annie Krahl lifted the fabric covering a row of vegetables a few yards at a time. She ...

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 International Year of the Woman Farmer is here to recognize the women who power American agriculture and agribusiness.

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.

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 ...

Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a young woman being ...

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 ...

The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Watch how women are impacting agriculture in ...

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 ...

NEATLY tucked away along a quiet street in Den Amstel Village, West Coast Demerara, is the well-kept home and farm of Abiola “Goldie” Hill. Surrounded by ...

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 ...

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.