Description
Pulling down the barriers that women face requires organizationsand institutions to become informed by what the authors call a feminist agrifood systems theory (FAST). This framework values women's ways of knowing and working in agriculture: emphasizing personal, economic, and environmental sustainability, creating connections through the food system, and developing networks that emphasize collaboration and peer-to-peer education. The creation and growth of a specific organization, the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network, offers a blueprint for others seeking to incorporate a feminist agrifood systems approach into agricultural programming. The theory has the potential to shift how farmers, agricultural professionals, and anyone else interested in farming think about gender and sustainability, as well as to change how feminist scholars and theorists think about agriculture.
About the Author
Cofounder of the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network, Carolyn E. Sachs is professor of rural sociology and women's studies at Penn State University, USA. She lives in State College, Pennsylvania.
Mary E. Barbercheck is professor of entomology at Penn State University, USA. She lives near Port Matilda, Pennsylvania.
An associate professor of agricultural economics and rural sociology at Pennsylvania State University, Kathryn Brasier lives in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nancy Ellen Kiernan is professor emerita at Pennsylvania State University, USA. She resides in State College, Pennsylvania.
Anna Rachel Terman
Book Information
ISBN 9781609384159
Author Carolyn E. Sachs
Format Paperback
Page Count 202
Imprint University of Iowa Press
Publisher University of Iowa Press
Weight(grams) 358g