Shifting gender roles and wider recognition of work traditionally done by women may be allowing more women to call themselves farmers, says one female farmer and ag industry leader.
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More women calling themselves farmers
Saskatchewan producer says recognition of ‘soft’ skills is part of the reason why more women are seeing themselves as farmers
When ‘invisible’ work becomes visible
Generational changes on the farm may prompt family members to take a closer look at how the value of ‘sweat equity’ is measured
Succession planning can reveal many things about how farm families work together, including work that’s gone unacknowledged and unrecognized.
What it means to be a ‘farm wife’ today
A farm woman from Alberta talks about what the term means to her and how her role has evolved over the years
“Farm wife” is a loaded label to many women, often invoking images of gender roles that they have no intention of filling. But for Tara Sawyer, the term has always been a point of pride.
