From Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food Is Grown
By Amy Wu
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About this ebook
Key selling points:
- Inspirational stories of how women are succeeding in agribusiness, a previously male-dominated industry.
- Educational and eye-opening look at how high technology is transforming agriculture.
- Fascinating examination of how agriculture is rising to the challenges of feeding a growing population.
Audience:
- Business book readers
- Readers interested in stories of women in business
- Young women interested in learning about careers in business, technology, and agribusiness
- Technology readers
- Readers interested in ecology, agriculture, and the future of food production
Amy Wu
Amy Wu is an award-winning writer for the women's ag and agtech movement. She is the producer and director of the documentary film From Farms to Incubators, which has been presented at South by Southwest and Techonomy. Wu has spent over two decades as an investigative reporter at media outfits including the USA Today Network and Time magazine, and she has contributed to The New York Times, HuffPost and The Wall Street Journal. She has reported on agriculture and agtech for The Salinas Californian in Salinas, California. Worth magazine listed Wu on their "Groundbreakers 2020 list of 50 Women Changing the World." In 2020 Wu received the Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence. Wu earned her bachelor's degree in history from New York University and her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, and she speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.
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