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Spreading the joy WOMEN WHO FARM

SINCE starting this series on ‘Women Who Farm’ earlier this year, it’s been such a pleasure to make contact with so many inspiring female farmers. With all that’s going on in the world right now, it’s a career for the revolutionary! There are so many women right at the forefront of changing the way we live and farm. So it’s imperative to hear their stories, make them visible, and listen to what they have to say.

In my previous article in EG 197, I spoke about our first ‘Women Who Farm’ dinner that fellow farmer Venetia Scott and I started in my

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