Lisa Kivirist

Soil Sisters (eBook, ePUB)

A Toolkit for Women Farmers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first collaborative and practical, hands-on guide for female farmers

"Our world would be a much better place with several thousand Soil Sisters nurturing our land and shepherding our food. A truly wonderful guidebook." - Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm

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, Soil Sisters plows new ground and provides a wealth of invaluable information and resources for fledging female farming entrepreneurs.

This authoritative and comprehensive manual covers key topics including:

• From concept to crop: diversified farm start-up basics
• Tool use and ergonomics
• Integrating family and children
• Resources, grants and loans for women farmers

Presenting seasoned advice, case studies and inspiration from over 100 successful women farmers and advocates, Soil Sisters roots in the collaborative community of support women bring to farming and invites you into this sisterhood. Together we're doing more than bringing broccoli, beets, and beef to market: we're fundamentally transforming our food system.

"Reading these pages feels more like sitting across from Lisa and friends at a kitchen table, where you quickly come to realize that every female farmer was once an apprehensive beginner and that you're not alone - you are among sisters." - MaryJane Butters, MaryJanesFarm

"...this must-have book has anecdotes, advice, tips and stories for women who want to start a business, learn a craft, or dare to dream big. If that's you, this book is for you." - Karen Washington, Founder, Black Urban Growers; and farmer & co-owner, Rise&Root Farm

LISA KIVIRIST is a Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, and a national advocate for women farmers. 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 in Wisconsin.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781550926026
• Artikelnr.: 44755597

Autorenporträt

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.